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

id = "highlands"
name = "Highlands Trail"
short_name = "HT"
country = "US"
regions = ["NJ", "NY", "PA", "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"
publisher = "New York-New Jersey Trail Conference (publishes the trail; no open geometry found)"
publisher_url = "https://nynjtc.org/highlands-trail"
url = "https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6335422"
discovery = "osm-relation-version: Overpass `rel(6335422); out meta;` (version and timestamp), or the Geofabrik replication diff; fetch again when it changes"
format = "OpenStreetMap route relation, read through Overpass with all member ways"
crs = "EPSG:4326"
licence = "ODbL-1.0"
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."
attribution = "OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)"
osm_only = true
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_checked = "2026-11-10"
redistributable = true
line_source = "OpenStreetMap"
line_file = "line.geojson"

[osm]
relation = 6335422
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"
logo_source = ""
contact = "New York-New Jersey Trail Conference"
note = "No logo is included. Ask the trail's holder before using its mark."
logo_file = ""
logo_owner = "New York-New Jersey Trail Conference"

[verification]
verified = true
date = "2026-11-10"
measured_km = 277.3
difference_percent = -4.4
parts = 3
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."