Person-defined routeTrack policy: Sold

Trans Adirondack Route TAR

By Erik Schlimmer, 2010 · New York, United States

Published length: 391 km243 mi242.7 mi, per the creator
Measured track: Not measuredNo track was downloaded and measured
Track: Record onlyThe reason is given below
Track policy: SoldThe route is got by buying a guide or map set

Record only

The track is sold as a guide

The route is sold as a book and map set, and no track is offered. Get the track from Blue Line to Blue Line.

No track is included from any source, OpenStreetMap included.

See where to get the route

No map is drawn: the dataset holds no track for this route, and does not guess one.

The route

Creator: Erik Schlimmer
First published: 2010
Track policy: SoldThe route is got by buying a guide or map set

Purchase Blue Line to Blue Line and the map set on the Merch page and thru-hike it.

Erik Schlimmer The creator’s words

Read on https://erikschlimmer.com/tar-1.

Track policy: OpenThe creator publishes the track freely. A track is included only where the creator's terms allow passing it on, or where OpenStreetMap carries the route as a route relation. Otherwise get it from the creator.
Track policy: SoldThe route is got by buying a guide or map set. No track is included from any source, OpenStreetMap included.This route
Track policy: WithheldThe creator chooses not to publish a track. No track is included from any source, OpenStreetMap included.
Track policy: UnclearWhether the creator shares the track is not settled. No track is included until it is settled.

About the route

199.3 miles of trails, 33.0 miles of roads and 10.4 miles of cross-country, per the creator, across the Adirondack Park from its south blue line to its north one.

The record

Kind: Person-defined routeWorked out and published by a person or a small group: a high route, a traverse or a loop of linked trails
Designation: Person-defined route (Erik Schlimmer, 2010); no agency or association
Tier: RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more
Listing: First setIn the first set of trails
Where: NY (New York), United States
Published length: 391 km243 mi242.7 mi, per the creator. A check value, not measured from the track.
Short name: TAR
Record ID: trans-adirondack-routeStable: the directory name, never changed

Source and licence

Source status: NoneNo source of a track
Publisher: Erik Schlimmer (publishes the route)
Publisher’s page: https://erikschlimmer.com/tar-1
Source: https://erikschlimmer.com/books-sale-/
Main track: No track is included; the track is in the book and map set.How the main track is told apart from alternates, connectors and side trails
Licence: None stated
Source checked: 2026-11-10

What the source says

No track is included, so no source licence applies to a track. This record names the creator and the page its facts were read on (https://erikschlimmer.com/books-sale-/, read 2026-11-10).

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

OpenStreetMap

Note: Not recorded: the route's creator does not publish a track.

Logo

No logo. No logo is included; a person-defined route has no emblem. Ask the creator before using any mark.

Corrections

If you made this route

A route’s creator can ask for its record to be corrected or removed, and the record will be corrected or removed. Say which route: trans-adirondack-route. See About.

This record is a text file anyone can correct. Please say where a correction can be checked: a source page, a map, or a measured track.

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Edit this recordThe record file (trail.toml) on GitHub
HistoryChanges to this record on GitHub

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`	trans-adirondack-route
`name`	Trans Adirondack Route
`short_name`	TAR
`country`	US
`regions[0]`	NY
`length_km`	391
`length_note`	242.7 mi, per the creator
`kind`	route
`tier`	regional
`designation`	Person-defined route (Erik Schlimmer, 2010); no agency or association
`wave`	1
`source.status`	none
`source.publisher`	Erik Schlimmer (publishes the route)
`source.publisher_url`	https://erikschlimmer.com/tar-1
`source.url`	https://erikschlimmer.com/books-sale-/
`source.format`	No line included
`source.crs`	EPSG:4326
`source.licence`	none-stated
`source.licence_text`	No track is included, so no source licence applies to a track. This record names the creator and the page its facts were read on (https://erikschlimmer.com/books-sale-/, read 2026-11-10).
`source.attribution`	none (no line included)
`source.osm_only`	false
`source.mainline`	No track is included; the track is in the book and map set.
`source.source_checked`	2026-11-10
`source.redistributable`	true
`source.line_source`	none (no line included)
`source.line_file`	""
`source.line_absent_reason`	The route is sold as a book and map set, and no track is offered. Get the track from Blue Line to Blue Line.
`osm.relation`	0
`osm.note`	Not recorded: the route's creator does not publish a track.
`shield.status`	no-logo-exists
`shield.logo_source`	""
`shield.contact`	Erik Schlimmer
`shield.note`	No logo is included; a person-defined route has no emblem. Ask the creator before using any mark.
`shield.logo_file`	""
`shield.logo_owner`	Erik Schlimmer
`verification.verified`	false
`verification.note`	No line to measure.
`route.creator`	Erik Schlimmer
`route.year`	2010
`route.line_policy`	sold
`route.creator_words`	Purchase Blue Line to Blue Line and the map set on the Merch page and thru-hike it.
`route.creator_words_url`	https://erikschlimmer.com/tar-1
`route.note`	199.3 miles of trails, 33.0 miles of roads and 10.4 miles of cross-country, per the creator, across the Adirondack Park from its south blue line to its north one.
`guide[0].title`	Blue Line to Blue Line, with a map set
`guide[0].author`	Erik Schlimmer
`guide[0].access`	purchase
`guide[0].url`	https://erikschlimmer.com/books-sale-/
`guide[0].format`	book and map set