Designated trail

Superior Hiking Trail SHT

Superior Hiking Trail Association; also the North Country NST here · Minnesota, United States

Published length: 499 km310 mi310 mi published
Measured line: 478.1 km297 mi−4.2% 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 2026-11-09, drawn simplified to 30 m. Credit: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Base map: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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Main line478.1 km measured in 2 parts · OpenStreetMap

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Credit the source

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: Superior Hiking Trail Association; also the North Country NST here
Tier: RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more
Listing: First setIn the first set of trails
Where: MN (Minnesota), United States
Published length: 499 km310 mi310 mi published. A check value, not measured from the line.
Short name: SHT
Record ID: superior-hikingStable: the directory name, never changed

Verification Checked 2026-11-09

Measured: YesThe line was downloaded and measured

Published: 499 km310 mi
Measured: 478.1 km297 migeodesic, from the line
Difference: −4.2%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 1612587, 515 ways: 478.1 km in 2 parts, 4.2% short of 499 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: North Country Trail Association (hosts the Superior Hiking Trail Association's line)
Publisher’s page: https://services2.arcgis.com/UfGVyqUm4GHa2zrj/arcgis/rest/services/agol_sht_public/FeatureServer/1
Source: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1612587Where to ask for the line: a layer or relation page
Line source: OpenStreetMap
Format: OpenStreetMap route relation 1612587, read through Overpass with all member ways
Main line: OSM 1612587 'Superior Hiking Trail' (275 mi distance tag): the whole trail in the main role. No alternates are mapped.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: 2026-11-09
Newer release?: osm-relation-version: Overpass rel(1612587); out meta; (version and timestamp), or the Geofabrik replication diff; fetch again when it changesHow to tell whether the source has a newer release
Decision: Included with its name and logo. The line is from OpenStreetMap.

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 1612587. The publisher's own line is not licensed for redistribution and is not used.

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

OpenStreetMap

Relation: 1612587
Note: Relation 1612587, 515 ways. Downloaded 2026-11-09.

Logo

Shown only to identify the trail

This logo belongs to Superior Hiking Trail Association. 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: Superior Hiking Trail Association
Taken from: https://shta.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`	superior-hiking
`name`	Superior Hiking Trail
`short_name`	SHT
`country`	US
`regions[0]`	MN
`length_km`	499
`length_note`	310 mi published
`tier`	regional
`designation`	Superior Hiking Trail Association; also the North Country NST here
`wave`	1
`source.status`	osm-only
`source.publisher`	North Country Trail Association (hosts the Superior Hiking Trail Association's line)
`source.publisher_url`	https://services2.arcgis.com/UfGVyqUm4GHa2zrj/arcgis/rest/services/agol_sht_public/FeatureServer/1
`source.url`	https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1612587
`source.discovery`	osm-relation-version: Overpass `rel(1612587); out meta;` (version and timestamp), or the Geofabrik replication diff; fetch again when it changes
`source.format`	OpenStreetMap route relation 1612587, 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 line included here is from OpenStreetMap, relation 1612587. The publisher's own line is not licensed for redistribution and is not used.
`source.attribution`	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
`source.osm_only`	true
`source.mainline`	OSM 1612587 'Superior Hiking Trail' (275 mi distance tag): the whole trail in the main role. No alternates are mapped.
`source.decision`	included-named
`source.decision_text`	Included with its name and logo. The line is from OpenStreetMap.
`source.source_checked`	2026-11-09
`source.redistributable`	true
`source.line_source`	OpenStreetMap
`source.line_file`	line.geojson
`osm.relation`	1612587
`osm.note`	Relation 1612587, 515 ways. Downloaded 2026-11-09.
`shield.status`	use-real-logo
`shield.logo_source`	https://shta.org/
`shield.contact`	Superior Hiking Trail Association
`shield.note`	No logo or shield policy found. Treat as the maintaining organisation's mark.
`shield.logo_file`	shield.png
`shield.logo_owner`	Superior Hiking Trail Association
`verification.verified`	true
`verification.date`	2026-11-09
`verification.measured_km`	478.1
`verification.difference_percent`	-4.2
`verification.parts`	2
`verification.note`	OSM 1612587, 515 ways: 478.1 km in 2 parts, 4.2% short of 499 km.