National Scenic Trail
New England National Scenic Trail NET
National Scenic Trail (2009) · Connecticut, Massachusetts, United States
- Published length
- 378 km235 mi235 mi published
- Measured line
- 379.4 km236 mi+0.4% against published
- Line
- In the datasetLicence: US public domain
- Tier
- National Scenic TrailA United States National Scenic Trail
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- Main line
Line: National Park Service with the Connecticut Forest & Park Association and the Appalachian Mountain Club, read 2026-11-08, drawn simplified to 30 m. Credit: National Park Service; Connecticut Forest & Park Association; Appalachian Mountain Club. 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
- National Scenic Trail (2009)
- Tier
- National Scenic TrailA United States National Scenic Trail
- Listing
- First setIn the first set of trails
- Inclusion
- Listed unconditionallyEvery National Scenic Trail is listed
- Published length
- 378 km235 mi235 mi published. A check value, not measured from the line.
- Short name
- NET
- Record ID
new-englandStable: the directory name, never changed
Verification Checked 2026-11-08
- Measured
- YesThe line was downloaded and measured
- Published
- 378 km235 mi
- Measured
- 379.4 km236 migeodesic, from the line
- Difference
- +0.4%measured minus published
- Parts
- 6pieces left after joining ends within 100 m
One multi-line feature, 379.4 km in 6 parts, +0.4% over 378 km.
Source and licence
- Line in this dataset
- line.geojsonThe main line file of the record
- Source status
- VerifiedThe line was downloaded from the source and measured
- Publisher
- National Park Service with the Connecticut Forest & Park Association and the Appalachian Mountain Club
- Source
- https://services1.arcgis.com/fBc8EJBxQRMcHlei/ArcGIS/rest/services/NEEN_BND_NationalScenicTrailCenterline_ln/FeatureServer/0Where to ask for the line: a layer or relation page
- Line source
- National Park Service with the Connecticut Forest & Park Association and the Appalachian Mountain Club
- Format
- ArcGIS FeatureServer layer, 1 multi-line feature
- Main line
- One feature, the whole route. The route in New Hampshire (Metacomet-Monadnock) is not included.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
- US public domain
- Credit
- National Park Service; Connecticut Forest & Park Association; Appalachian Mountain ClubThe 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
- No
- Source checked
- 2026-11-08
- Newer release?
- arcgis-layer-edit-date: GET <layer>?f=json and read editingInfo.dataLastEditDate (and the feature count); fetch again when either changes (data edit 2023-04-07, schema edit 2025-05-27).How to tell whether the source has a newer release
What the source says
United States federal government work, public domain in the United States under 17 U.S.C. 105. The National Park Service states: 'Data and content created by government employees within the scope of their employment are not subject to domestic copyright protection under 17 U.S.C. 105.' (https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2311077, read 2026-11-09). The service is a National Park Service service produced with partner associations; the partners' share is not separately licensed in the service.
With the page it was read on. Not legal advice.
OpenStreetMap
- Relation
- 3672563
- Note
- OSM relation 3672563.
Logo
Shown only to identify the trail
This logo belongs to NPS New England NST; Connecticut Forest & Park Association; Appalachian Mountain Club. It is not covered by this dataset’s licences, and no right to use it for any other purpose is given or implied.
Some logos are official emblems of United States National Scenic or Historic Trails. Those emblems are federal insignia; their use here is for identification only.
A holder who wants a logo removed, replaced or credited differently can ask; see Logos.
- Status
- Logo in useThe trail has a logo
- Holder
- NPS New England NST; Connecticut Forest & Park Association; Appalachian Mountain Club
- File
- shield.png
- Note
- Official New England NST emblem (the same art NPS publishes at nps.gov/neen/getinvolved/traillogo.htm; Federal Register notice June 2021). Fetched from the trail's partner site newenglandtrail.org. The generic NPS arrowhead previously here was removed. Federal insignia (18 U.S.C. 701).
Every field of the record, with its exact value
As stored in trail.toml. The record schema says what each field means.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
id | new-england |
name | New England National Scenic Trail |
short_name | NET |
country | US |
regions[0] | CT |
regions[1] | MA |
length_km | 378 |
length_note | 235 mi published |
tier | national |
designation | National Scenic Trail (2009) |
wave | 1 |
inclusion | nst-unconditional |
source.status | verified |
source.publisher | National Park Service with the Connecticut Forest & Park Association and the Appalachian Mountain Club |
source.url | https://services1.arcgis.com/fBc8EJBxQRMcHlei/ArcGIS/rest/services/NEEN_BND_NationalScenicTrailCenterline_ln/FeatureServer/0 |
source.discovery | arcgis-layer-edit-date: GET <layer>?f=json and read editingInfo.dataLastEditDate (and the feature count); fetch again when either changes (data edit 2023-04-07, schema edit 2025-05-27). |
source.format | ArcGIS FeatureServer layer, 1 multi-line feature |
source.crs | EPSG:4326 |
source.licence | us-gov-public-domain |
source.licence_text | United States federal government work, public domain in the United States under 17 U.S.C. 105. The National Park Service states: 'Data and content created by government employees within the scope of their employment are not subject to domestic copyright protection under 17 U.S.C. 105.' (https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2311077, read 2026-11-09). The service is a National Park Service service produced with partner associations; the partners' share is not separately licensed in the service. |
source.attribution | National Park Service; Connecticut Forest & Park Association; Appalachian Mountain Club |
source.osm_only | false |
source.mainline | One feature, the whole route. The route in New Hampshire (Metacomet-Monadnock) is not included. |
source.source_checked | 2026-11-08 |
source.redistributable | true |
source.line_source | National Park Service with the Connecticut Forest & Park Association and the Appalachian Mountain Club |
source.line_file | line.geojson |
osm.relation | 3672563 |
osm.note | OSM relation 3672563. |
shield.status | use-real-logo |
shield.logo_source | https://newenglandtrail.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/net-logo.png |
shield.contact | NPS New England NST; Connecticut Forest & Park Association; Appalachian Mountain Club |
shield.note | Official New England NST emblem (the same art NPS publishes at nps.gov/neen/getinvolved/traillogo.htm; Federal Register notice June 2021). Fetched from the trail's partner site newenglandtrail.org. The generic NPS arrowhead previously here was removed. Federal insignia (18 U.S.C. 701). |
shield.logo_file | shield.png |
shield.logo_owner | NPS New England NST; Connecticut Forest & Park Association; Appalachian Mountain Club |
verification.verified | true |
verification.date | 2026-11-08 |
verification.measured_km | 379.4 |
verification.difference_percent | 0.4 |
verification.parts | 6 |
verification.note | One multi-line feature, 379.4 km in 6 parts, +0.4% over 378 km. |