East Coast Trail (Newfoundland) logo

Designated trail

East Coast Trail (Newfoundland) ECT

East Coast Trail Association · Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Published length
336 km209 mi336 km published (30 paths)
Measured track
315.8 km196 mi−6.0% against published
Track
In the datasetLicence: ODbL 1.0
Tier
RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more

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  • Main track

Track: OpenStreetMap, read 2026-11-08, drawn simplified to 30 m. Credit: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Base map: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The record

Kind
Designated trailDesignated, maintained and published as one trail by a land agency or a trail association
Designation
East Coast Trail Association
Tier
RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more
Listing
First setIn the first set of trails
Where
NL (Newfoundland and Labrador), Canada
Published length
336 km209 mi336 km published (30 paths). A check value, not measured from the track.
Short name
ECT
Record ID
east-coast-trailStable: the directory name, never changed

Verification Checked 2026-11-08

Measured
YesThe track was downloaded and measured
Published
336 km209 mi
Measured
315.8 km196 migeodesic, from the track
Difference
−6.0%measured minus published
Parts
4pieces left after joining ends within 100 m
Within 15% of the published length Beyond 15%: the record must say why

552 ways in 4 parts, 315.8 km, 6.0% short of 336 km.

Source and licence

Track in this dataset
line.geojsonThe main track file of the record
Source status
OpenStreetMap onlyThe only source is an OpenStreetMap route relation
Publisher
East Coast Trail Association (publishes the trail; no open geometry found)
Source
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2199386Where to ask for the track: a layer or relation page
Track source
OpenStreetMap
Format
OpenStreetMap relation, read through Overpass or a Geofabrik extract
Main track
OSM 2199386.How the main track is told apart from alternates, connectors and side trails
Coordinates
EPSG:4326What the source stores; published files are longitude/latitude (EPSG:4326)
Licence
ODbL 1.0
Credit
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)The credit line to show, as the source asks
May be passed on
YesThe source's terms allow its track to be passed on
OpenStreetMap only
YesOpenStreetMap is the only source of the included track
Source checked
2026-11-08
Newer release?
osm-relation-version: Overpass rel(ID); out meta; (version and timestamp), or the Geofabrik replication diff; fetch again when it changesHow to tell whether the source has a newer release

What the source says

OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0 (share-alike). Credit: © OpenStreetMap contributors. The OpenStreetMap copyright page states: 'You are free to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt our data, as long as you credit OpenStreetMap and its contributors.' (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright, read 2026-11-09). The track included here is from OpenStreetMap, relation 2199386.

With the page it was read on. Not legal advice.

OpenStreetMap

Relation
2199386
Note
Verified.

Logo

Shown only to identify the trail

This logo belongs to East Coast Trail Association. It is not covered by this dataset’s licences, and no right to use it for any other purpose is given or implied.

A holder who wants a logo removed, replaced or credited differently can ask; see Logos.

Status
Logo in useThe trail has a logo
Holder
East Coast Trail Association
File
shield.png
Note
No logo or shield policy found. Treat as the maintaining organisation's mark.

Corrections

This record is a text file anyone can correct. Please say where a correction can be checked: a source page, a map, or a measured track.

Every field of the record, with its exact value

As stored in trail.toml. The record schema says what each field means.

FieldValue
ideast-coast-trail
nameEast Coast Trail (Newfoundland)
short_nameECT
countryCA
regions[0]NL
length_km336
length_note336 km published (30 paths)
tierregional
designationEast Coast Trail Association
wave1
source.statusosm-only
source.publisherEast Coast Trail Association (publishes the trail; no open geometry found)
source.urlhttps://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2199386
source.discoveryosm-relation-version: Overpass `rel(ID); out meta;` (version and timestamp), or the Geofabrik replication diff; fetch again when it changes
source.formatOpenStreetMap relation, read through Overpass or a Geofabrik extract
source.crsEPSG:4326
source.licenceODbL-1.0
source.licence_textOpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0 (share-alike). Credit: © OpenStreetMap contributors. The OpenStreetMap copyright page states: 'You are free to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt our data, as long as you credit OpenStreetMap and its contributors.' (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright, read 2026-11-09). The track included here is from OpenStreetMap, relation 2199386.
source.attributionOpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
source.osm_onlytrue
source.mainlineOSM 2199386.
source.source_checked2026-11-08
source.redistributabletrue
source.line_sourceOpenStreetMap
source.line_fileline.geojson
osm.relation2199386
osm.noteVerified.
shield.statususe-real-logo
shield.logo_sourcehttps://eastcoasttrail.com/
shield.contactEast Coast Trail Association
shield.noteNo logo or shield policy found. Treat as the maintaining organisation's mark.
shield.logo_fileshield.png
shield.logo_ownerEast Coast Trail Association
verification.verifiedtrue
verification.date2026-11-08
verification.measured_km315.8
verification.difference_percent-6.0
verification.parts4
verification.note552 ways in 4 parts, 315.8 km, 6.0% short of 336 km.