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

id = "north-country"
name = "North Country National Scenic Trail"
short_name = "NCT"
country = "US"
regions = ["ND", "MN", "WI", "MI", "OH", "PA", "NY", "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"
publisher = "North Country Trail Association for the National Park Service"
publisher_url = "https://services2.arcgis.com/UfGVyqUm4GHa2zrj/arcgis/rest/services/nct_public/FeatureServer/2"
url = "https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11140515"
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"
format = "Eight OpenStreetMap per-state route relations, 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 2026-11-09). The track included here is from OpenStreetMap, relation 11140515. The publisher's own track is not licensed for redistribution and is not used."
attribution = "OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)"
osm_only = true
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_checked = "2026-11-09"
redistributable = true
line_source = "OpenStreetMap"
line_file = "line.geojson"

[osm]
relation = 11140515
note = "Eight state relations downloaded 2026-11-09; 7,749 main ways and 6 ways marked 'alternative'."

[shield]
status = "use-real-logo"
logo_source = "https://northcountrytrail.org/"
contact = "North Country Trail Association (northcountrytrail.org); NPS"
note = "Federal Register notice of 2000-03-28 established the North Country marker as federal insignia; use needs NPS permission."
logo_file = "shield.png"
logo_owner = "North Country Trail Association (northcountrytrail.org); NPS"

[verification]
verified = true
date = "2026-11-09"
measured_km = 7679.8
difference_percent = 3.7
parts = 2
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."