Person-defined routeTrack policy: Open

Great Plains Trail GPT

By Steve Myers (Great Plains Trail Alliance) · SK ND SD NE TX, United States

Published length: 3,540 km2,200 mi2,200 mi, per the alliance
Measured track: Not measuredNo track was downloaded and measured
Track: Record onlyThe reason is given below
Track policy: OpenThe creator publishes the track freely

Record only

Get the track from the creator

The alliance publishes the route as an online map with no GPX and no licence that allows passing the track on, and the OpenStreetMap relation of this name is a 0.46-mile path in Missouri, not this route. Get the track from the alliance's map page.

A track 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.

Great Plains Trail map

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

The route

Creator: Steve Myers (Great Plains Trail Alliance)
First published: Not recordedNo page read states a year
Track policy: OpenThe creator publishes the track freely

This map represents the best routing to date for the entire length of the trail. That said, the route and the map will likely remain 'works in progress' for quite some time to come.

Steve Myers (Great Plains Trail Alliance) The creator’s words

Read on https://www.greatplainstrail.org/gpt-map/.

Track policy: OpenThe creator publishes the track freely. A track 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
Track policy: SoldThe route is got by buying a guide or map set. No track is included from any source, OpenStreetMap included.
Track policy: WithheldThe creator chooses not to publish a track. No track is included from any source, OpenStreetMap included.
Track policy: UnclearWhether the creator shares the track is not settled. No track is included until it is settled.

About the route

From Grassland National Park in Canada to Guadalupe Peak in Texas, through the Black Hills, the Dakota and Nebraska grasslands and the Texas panhandle, using public roads for long stretches. The alliance publishes the route as an online map and offers no GPX.

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 (Steve Myers, Great Plains Trail Alliance); no agency or association
Tier: RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more
Listing: First setIn the first set of trails
Where: SK ND SD NE TX (Saskatchewan, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Texas), United States
Published length: 3,540 km2,200 mi2,200 mi, per the alliance. A check value, not measured from the track.
Short name: GPT
Record ID: great-plains-trailStable: the directory name, never changed

Source and licence

Source status: NoneNo source of a track
Publisher: Steve Myers (Great Plains Trail Alliance), who publishes the route
Publisher’s page: https://greatplainstrail.org
Source: https://www.greatplainstrail.org/gpt-map/
Main track: No OpenStreetMap route relation for the route was found; the alliance publishes an online map with no GPX.How the main track is told apart from alternates, connectors and side trails
Licence: None stated
Source checked: 2026-11-10

What the source says

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://www.greatplainstrail.org/gpt-map/, read 2026-11-10).

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

OpenStreetMap

Note: Not recorded: the only OpenStreetMap relation named Great Plains Trail, 21910936, is a 0.46 mi path in St. Charles County, Missouri, not this 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

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

Field	Value
`id`	great-plains-trail
`name`	Great Plains Trail
`short_name`	GPT
`country`	US
`regions[0]`	SK
`regions[1]`	ND
`regions[2]`	SD
`regions[3]`	NE
`regions[4]`	TX
`length_km`	3540
`length_note`	2,200 mi, per the alliance
`kind`	route
`tier`	regional
`designation`	Person-defined route (Steve Myers, Great Plains Trail Alliance); no agency or association
`wave`	1
`source.status`	none
`source.publisher`	Steve Myers (Great Plains Trail Alliance), who publishes the route
`source.publisher_url`	https://greatplainstrail.org
`source.url`	https://www.greatplainstrail.org/gpt-map/
`source.format`	No line included
`source.crs`	EPSG:4326
`source.licence`	none-stated
`source.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://www.greatplainstrail.org/gpt-map/, read 2026-11-10).
`source.attribution`	none (no line included)
`source.osm_only`	false
`source.mainline`	No OpenStreetMap route relation for the route was found; the alliance publishes an online map with no GPX.
`source.source_checked`	2026-11-10
`source.redistributable`	true
`source.line_source`	none (no line included)
`source.line_file`	""
`source.line_absent_reason`	The alliance publishes the route as an online map with no GPX and no licence that allows passing the track on, and the OpenStreetMap relation of this name is a 0.46-mile path in Missouri, not this route. Get the track from the alliance's map page.
`osm.relation`	0
`osm.note`	Not recorded: the only OpenStreetMap relation named Great Plains Trail, 21910936, is a 0.46 mi path in St. Charles County, Missouri, not this route.
`shield.status`	no-logo-exists
`shield.logo_source`	""
`shield.contact`	Steve Myers (Great Plains Trail Alliance)
`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`	Steve Myers (Great Plains Trail Alliance)
`verification.verified`	false
`verification.note`	No line to measure.
`route.creator`	Steve Myers (Great Plains Trail Alliance)
`route.line_policy`	open
`route.creator_words`	This map represents the best routing to date for the entire length of the trail. That said, the route and the map will likely remain 'works in progress' for quite some time to come.
`route.creator_words_url`	https://www.greatplainstrail.org/gpt-map/
`route.note`	From Grassland National Park in Canada to Guadalupe Peak in Texas, through the Black Hills, the Dakota and Nebraska grasslands and the Texas panhandle, using public roads for long stretches. The alliance publishes the route as an online map and offers no GPX.
`guide[0].title`	Great Plains Trail map
`guide[0].author`	Great Plains Trail Alliance
`guide[0].access`	free
`guide[0].url`	https://www.greatplainstrail.org/gpt-map/
`guide[0].format`	online map