# Long-trail record. Field meanings: docs/schema.md in this repository.

id = "great-western"
name = "Great Western Trail"
short_name = "GWT"
country = "US"
regions = ["AZ", "UT", "ID", "WY", "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"
publisher = "Arizona State Parks for the Arizona part; no whole-trail publisher found"
url = "https://services2.arcgis.com/gdcQ6sUWKP8qwBmV/arcgis/rest/services/GWT_Alignment_Public_View/FeatureServer/0"
discovery = "arcgis-layer-edit-date: GET <layer>?f=json and read editingInfo.dataLastEditDate (and the feature count); fetch again when either changes"
format = "ArcGIS FeatureServer view, 30 features, Arizona only"
crs = "EPSG:4326"
licence = "none-stated"
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 track is not redistributed here."
attribution = "Arizona State Parks and Trails"
osm_only = false
mainline = "Arizona part only; other states have no matching source found."
source_checked = "2026-11-08"
redistributable = false
line_source = "none (no line included)"
line_file = ""
line_absent_reason = "No track 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
note = "OSM relation 17325994 and 8643138 (Arizona)."

[shield]
status = "use-real-logo"
logo_source = ""
contact = "Great Western Trail Association"
note = "No logo or shield policy found. Treat as the maintaining organisation's mark."
logo_file = ""
logo_owner = "Great Western Trail Association"

[verification]
verified = false
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."