National Scenic Trail

North Country National Scenic Trail NCT

National Scenic Trail (1980) · ND MN WI MI OH PA NY VT, United States

Published length: 7,403 km4,600 mi4,600 mi published
Measured track: 7,679.8 km4,772 mi+3.7% against published
Track: In the datasetLicence: ODbL 1.0
Tier: National Scenic TrailA United States National Scenic Trail

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Main track
Alternates and connectors

Track: OpenStreetMap, read 2026-11-09, drawn simplified to 30 m. Credit: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Base map: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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GPX is simplified to 5 m for devices. GeoJSON is the full-resolution track as published in this dataset. Neither carries elevation.

Main track7,679.8 km measured in 2 parts · OpenStreetMap

Main track: GPX, 4.1 MB Main track: GeoJSON, 9.0 MB
Alternates and connectorsServed separately by the source

Alternates and connectors: GPX, 3 KB Alternates and connectors: GeoJSON, 4 KB

Credit the source

Licence: ODbL 1.0

Tracks from OpenStreetMap need the credit “© OpenStreetMap contributors” and stay under the ODbL (share-alike).

release.txt: the source, licence and date the track files came from.

The record

Kind: Designated trailDesignated, maintained and published as one trail by a land agency or a trail association
Designation: National Scenic Trail (1980)
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
Where: ND MN WI MI OH PA NY VT (North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont), United States
Published length: 7,403 km4,600 mi4,600 mi published. A check value, not measured from the track.
Short name: NCT
Record ID: north-countryStable: the directory name, never changed

Verification Checked 2026-11-09

Measured: YesThe track was downloaded and measured

Published: 7,403 km4,600 mi
Measured: 7,679.8 km4,772 migeodesic, from the track
Difference: +3.7%measured minus published
Parts: 2pieces left after joining ends within 100 m

Within 15% of the published length Beyond 15%: the record must say why

The eight state relations give 7,679.8 km in 2 parts, 3.7% over 7,403 km. Road walks are included, as OpenStreetMap maps them. Six ways marked 'alternative' (3.1 km) are in alternates.geojson.

Source and licence

Track in this dataset: line.geojsonThe main track file of the record
Source status: OpenStreetMap onlyThe only source is an OpenStreetMap route relation
Publisher: North Country Trail Association for the National Park Service
Publisher’s page: https://services2.arcgis.com/UfGVyqUm4GHa2zrj/arcgis/rest/services/nct_public/FeatureServer/2
Source: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11140515Where to ask for the track: a layer or relation page
Track source: OpenStreetMap
Format: Eight OpenStreetMap per-state route relations, read through Overpass with all member ways
Main track: Eight per-state relations make the route: 13334245 North Dakota, 11140514 Minnesota, 11140512 Wisconsin, 11140515 Michigan, 11140513 Ohio, 11491081 Pennsylvania, 11140000 New York and 8417747 Vermont. The six ways marked 'alternative' are in alternates.geojson.How the main track 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 track to be passed on
OpenStreetMap only: YesOpenStreetMap is the only source of the included track
Source checked: 2026-11-09
Newer release?: osm-relation-version: Overpass rel(11140512,11140513,11140514,11140515,11491081,13334245,11140000,8417747); 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 2026-11-09). The track included here is from OpenStreetMap, relation 11140515. The publisher's own track is not licensed for redistribution and is not used.

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

OpenStreetMap

Relation: 11140515
Note: Eight state relations downloaded 2026-11-09; 7,749 main ways and 6 ways marked 'alternative'.

Logo

Shown only to identify the trail

This logo belongs to North Country Trail Association (northcountrytrail.org); NPS. 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: North Country Trail Association (northcountrytrail.org); NPS
Taken from: https://northcountrytrail.org/
File: shield.png
Note: Federal Register notice of 2000-03-28 established the North Country marker as federal insignia; use needs NPS permission.

Corrections

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Edit this recordThe record file (trail.toml) on GitHub
HistoryChanges to this record on GitHub

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`	north-country
`name`	North Country National Scenic Trail
`short_name`	NCT
`country`	US
`regions[0]`	ND
`regions[1]`	MN
`regions[2]`	WI
`regions[3]`	MI
`regions[4]`	OH
`regions[5]`	PA
`regions[6]`	NY
`regions[7]`	VT
`length_km`	7403
`length_note`	4,600 mi published
`tier`	national
`designation`	National Scenic Trail (1980)
`wave`	1
`inclusion`	nst-unconditional
`source.status`	osm-only
`source.publisher`	North Country Trail Association for the National Park Service
`source.publisher_url`	https://services2.arcgis.com/UfGVyqUm4GHa2zrj/arcgis/rest/services/nct_public/FeatureServer/2
`source.url`	https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11140515
`source.discovery`	osm-relation-version: Overpass `rel(11140512,11140513,11140514,11140515,11491081,13334245,11140000,8417747); out meta;` (version and timestamp), or the Geofabrik replication diff; fetch again when it changes
`source.format`	Eight OpenStreetMap per-state route relations, read through Overpass with all member ways
`source.crs`	EPSG:4326
`source.licence`	ODbL-1.0
`source.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 11140515. The publisher's own track is not licensed for redistribution and is not used.
`source.attribution`	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
`source.osm_only`	true
`source.mainline`	Eight per-state relations make the route: 13334245 North Dakota, 11140514 Minnesota, 11140512 Wisconsin, 11140515 Michigan, 11140513 Ohio, 11491081 Pennsylvania, 11140000 New York and 8417747 Vermont. The six ways marked 'alternative' are in alternates.geojson.
`source.source_checked`	2026-11-09
`source.redistributable`	true
`source.line_source`	OpenStreetMap
`source.line_file`	line.geojson
`osm.relation`	11140515
`osm.note`	Eight state relations downloaded 2026-11-09; 7,749 main ways and 6 ways marked 'alternative'.
`shield.status`	use-real-logo
`shield.logo_source`	https://northcountrytrail.org/
`shield.contact`	North Country Trail Association (northcountrytrail.org); NPS
`shield.note`	Federal Register notice of 2000-03-28 established the North Country marker as federal insignia; use needs NPS permission.
`shield.logo_file`	shield.png
`shield.logo_owner`	North Country Trail Association (northcountrytrail.org); NPS
`verification.verified`	true
`verification.date`	2026-11-09
`verification.measured_km`	7679.8
`verification.difference_percent`	3.7
`verification.parts`	2
`verification.note`	The eight state relations give 7,679.8 km in 2 parts, 3.7% over 7,403 km. Road walks are included, as OpenStreetMap maps them. Six ways marked 'alternative' (3.1 km) are in alternates.geojson.