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

id = "sheltowee-trace"
name = "Sheltowee Trace National Recreation Trail"
short_name = "STT"
country = "US"
regions = ["KY", "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"
publisher = "USDA Forest Service, Daniel Boone National Forest; Sheltowee Trace Association (publishes the trail; no open geometry found)"
url = "https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/12041542"
discovery = "osm-relation-version: Overpass `rel(ID); out meta;` (version and timestamp), or the Geofabrik replication diff; fetch again when it changes"
format = "OpenStreetMap relation, read through Overpass or a Geofabrik extract"
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 12041542."
attribution = "OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)"
osm_only = true
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_checked = "2026-11-08"
redistributable = true
line_source = "OpenStreetMap"
line_file = "line.geojson"

[osm]
relation = 12041542
note = "38 section relations."

[shield]
status = "use-real-logo"
logo_source = "https://sheltowee.org/"
contact = "Sheltowee Trace Association; USFS"
note = "No logo or shield policy found. Treat as the maintaining organisation's mark."
logo_file = "shield.png"
logo_owner = "Sheltowee Trace Association; USFS"

[verification]
verified = true
date = "2026-11-08"
measured_km = 442.8
difference_percent = -14.0
parts = 1
note = "The 38 section relations join into 1 continuous track, 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 track found (the one ArcGIS item is under an unrelated account). Kept as the best available track, with the gap recorded."