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

id = "mountains-to-sea"
name = "Mountains-to-Sea Trail"
short_name = "MST-NC"
country = "US"
regions = ["NC"]
length_km = 1890
length_note = "about 1,175 mi planned"
tier = "regional"
designation = "North Carolina State Trail; Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail"
wave = 1

[source]
status = "osm-only"
publisher = "North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation; Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail (publishes the trail; no open geometry found)"
url = "https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1395404"
discovery = "osm-relation-version: Overpass `rel(ID); out meta;` (version and timestamp), or the Geofabrik replication diff; fetch again when it changes"
format = "OpenStreetMap 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 track included here is from OpenStreetMap, relation 1395404."
attribution = "OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)"
osm_only = true
mainline = "OSM 1395404 (network nwn) plus 24 segment relations. A state source was not found in this pass."
source_checked = "2026-11-08"
redistributable = true
line_source = "OpenStreetMap"
line_file = "line.geojson"

[osm]
relation = 1395404
note = "Downloaded 2026-11-08; release.txt has the relation version and timestamp."

[shield]
status = "use-real-logo"
logo_source = "https://mountainstoseatrail.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MST-white-logo.png"
contact = "Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail"
note = "The Friends' own mark, from its site: the ridge line, surf and 'Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail / North Carolina', 217x111 PNG. The site serves this standing mark in white on a transparent ground; it may need a plate behind it on the map."
logo_file = "shield.png"
logo_owner = "Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail"

[verification]
verified = true
date = "2026-11-08"
measured_km = 1923.0
difference_percent = 1.7
parts = 9
note = "The foot track (ways with a highway tag) gives 1,923.0 km, +1.7% over 1,890 km. The Neuse and Yadkin river paddle route and the Cedar Island ferry (377.2 km, ways with no highway tag) are in alternates.geojson. The earlier +21.7% counted the paddle route as foot track. line.osm still holds the whole relation as served."