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

id = "midstate-ma"
name = "Midstate Trail (Massachusetts)"
short_name = "MST"
country = "US"
regions = ["MA"]
length_km = 148
length_note = "92 mi, from the Midstate Trail Committee page"
tier = "regional"
designation = "Midstate Trail Committee"
wave = 1

[source]
status = "osm-only"
publisher = "Midstate Trail Committee (publishes the trail; no open geometry found)"
publisher_url = "https://www.midstatetrail.org/"
url = "https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5503042"
discovery = "osm-relation-version: Overpass `rel(5503042); 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 track included here is from OpenStreetMap, relation 5503042."
attribution = "OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)"
osm_only = true
mainline = "OSM relation 5503042: one route relation, main ways only."
source_checked = "2026-11-10"
redistributable = true
line_source = "OpenStreetMap"
line_file = "line.geojson"

[osm]
relation = 5503042
note = "Downloaded 2026-11-10; 257 ways in the main track. release.txt has the source and date."

[shield]
status = "logo-not-found"
logo_source = ""
contact = "Midstate Trail Committee"
note = "No logo is included. Ask the trail's holder before using its mark."
logo_file = ""
logo_owner = "Midstate Trail Committee"

[verification]
verified = true
date = "2026-11-10"
measured_km = 150.0
difference_percent = 1.4
parts = 1
note = "OSM relation 5503042, 257 ways: 150.0 km in 1 part, 1.4% more than the published 148 km."

[hike]
summary = "The Midstate Trail is a scenic footpath in Worcester County, 45 miles west of Boston, running from the Rhode Island border across the gentle hills of central Massachusetts to the New Hampshire border, where it connects to the Wapack Trail. The trail committee calls it highly accessible and easy to hike."
official_url = "https://www.midstatetrail.org/"
start = "Rhode Island border, Massachusetts"
end = "New Hampshire border, Massachusetts, connecting to the Wapack Trail"
shape = "point-to-point"
high_point = "Mount Wachusett"
high_point_m = 611
travel = "trail"
checked = "2026-11-14"

[[hike.source]]
url = "https://www.midstatetrail.org/"
publisher = "Midstate Trail Committee"
facts = ["official_url", "summary", "start", "end", "shape", "travel"]

[[hike.source]]
url = "https://www.midstatetrail.org/about-the-midstate-trail/old-growth-forest/"
publisher = "Midstate Trail Committee"
facts = ["high_point"]