Designated trailHeld

Great Western Trail GWT

USFS and BLM multi-use route designated by association · AZ UT ID WY MT, United States

Published length: 4,800 km2,983 miabout 3,000 mi planned
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

Arizona layer downloaded: 30 features, 822 mi (1,323 km), 3 parts. No whole-trail length to check against. Multi-use motor route, not a footpath: inclusion undecided.

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: USFS and BLM multi-use route designated by association
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 motor route, not a walking trail.”
Where: AZ UT ID WY MT (Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana), United States
Published length: 4,800 km2,983 miabout 3,000 mi planned. A check value, not measured from the line.
Short name: GWT
Record ID: great-westernStable: the directory name, never changed

Verification

Measured: NoNo line was downloaded and measured

Arizona layer downloaded: 30 features, 822 mi (1,323 km), 3 parts. No whole-trail length to check against. Multi-use motor route, not a footpath: inclusion undecided.

Source and licence

Source status: FoundThe source was located but not downloaded
Publisher: Arizona State Parks for the Arizona part; no whole-trail publisher found
Source: https://services2.arcgis.com/gdcQ6sUWKP8qwBmV/arcgis/rest/services/GWT_Alignment_Public_View/FeatureServer/0
Format: ArcGIS FeatureServer view, 30 features, Arizona only
Main line: Arizona part only; other states have no matching source found.How the main line is told apart from alternates, connectors and side trails
Licence: None stated
Credit: Arizona State Parks and TrailsThe credit line to show, as the source asks
Source checked: 2026-11-08
Newer release?: arcgis-layer-edit-date: GET <layer>?f=json and read editingInfo.dataLastEditDate (and the feature count); fetch again when either changesHow to tell whether the source has a newer release

What the source says

No licence is stated on the publisher's item, and no licence was found on the publisher's site when read on 2026-11-09. The item carries a disclaimer only and grants no licence, so the publisher's line is not redistributed here.

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

OpenStreetMap

Relation: 17325994
Note: OSM relation 17325994 and 8643138 (Arizona).

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-western
`name`	Great Western Trail
`short_name`	GWT
`country`	US
`regions[0]`	AZ
`regions[1]`	UT
`regions[2]`	ID
`regions[3]`	WY
`regions[4]`	MT
`length_km`	4800
`length_note`	about 3,000 mi planned
`tier`	regional
`designation`	USFS and BLM multi-use route designated by association
`wave`	held
`wave_note`	Held: a motor route, not a walking trail.
`source.status`	found
`source.publisher`	Arizona State Parks for the Arizona part; no whole-trail publisher found
`source.url`	https://services2.arcgis.com/gdcQ6sUWKP8qwBmV/arcgis/rest/services/GWT_Alignment_Public_View/FeatureServer/0
`source.discovery`	arcgis-layer-edit-date: GET <layer>?f=json and read editingInfo.dataLastEditDate (and the feature count); fetch again when either changes
`source.format`	ArcGIS FeatureServer view, 30 features, Arizona only
`source.crs`	EPSG:4326
`source.licence`	none-stated
`source.licence_text`	No licence is stated on the publisher's item, and no licence was found on the publisher's site when read on 2026-11-09. The item carries a disclaimer only and grants no licence, so the publisher's line is not redistributed here.
`source.attribution`	Arizona State Parks and Trails
`source.osm_only`	false
`source.mainline`	Arizona part only; other states have no matching source found.
`source.source_checked`	2026-11-08
`source.redistributable`	false
`source.line_source`	none (no line included)
`source.line_file`	""
`source.line_absent_reason`	No line is included. Arizona layer downloaded: 30 features, 822 mi (1,323 km), 3 parts. No whole-trail length to check against. Multi-use motor route, not a footpath: inclusion undecided.
`osm.relation`	17325994
`osm.note`	OSM relation 17325994 and 8643138 (Arizona).
`shield.status`	use-real-logo
`shield.logo_source`	""
`shield.contact`	Great Western Trail Association
`shield.note`	No logo or shield policy found. Treat as the maintaining organisation's mark.
`shield.logo_file`	""
`shield.logo_owner`	Great Western Trail Association
`verification.verified`	false
`verification.note`	Arizona layer downloaded: 30 features, 822 mi (1,323 km), 3 parts. No whole-trail length to check against. Multi-use motor route, not a footpath: inclusion undecided.