Designated trail

Mattabesett Trail MTB

Connecticut Forest and Park Association · Connecticut, United States

Published length
105 km65 mi65 mi, from the Connecticut Forest and Park Association page
Measured line
95.3 km59.2 mi−9.2% 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

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

The record

Kind
Designated trailDesignated, maintained and published as one trail by a land agency or a trail association
Designation
Connecticut Forest and Park Association
Tier
RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more
Listing
First setIn the first set of trails
Where
CT (Connecticut), United States
Published length
105 km65 mi65 mi, from the Connecticut Forest and Park Association page. A check value, not measured from the line.
Short name
MTB
Record ID
mattabesettStable: the directory name, never changed

Verification Checked 2026-11-10

Measured
YesThe line was downloaded and measured
Published
105 km65 mi
Measured
95.3 km59.2 migeodesic, from the line
Difference
−9.2%measured minus published
Parts
1pieces left after joining ends within 100 m
Within 15% of the published length Beyond 15%: the record must say why

OSM relation 2971739, 139 ways: 95.3 km in 1 part, 9.2% short of the published 105 km.

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
Connecticut Forest and Park Association (publishes the trail; no open geometry found)
Source
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2971739Where 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 2971739: one route relation, main ways only. The trail is also part of the New England National Scenic Trail.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(2971739); 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 2971739.

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

OpenStreetMap

Relation
2971739
Note
Downloaded 2026-11-10; 139 ways in the main line. 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.

FieldValue
idmattabesett
nameMattabesett Trail
short_nameMTB
countryUS
regions[0]CT
length_km105
length_note65 mi, from the Connecticut Forest and Park Association page
tierregional
designationConnecticut Forest and Park Association
wave1
source.statusosm-only
source.publisherConnecticut Forest and Park Association (publishes the trail; no open geometry found)
source.publisher_urlhttps://ctwoodlands.org/trails/mattabesett-trail
source.urlhttps://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2971739
source.discoveryosm-relation-version: Overpass `rel(2971739); out meta;` (version and timestamp), or the Geofabrik replication diff; fetch again when it changes
source.formatOpenStreetMap route relation, read through Overpass with all member ways
source.crsEPSG:4326
source.licenceODbL-1.0
source.licence_textOpenStreetMap 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 2971739.
source.attributionOpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
source.osm_onlytrue
source.mainlineOSM relation 2971739: one route relation, main ways only. The trail is also part of the New England National Scenic Trail.
source.source_checked2026-11-10
source.redistributabletrue
source.line_sourceOpenStreetMap
source.line_fileline.geojson
osm.relation2971739
osm.noteDownloaded 2026-11-10; 139 ways in the main line. release.txt has the source and date.
shield.statuslogo-not-found
shield.logo_source""
shield.contactConnecticut Forest and Park Association
shield.noteNo logo is included. Ask the trail's holder before using its mark.
shield.logo_file""
shield.logo_ownerConnecticut Forest and Park Association
verification.verifiedtrue
verification.date2026-11-10
verification.measured_km95.3
verification.difference_percent-9.2
verification.parts1
verification.noteOSM relation 2971739, 139 ways: 95.3 km in 1 part, 9.2% short of the published 105 km.