Outdoor Recreation Apps
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TrailLink
TrailLink is both a website and an app that has all of the rail trail routes for the United States. Rail trails are former railroad tracks that have been turned into multi-use trails.
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TrailForks
TrailForks is a app for bicycling that has rail trails, mountain bike trails, and bike routes.
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MTB Projects
MTB Projects is an app that shows mountain bike trails in your area.
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Ride With GPS
Ride With GPS is an app that shows bicycle routes people have ridden, track your rides, and design your own routes.
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Komoot
Komoot an app that shows bicycle routes people have ridden, track your rides, and design your own routes.
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AllTrails
AllTrails is an app that shows hiking trails in your local area. Be very weary of trusting the app. Routes are rated by difficulty and an a midwest difficult is different than a mountain difficult. Do not trust the distance listed. A two mile hike turned into an eight mile hike in Red River Gorge, KY on me.
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Mountain Projects
Mountain Projects is an app that shows rock climbing routes. It tells you the approach to the route, information about the route, sun coverage, and the gear you need for the route.
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Strava
Strava is an app for tracking your adventures. It has options to track all types of adventures, such as hiking, biking, snowshoeing, paddleboarding, ect. You can also see your friends adventures and compete in challenges.
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Slopes
Slopes is an app that tracks your downhill skiing and snowboarding.
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Avenza Maps
Avenza Maps is a place you can find detailed topographical maps of the North Country Trail.
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OnX Outdoors
OnX is an app for knowing what land is private vs public property.
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Adventurtle
Aventurtle is an app that helps link adventurers with guides. Guides can also advertise their trips and services there. Fun fact! This is a local company! They are based out of Mount Clemens.