Person-defined routeLine policy: Open

Eastern Continental Trail ECT

By M. J. Eberhart (trail name Nimblewill Nomad) · FL AL GA TN NC VA WV MD PA NJ NY CT MA VT NH ME QC NB NL, United States

Published length: 7,081 km4,400 mi4,400 mi, not including the water gaps around Newfoundland
Measured line: Not measuredNo line was downloaded and measured
Line: Record onlyThe reason is given below
Line policy: OpenThe creator publishes the line freely

Record only

Get the line from the creator

The route is a link-up of published trails with no whole line of its own: OpenStreetMap carries only two of its roadwalk segments, 55.0 km in south Florida and 344.3 km in Alabama. Each linked trail's own record here has its line.

A line is included only where the creator's terms allow passing it on, or where OpenStreetMap carries the route as a route relation. Otherwise get it from the creator.

Eastern Continental Trail Guide, 2010 (archived)

No map is drawn: the dataset holds no line for this route, and does not guess one.

The route

Creator: M. J. Eberhart (trail name Nimblewill Nomad)
First published: Not recordedNo page read states a year
Line policy: OpenThe creator publishes the line freely

Line policy: OpenThe creator publishes the line freely. A line is included only where the creator's terms allow passing it on, or where OpenStreetMap carries the route as a route relation. Otherwise get it from the creator.This route
Line policy: SoldThe route is got by buying a guide or map set. No line is included from any source, OpenStreetMap included.
Line policy: WithheldThe creator chooses not to publish a line. No line is included from any source, OpenStreetMap included.
Line policy: UnclearWhether the creator shares the line is not settled. No line is included until it is settled.

About the route

From Key West, Florida, to Belle Isle, Newfoundland, stringing together the Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail, the Florida Trail, a road walk through Alabama, the Pinhoti, the Benton MacKaye, the Appalachian Trail and the International Appalachian Trail. His 2010 Eastern Continental Trail Guide is archived, and nothing is for sale on his books page.

The record

Kind: Person-defined routeWorked out and published by a person or a small group: a high route, a traverse or a loop of linked trails
Designation: Person-defined route (M. J. Eberhart); no agency or association
Tier: RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more
Listing: First setIn the first set of trails
Where: FL AL GA TN NC VA WV MD PA NJ NY CT MA VT NH ME QC NB NL (Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Quebec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador), United States
Published length: 7,081 km4,400 mi4,400 mi, not including the water gaps around Newfoundland. A check value, not measured from the line.
Short name: ECT
Record ID: eastern-continental-trailStable: the directory name, never changed

Source and licence

Source status: NoneNo source of a line
Publisher: M. J. Eberhart (trail name Nimblewill Nomad), who publishes the route
Publisher’s page: https://nimblewillnomad.com/books/
Source: https://nimblewillnomad.com/books/
Main line: No line is included; the route is a link-up of published trails.How the main line is told apart from alternates, connectors and side trails
Licence: None stated
Source checked: 2026-11-10

What the source says

No line is included, so no source licence applies to a line. This record names the creator and the page its facts were read on (https://nimblewillnomad.com/books/, read 2026-11-10).

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

OpenStreetMap

Note: Not recorded: relations 20066136 (South Florida roadwalk) and 20068411 (Alabama roadwalk) are two roadwalk segments of it, 55.0 km and 344.3 km, not the route.

Logo

No logo. No logo is included; a person-defined route has no emblem. Ask the creator before using any mark.

Corrections

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Every field of the record, with its exact value

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Field	Value
`id`	eastern-continental-trail
`name`	Eastern Continental Trail
`short_name`	ECT
`country`	US
`regions[0]`	FL
`regions[1]`	AL
`regions[2]`	GA
`regions[3]`	TN
`regions[4]`	NC
`regions[5]`	VA
`regions[6]`	WV
`regions[7]`	MD
`regions[8]`	PA
`regions[9]`	NJ
`regions[10]`	NY
`regions[11]`	CT
`regions[12]`	MA
`regions[13]`	VT
`regions[14]`	NH
`regions[15]`	ME
`regions[16]`	QC
`regions[17]`	NB
`regions[18]`	NL
`length_km`	7081
`length_note`	4,400 mi, not including the water gaps around Newfoundland
`kind`	route
`tier`	regional
`designation`	Person-defined route (M. J. Eberhart); no agency or association
`wave`	1
`source.status`	none
`source.publisher`	M. J. Eberhart (trail name Nimblewill Nomad), who publishes the route
`source.publisher_url`	https://nimblewillnomad.com/books/
`source.url`	https://nimblewillnomad.com/books/
`source.format`	No line included
`source.crs`	EPSG:4326
`source.licence`	none-stated
`source.licence_text`	No line is included, so no source licence applies to a line. This record names the creator and the page its facts were read on (https://nimblewillnomad.com/books/, read 2026-11-10).
`source.attribution`	none (no line included)
`source.osm_only`	false
`source.mainline`	No line is included; the route is a link-up of published trails.
`source.source_checked`	2026-11-10
`source.redistributable`	true
`source.line_source`	none (no line included)
`source.line_file`	""
`source.line_absent_reason`	The route is a link-up of published trails with no whole line of its own: OpenStreetMap carries only two of its roadwalk segments, 55.0 km in south Florida and 344.3 km in Alabama. Each linked trail's own record here has its line.
`osm.relation`	0
`osm.note`	Not recorded: relations 20066136 (South Florida roadwalk) and 20068411 (Alabama roadwalk) are two roadwalk segments of it, 55.0 km and 344.3 km, not the route.
`shield.status`	no-logo-exists
`shield.logo_source`	""
`shield.contact`	M. J. Eberhart (trail name Nimblewill Nomad)
`shield.note`	No logo is included; a person-defined route has no emblem. Ask the creator before using any mark.
`shield.logo_file`	""
`shield.logo_owner`	M. J. Eberhart (trail name Nimblewill Nomad)
`verification.verified`	false
`verification.note`	No line to measure.
`route.creator`	M. J. Eberhart (trail name Nimblewill Nomad)
`route.line_policy`	open
`route.note`	From Key West, Florida, to Belle Isle, Newfoundland, stringing together the Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail, the Florida Trail, a road walk through Alabama, the Pinhoti, the Benton MacKaye, the Appalachian Trail and the International Appalachian Trail. His 2010 Eastern Continental Trail Guide is archived, and nothing is for sale on his books page.
`guide[0].title`	Eastern Continental Trail Guide, 2010 (archived)
`guide[0].author`	M. J. Eberhart (Nimblewill Nomad)
`guide[0].access`	free
`guide[0].url`	https://nimblewillnomad.com/books/
`guide[0].format`	guide, archived; his books page is the page to ask on