Designated trail

North-South Trail NST

Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management · Rhode Island, United States

Published length
125 km78 mi77 mi, from the Rhode Island DEM trail data
Measured line
121.4 km75.4 mi−2.9% against published
Line
In the datasetLicence: ODbL 1.0
Tier
RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more

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  • Main line

Line: OpenStreetMap, read 2026-11-10, drawn simplified to 30 m. Credit: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). 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
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
Tier
RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more
Listing
First setIn the first set of trails
Where
RI (Rhode Island), United States
Published length
125 km78 mi77 mi, from the Rhode Island DEM trail data. A check value, not measured from the line.
Short name
NST
Record ID
north-southStable: the directory name, never changed

Verification Checked 2026-11-10

Measured
YesThe line was downloaded and measured
Published
125 km78 mi
Measured
121.4 km75.4 migeodesic, from the line
Difference
−2.9%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

OSM relation 11102215, 197 ways: 121.4 km in 2 parts, 2.9% short of the published 125 km.

Source and licence

Line in this dataset
line.geojsonThe main line file of the record
Source status
OpenStreetMap onlyThe only source is an OpenStreetMap route relation
Publisher
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (publishes the trail; no open geometry found)
Publisher’s page
https://dem.ri.gov/
Source
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11102215Where to ask for the line: a layer or relation page
Line source
OpenStreetMap
Format
OpenStreetMap route relation, read through Overpass with all member ways
Main line
OSM relation 11102215: one route relation, main ways only.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
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 line to be passed on
OpenStreetMap only
YesOpenStreetMap is the only source of the included line
Source checked
2026-11-10
Newer release?
osm-relation-version: Overpass rel(11102215); 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 2026-11-10). The line included here is from OpenStreetMap, relation 11102215.

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

OpenStreetMap

Relation
11102215
Note
Downloaded 2026-11-10; 197 ways in the main line. release.txt has the source and date.

Logo

Logo not found. No logo is included. Ask the trail's holder before using its mark.

Every field of the record, with its exact value

As stored in trail.toml. The record schema says what each field means.

FieldValue
idnorth-south
nameNorth-South Trail
short_nameNST
countryUS
regions[0]RI
length_km125
length_note77 mi, from the Rhode Island DEM trail data
tierregional
designationRhode Island Department of Environmental Management
wave1
source.statusosm-only
source.publisherRhode Island Department of Environmental Management (publishes the trail; no open geometry found)
source.publisher_urlhttps://dem.ri.gov/
source.urlhttps://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11102215
source.discoveryosm-relation-version: Overpass `rel(11102215); out meta;` (version and timestamp), or the Geofabrik replication diff; fetch again when it changes
source.formatOpenStreetMap route relation, read through Overpass with all member ways
source.crsEPSG:4326
source.licenceODbL-1.0
source.licence_textOpenStreetMap 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 line included here is from OpenStreetMap, relation 11102215.
source.attributionOpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
source.osm_onlytrue
source.mainlineOSM relation 11102215: one route relation, main ways only.
source.source_checked2026-11-10
source.redistributabletrue
source.line_sourceOpenStreetMap
source.line_fileline.geojson
osm.relation11102215
osm.noteDownloaded 2026-11-10; 197 ways in the main line. release.txt has the source and date.
shield.statuslogo-not-found
shield.logo_source""
shield.contactRhode Island Department of Environmental Management
shield.noteNo logo is included. Ask the trail's holder before using its mark.
shield.logo_file""
shield.logo_ownerRhode Island Department of Environmental Management
verification.verifiedtrue
verification.date2026-11-10
verification.measured_km121.4
verification.difference_percent-2.9
verification.parts2
verification.noteOSM relation 11102215, 197 ways: 121.4 km in 2 parts, 2.9% short of the published 125 km.