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

id = "long-trail"
name = "Long Trail (Vermont)"
short_name = "LT"
country = "US"
regions = ["VT"]
length_km = 438
length_note = "272 mi published"
tier = "regional"
designation = "Green Mountain Club; oldest long-distance trail in the US"
wave = 1

[source]
status = "osm-only"
publisher = "Green Mountain Club (publishes the trail); its ArcGIS 'TRAIL_MASTER' line is restricted"
url = "https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/391736"
discovery = "osm-relation-version: Overpass `rel(391736); out meta;` (version and timestamp), or the Geofabrik replication diff; fetch again when it changes (relation v175, edited 2025-08-21)."
format = "OpenStreetMap route relation, read through Overpass or a Geofabrik extract"
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 2026-11-09). The line included here is from OpenStreetMap, relation 391736."
attribution = "OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)"
osm_only = true
decision = "included-named"
decision_text = "Included with its name and logo. The line is from OpenStreetMap."
mainline = "One relation tagged complete, 437.7 km distance: the whole Long Trail main line. The Club's 'TRAIL_MASTER' side trails and shelter paths are not included."
source_checked = "2026-11-08"
redistributable = true
line_source = "OpenStreetMap"
line_file = "line.geojson"

[osm]
relation = 391736
note = "OSM 391736 has a 437.7 km distance tag."

[shield]
status = "use-real-logo"
logo_source = "https://www.greenmountainclub.org/"
contact = "Green Mountain Club"
note = "No logo or shield policy found. Treat as the maintaining organisation's mark."
logo_file = "shield.svg"
logo_owner = "Green Mountain Club"

[verification]
verified = true
date = "2026-11-08"
measured_km = 400.9
difference_percent = -8.5
parts = 1
note = "OSM relation 391736, 153 ways: 400.9 km in 1 part, 8.5% short of 438 km (272 mi). The Club's own line measured 418.1 km (4.5% short) but is restricted; it was dropped. OSM does not reach the published mileage."