Designated trail

Highlands Trail HT

New York-New Jersey Trail Conference · NJ NY PA CT, United States

Published length: 290 km180 miover 180 mi, from the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference page
Measured line: 277.3 km172 mi−4.4% against published
Line: In the datasetLicence: ODbL 1.0
Tier: RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more

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Main line
Alternates and connectors

Line: OpenStreetMap, read 2026-11-10, drawn simplified to 30 m. Credit: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Base map: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Download the line

GPX is simplified to 5 m for devices. GeoJSON is the full-resolution line as published in this dataset. Neither carries elevation.

Main line277.3 km measured in 3 parts · OpenStreetMap

Main line: GPX, 203 KB Main line: GeoJSON, 492 KB
Alternates and connectorsServed separately by the source

Alternates and connectors: GPX, 1 KB Alternates and connectors: GeoJSON, 1 KB

Credit the source

Licence: ODbL 1.0

Lines from OpenStreetMap need the credit “© OpenStreetMap contributors” and stay under the ODbL (share-alike).

release.txt: the source, licence and date the line files came from.

The record

Kind: Designated trailDesignated, maintained and published as one trail by a land agency or a trail association
Designation: New York-New Jersey Trail Conference
Tier: RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more
Listing: First setIn the first set of trails
Where: NJ NY PA CT (New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut), United States
Published length: 290 km180 miover 180 mi, from the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference page. A check value, not measured from the line.
Short name: HT
Record ID: highlandsStable: the directory name, never changed

Verification Checked 2026-11-10

Measured: YesThe line was downloaded and measured

Published: 290 km180 mi
Measured: 277.3 km172 migeodesic, from the line
Difference: −4.4%measured minus published
Parts: 3pieces left after joining ends within 100 m

Within 15% of the published length Beyond 15%: the record must say why

OSM relation 6335422, 491 ways: 277.3 km in 3 parts, 4.4% short of the published 290 km. The 1 ways with a side role are in alternates.geojson. The pieces do not all join: OpenStreetMap is missing the connectors between them.

Source and licence

Line in this dataset: line.geojsonThe main line file of the record
Source status: OpenStreetMap onlyThe only source is an OpenStreetMap route relation
Publisher: New York-New Jersey Trail Conference (publishes the trail; no open geometry found)
Publisher’s page: https://nynjtc.org/highlands-trail
Source: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6335422Where to ask for the line: a layer or relation page
Line source: OpenStreetMap
Format: OpenStreetMap route relation, read through Overpass with all member ways
Main line: OSM relation 6335422: the main line. Other relations of the same name hold short pieces. The 1 ways with a side role are in alternates.geojson.How the main line is told apart from alternates, connectors and side trails
Coordinates: EPSG:4326What the source stores; published files are longitude/latitude (EPSG:4326)
Licence: ODbL 1.0
Credit: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)The credit line to show, as the source asks
May be passed on: YesThe source's terms allow its line to be passed on
OpenStreetMap only: YesOpenStreetMap is the only source of the included line
Source checked: 2026-11-10
Newer release?: osm-relation-version: Overpass rel(6335422); 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 2026-11-10). The line included here is from OpenStreetMap, relation 6335422.

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

OpenStreetMap

Relation: 6335422
Note: Downloaded 2026-11-10; 491 ways in the main line and 1 in alternates. release.txt has the source and date.

Logo

Logo not found. No logo is included. Ask the trail's holder before using its 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`	highlands
`name`	Highlands Trail
`short_name`	HT
`country`	US
`regions[0]`	NJ
`regions[1]`	NY
`regions[2]`	PA
`regions[3]`	CT
`length_km`	290
`length_note`	over 180 mi, from the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference page
`tier`	regional
`designation`	New York-New Jersey Trail Conference
`wave`	1
`source.status`	osm-only
`source.publisher`	New York-New Jersey Trail Conference (publishes the trail; no open geometry found)
`source.publisher_url`	https://nynjtc.org/highlands-trail
`source.url`	https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6335422
`source.discovery`	osm-relation-version: Overpass `rel(6335422); out meta;` (version and timestamp), or the Geofabrik replication diff; fetch again when it changes
`source.format`	OpenStreetMap route relation, read through Overpass with all member ways
`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 2026-11-10). The line included here is from OpenStreetMap, relation 6335422.
`source.attribution`	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
`source.osm_only`	true
`source.mainline`	OSM relation 6335422: the main line. Other relations of the same name hold short pieces. The 1 ways with a side role are in alternates.geojson.
`source.source_checked`	2026-11-10
`source.redistributable`	true
`source.line_source`	OpenStreetMap
`source.line_file`	line.geojson
`osm.relation`	6335422
`osm.note`	Downloaded 2026-11-10; 491 ways in the main line and 1 in alternates. release.txt has the source and date.
`shield.status`	logo-not-found
`shield.logo_source`	""
`shield.contact`	New York-New Jersey Trail Conference
`shield.note`	No logo is included. Ask the trail's holder before using its mark.
`shield.logo_file`	""
`shield.logo_owner`	New York-New Jersey Trail Conference
`verification.verified`	true
`verification.date`	2026-11-10
`verification.measured_km`	277.3
`verification.difference_percent`	-4.4
`verification.parts`	3
`verification.note`	OSM relation 6335422, 491 ways: 277.3 km in 3 parts, 4.4% short of the published 290 km. The 1 ways with a side role are in alternates.geojson. The pieces do not all join: OpenStreetMap is missing the connectors between them.