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Hiking, Ski & Outdoor Maps

Outdoor maps help you find a route, judge the terrain and stay safe once you are out there: trails with recent reviews, contour lines and slope angles, pistes and crags, charts for the water.

26 maps · 16 completely free · 1 live

Worldwide

AllTrails

Find hiking, running and biking trails with reviews and photos

Freemium
alltrails.comOpen
Worldwide

Strava Global Heatmap

Where people run, ride and swim, as a glowing heatmap

Free
strava.comOpen
Switzerland

map.geo.admin.ch

Switzerland's federal map viewer with the famous Swiss topographic maps

Free
map.geo.admin.chOpen
Worldwide

OpenTopoMap

Free topographic map of the world from OpenStreetMap and elevation data

Free
opentopomap.orgOpen
Worldwide

CyclOSM

A cycling map that shows bike lanes, surfaces and services

Free
cyclosm.orgOpen
Worldwide, best in Central Europe

Mapy.com

Detailed outdoor and city maps from Czechia, popular with hikers across Europe

Free
mapy.comOpen
Worldwide, best in Europe

Waymarked Trails

Marked hiking, cycling and riding routes worldwide from OpenStreetMap

Free
hiking.waymarkedtrails.orgOpen
Worldwide, best in the US

CalTopo

Backcountry map for planning with slope angle, topo and fire layers

Freemium
caltopo.comOpen
Worldwide, best in Europe

komoot

Plan hikes and bike rides with routing that knows the surfaces

Freemium
komoot.comOpen
Worldwide

Wikiloc

Millions of outdoor trails recorded and shared by users

Freemium
wikiloc.comOpen
Worldwide

Geocaching

The worldwide treasure hunt: millions of hidden caches on a map

Freemium
geocaching.comOpen
Worldwide

Gaia GPS

Offline GPS maps for hiking, hunting and overlanding

Freemium
gaiagps.comOpen
Worldwide

OpenCycleMap

Classic worldwide cycling map with national cycle routes

Free
opencyclemap.orgOpen
Worldwide

OpenSnowMap

Worldwide map of ski pistes, lifts and cross-country trails

Free
opensnowmap.orgOpen
Great Britain

OS Maps

Ordnance Survey maps of Great Britain for walking and planning

Freemium
explore.osmaps.comOpen
Worldwide

PeakVisor

3D mountain maps that identify every peak you can see

Freemium3D
peakvisor.comOpen
United States

Fall Foliage Prediction Map

Week-by-week forecast of autumn leaf colour across the US

Free
smokymountains.comOpen
Worldwide, best in North America

Mountain Project

Rock climbing routes and crags with community beta

Free
mountainproject.comOpen
Worldwide

Navionics ChartViewer

Nautical charts and sonar depth maps for boaters, online

Free
webapp.navionics.comOpen
WorldwideLive

Surfline

Surf forecasts and live surf cams on a map

Freemium
surfline.comOpen
United States

Avalanche.org

Map of avalanche forecasts for the United States

Free
avalanche.orgOpen
Worldwide

OpenSeaMap

Free nautical chart with buoys, lights and harbours from OpenStreetMap

Free
map.openseamap.orgOpen
US national forests

USFS Interactive Visitor Map

Trails, campgrounds and recreation sites in US national forests

Free
fs.usda.govOpen
New Zealand

NZ Topo Map

New Zealand topographic maps online, from official LINZ data

Free
topomap.co.nzOpen
Worldwide

Peakbagger

Database and maps of the world's mountains and climbing lists

Free
peakbagger.comOpen
Worldwide

theCrag

Worldwide climbing guide with crags, routes and ticks

Freemium
thecrag.comOpen

How to choose

For finding trails, AllTrails and Wikiloc have the most user-recorded routes; Waymarked Trails shows officially signed routes.

For judging terrain, use a topographic map: national agency maps where available, OpenTopoMap or CalTopo elsewhere. Slope-angle layers are essential in avalanche terrain.

Phones fail. Download offline maps, carry a paper map in remote areas, and check avalanche and weather forecasts before you go.