Designated trail

Sheltowee Trace National Recreation Trail STT

National Recreation Trail, Daniel Boone National Forest · Kentucky, Tennessee, United States

Published length: 515 km320 miabout 320 mi
Measured line: 442.8 km275 mi−14.0% 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 2026-11-08, drawn simplified to 30 m. Credit: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Base map: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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Main line442.8 km measured in 1 part · OpenStreetMap

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Licence: ODbL 1.0

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

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

The record

Kind: Designated trailDesignated, maintained and published as one trail by a land agency or a trail association
Designation: National Recreation Trail, Daniel Boone National Forest
Tier: RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more
Listing: First setIn the first set of trails
Where: KY TN (Kentucky, Tennessee), United States
Published length: 515 km320 miabout 320 mi. A check value, not measured from the line.
Short name: STT
Record ID: sheltowee-traceStable: the directory name, never changed

Verification Checked 2026-11-08

Measured: YesThe line was downloaded and measured

Published: 515 km320 mi
Measured: 442.8 km275 migeodesic, from the line
Difference: −14.0%measured minus published
Parts: 1pieces left after joining ends within 100 m

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

The 38 section relations join into 1 continuous line, 442.8 km. That is -14.0% against the 515 km in this record and further against the 343 mi (552 km) the Association listed in 2025 after extensions: OSM misses road-walk links and the newest extension. No better open line found (the one ArcGIS item is under an unrelated account). Kept as the best available line, with the gap recorded.

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: USDA Forest Service, Daniel Boone National Forest; Sheltowee Trace Association (publishes the trail; no open geometry found)
Source: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/12041542Where to ask for the line: a layer or relation page
Line source: OpenStreetMap
Format: OpenStreetMap relation, read through Overpass or a Geofabrik extract
Main line: OSM has 38 per-section relations (for example 12041542). One ArcGIS item 'Sheltowee Trace' exists under an unrelated account (an ArcGIS account); provenance unknown, not used.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: 2026-11-08
Newer release?: osm-relation-version: Overpass rel(ID); 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 line included here is from OpenStreetMap, relation 12041542.

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

OpenStreetMap

Relation: 12041542
Note: 38 section relations.

Logo

Shown only to identify the trail

This logo belongs to Sheltowee Trace Association; USFS. It is not covered by this dataset’s licences, and no right to use it for any other purpose is given or implied.

A holder who wants a logo removed, replaced or credited differently can ask; see Logos.

Status: Logo in useThe trail has a logo
Holder: Sheltowee Trace Association; USFS
Taken from: https://sheltowee.org/
File: shield.png
Note: No logo or shield policy found. Treat as the maintaining organisation's mark.

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`	sheltowee-trace
`name`	Sheltowee Trace National Recreation Trail
`short_name`	STT
`country`	US
`regions[0]`	KY
`regions[1]`	TN
`length_km`	515
`length_note`	about 320 mi
`tier`	regional
`designation`	National Recreation Trail, Daniel Boone National Forest
`wave`	1
`source.status`	osm-only
`source.publisher`	USDA Forest Service, Daniel Boone National Forest; Sheltowee Trace Association (publishes the trail; no open geometry found)
`source.url`	https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/12041542
`source.discovery`	osm-relation-version: Overpass `rel(ID); out meta;` (version and timestamp), or the Geofabrik replication diff; fetch again when it changes
`source.format`	OpenStreetMap relation, read through Overpass or a Geofabrik extract
`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 line included here is from OpenStreetMap, relation 12041542.
`source.attribution`	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
`source.osm_only`	true
`source.mainline`	OSM has 38 per-section relations (for example 12041542). One ArcGIS item 'Sheltowee Trace' exists under an unrelated account (an ArcGIS account); provenance unknown, not used.
`source.source_checked`	2026-11-08
`source.redistributable`	true
`source.line_source`	OpenStreetMap
`source.line_file`	line.geojson
`osm.relation`	12041542
`osm.note`	38 section relations.
`shield.status`	use-real-logo
`shield.logo_source`	https://sheltowee.org/
`shield.contact`	Sheltowee Trace Association; USFS
`shield.note`	No logo or shield policy found. Treat as the maintaining organisation's mark.
`shield.logo_file`	shield.png
`shield.logo_owner`	Sheltowee Trace Association; USFS
`verification.verified`	true
`verification.date`	2026-11-08
`verification.measured_km`	442.8
`verification.difference_percent`	-14.0
`verification.parts`	1
`verification.note`	The 38 section relations join into 1 continuous line, 442.8 km. That is -14.0% against the 515 km in this record and further against the 343 mi (552 km) the Association listed in 2025 after extensions: OSM misses road-walk links and the newest extension. No better open line found (the one ArcGIS item is under an unrelated account). Kept as the best available line, with the gap recorded.