Designated trailHeld

Great Eastern Trail GET

Great Eastern Trail Association; links existing trails · AL GA TN KY VA WV MD PA NY, United States

Published length: 3,200 km1,988 miabout 2,000 mi
Measured line: Not measuredNo line was downloaded and measured
Line: Record onlyThe reason is given below
Tier: RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more

Record only

No line in this dataset

Not downloaded. Could be dropped as a composite of trails already on the list.

A trail may be listed as a record only, with no line, when no line for it may be shared. The record says why.

The source

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

The record

Kind: Designated trailDesignated, maintained and published as one trail by a land agency or a trail association
Designation: Great Eastern Trail Association; links existing trails
Tier: RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more
Listing: HeldListed, but something about it is not settled. The record’s note: “Held: a composite of existing trails, not one designated trail.”
Where: AL GA TN KY VA WV MD PA NY (Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York), United States
Published length: 3,200 km1,988 miabout 2,000 mi. A check value, not measured from the line.
Short name: GET
Record ID: great-easternStable: the directory name, never changed

Verification

Measured: NoNo line was downloaded and measured

Not downloaded. Could be dropped as a composite of trails already on the list.

Source and licence

Source status: OpenStreetMap onlyThe only source is an OpenStreetMap route relation
Publisher: Great Eastern Trail Association (publishes the trail; no open geometry found)
Source: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11364314
Format: OpenStreetMap relation, read through Overpass or a Geofabrik extract
Main line: OSM carries it as per-trail relations (Tuscarora, C&O Canal 11385238, TuNuGu, Pine Mountain Link...). Mostly other named trails joined.How the main line is told apart from alternates, connectors and side trails
Licence: ODbL 1.0
Credit: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)The credit line to show, as the source asks
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 line included here is from OpenStreetMap, relation 11385238.

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

OpenStreetMap

Relation: 11385238
Note: Several relations.

Logo

Logo not included. No logo or shield policy found. Treat as the maintaining organisation's mark.

Every field of the record, with its exact value

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

Field	Value
`id`	great-eastern
`name`	Great Eastern Trail
`short_name`	GET
`country`	US
`regions[0]`	AL
`regions[1]`	GA
`regions[2]`	TN
`regions[3]`	KY
`regions[4]`	VA
`regions[5]`	WV
`regions[6]`	MD
`regions[7]`	PA
`regions[8]`	NY
`length_km`	3200
`length_note`	about 2,000 mi
`tier`	regional
`designation`	Great Eastern Trail Association; links existing trails
`wave`	held
`wave_note`	Held: a composite of existing trails, not one designated trail.
`source.status`	osm-only
`source.publisher`	Great Eastern Trail Association (publishes the trail; no open geometry found)
`source.url`	https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11364314
`source.discovery`	osm-relation-version: Overpass `rel(ID); out meta;` (version and timestamp), or the Geofabrik replication diff; fetch again when it changes
`source.format`	OpenStreetMap relation, read through Overpass or a Geofabrik extract
`source.crs`	EPSG:4326
`source.licence`	ODbL-1.0
`source.licence_text`	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 line included here is from OpenStreetMap, relation 11385238.
`source.attribution`	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
`source.osm_only`	true
`source.mainline`	OSM carries it as per-trail relations (Tuscarora, C&O Canal 11385238, TuNuGu, Pine Mountain Link...). Mostly other named trails joined.
`source.source_checked`	2026-11-08
`source.redistributable`	true
`source.line_source`	none (no line included)
`source.line_file`	""
`source.line_absent_reason`	No line is included. Not downloaded. Could be dropped as a composite of trails already on the list.
`osm.relation`	11385238
`osm.note`	Several relations.
`shield.status`	use-real-logo
`shield.logo_source`	""
`shield.contact`	Great Eastern Trail Association
`shield.note`	No logo or shield policy found. Treat as the maintaining organisation's mark.
`shield.logo_file`	""
`shield.logo_owner`	Great Eastern Trail Association
`verification.verified`	false
`verification.note`	Not downloaded. Could be dropped as a composite of trails already on the list.