# Long-trail record. Field meanings: docs/schema.md in this repository.

id = "desert-trail"
name = "Desert Trail"
short_name = "DT"
country = "US"
regions = ["CA", "NV", "OR"]
length_km = 2552
length_note = "1,586 mi, plus a 637-mile northern extension to Canada, per the association"
kind = "route"
tier = "regional"
designation = "Person-defined route (Desert Trail Association, 1972); no agency or association"
wave = 1

[source]
status = "none"
publisher = "Desert Trail Association, with the route scouted by Russel Pengely, D. W. \"Old Creosote\" Tomer and Steve Tabor (publishes the route)"
publisher_url = "https://deserttrail.net"
url = "https://deserttrail.net"
format = "No line included"
crs = "EPSG:4326"
licence = "none-stated"
licence_text = "No track is included, so no source licence applies to a track. This record names the creator and the page its facts were read on (https://deserttrail.net, read 2026-11-10)."
attribution = "none (no line included)"
osm_only = false
mainline = "No track is included; no map or guide is offered, and whether the creator shares one is not settled."
source_checked = "2026-11-10"
redistributable = true
line_source = "none (no line included)"
line_file = ""
line_absent_reason = "Whether the creator shares the track is not settled: the official page offers no map, GPX or guide, and states no position. The site is where the route is described."

[osm]
relation = 0
note = "Not recorded: whether the creator shares the track is not settled."

[shield]
status = "no-logo-exists"
logo_source = ""
contact = "Desert Trail Association, with the route scouted by Russel Pengely, D. W. \"Old Creosote\" Tomer and Steve Tabor"
note = "No logo is included; a person-defined route has no emblem. Ask the creator before using any mark."
logo_file = ""
logo_owner = "Desert Trail Association, with the route scouted by Russel Pengely, D. W. \"Old Creosote\" Tomer and Steve Tabor"

[verification]
verified = false
note = "No line to measure."

[route]
creator = "Desert Trail Association, with the route scouted by Russel Pengely, D. W. \"Old Creosote\" Tomer and Steve Tabor"
year = 1972
line_policy = "unclear"
creator_words = "The information on this website will provide you with as much practical information as we can - the rest will rely on your preparation, experience and judgment."
creator_words_url = "https://deserttrail.net"
note = "There is no trail and no signs: a desert route from the Mexican border through California, Nevada and Oregon, with a 637-mile northern extension to Canada. The association dissolved in 2020 and the site is now run by Desert Survivors, which offers no map, GPX or guide."

[[guide]]
title = "Desert Trail site"
author = "Desert Survivors (the site's present keeper)"
access = "free"
url = "https://deserttrail.net"
format = "web page; no map, GPX or guide offered"