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Named National Forest trails

One row per named trail on National Forest System land. Rows are built by grouping the segments of the Forest Service TrailNFS_Publish layer by trail name and forest, so a trail that crosses two forests appears twice. Every named trail is here, including the short ones that have no page on this site.

Download trails.csv45,962 rows · data refreshed September 17, 2026

Columns

slug
Page key: the trail name slugified plus the four-digit forest code. Pages live at /trails/{slug}/ when has_page is True
name
Trail name as the Forest Service records it, with the capitalization normalized
forest_code
Region and forest, the first four digits of the administrative organization code
forest_name
Administrative forest name from the Forest Service boundary layer
states
Two-letter state codes the line passes through, semicolon separated, from Census state boundaries
miles
Sum of segment lengths in miles as recorded, or the GIS length where the record is blank
classes
Forest Service trail classes present, 1 minimal to 5 fully developed
surfaces
Predominant surface types present
grade
The most common typical grade range
tread_width
The most common typical tread width
allowed_uses
Uses allowed on at least one segment: hike, horse, bike, motorcycle, atv, fourwd, ebike, snowmobile, snowshoe, ski, snowcoach, boat, paddle
accessibility
accessible when any segment meets Forest Service accessibility guidelines, not accessible when evaluated and failed, blank when not evaluated
national_designation
national_scenic_or_historic, national_recreation_or_other, or blank
wilderness
Wilderness areas the line crosses, semicolon separated
trail_type
TERRA, SNOW or WATER
motorized
Y when open to a motorized use, N when closed to all, blank when not recorded
segments
Number of source segments grouped into the row
trail_numbers
Forest trail numbers, semicolon separated
start_lat
Latitude of one end of the longest connected chain, WGS84
start_lon
Longitude of that end
end_lat
Latitude of the other end
end_lon
Longitude of the other end
has_page
True when the trail has its own page on this site

The first 8 rows

slugnameforest_codeforest_namestatesmilesclassessurfacesgradetread_widthallowed_usesaccessibilitynational_designationwildernesstrail_typemotorizedsegmentstrail_numbersstart_latstart_lonend_latend_lonhas_page
300-haircut-0415$300 Haircut0415Caribou-Targhee National ForestID0.82native material5-8 percenthike;horse;bikeaccessibleTERRAN1432343.67186-111.5587943.66052-111.55915True
04n12-snow-trail-051604n12-Snow Trail0516Stanislaus National ForestCA19.43snowmobile;snowshoe;ski;snowcoachSNOWY1SNO-04N1238.20998-120.0167338.24948-119.93993True
04n12c-snow-trail-051604n12c Snow Trail0516Stanislaus National ForestCA0.53snowmobile;snowshoe;ski;snowcoachSNOWY1SNO-04N12C38.27692-119.8851538.27991-119.8796False
05n31-snow-trail-051605n31 Snow Trail0516Stanislaus National ForestCA0.73snowmobile;snowshoe;ski;snowcoachSNOWY1SNO-05N3138.24264-119.9108838.23524-119.9148False
07n17-snow-trail-051607n17 Snow Trail0516Stanislaus National ForestCA3.63snowmobile;snowshoe;ski;snowcoachSNOWY1SNO-07N1738.47809-120.0076238.44069-120.00773False
10-mile-062110 Mile0621Colville National ForestWA2.53native material12-20 percent18-24 incheshike;horse;bikenot accessiblenational_scenic_or_historicTERRAN12548.51854-118.738748.52757-118.76611True
10-mile-creek-061710 Mile Creek0617Okanogan-Wenatchee National ForestWA1.1TERRA1124148.19791-120.7578248.21058-120.7594False
10-mile-creek-wilderness-061710 Mile Creek Wilderness0617Okanogan-Wenatchee National ForestWA0.9Glacier Peak WildernessTERRA11241.148.21058-120.759448.22082-120.76206False

Source, license and citation

Sources: The US Forest Service TrailNFS_Publish and Administrative Forest Boundaries layers, the National Wilderness Preservation System layer published by Wilderness Connect, and Census state boundaries. The file is regenerated by the nightly pipeline that rebuilds this site, so it is never older than the pages that cite it. Method notes are on the methodology page.

License: CC0 1.0. Use it for anything, no permission or attribution needed. A link back helps other people find the source.

Suggested citation: "Trailhead Atlas open data, Named National Forest trails (September 17, 2026 snapshot), derived from US Forest Service layers and Wilderness Connect, trailheadatlas.com/data/trails/."

Other files: National Forest trailheads