FAQ

What is this?

Inspired by Every Single Street, Every Single Trail computes complete tours that touch every trail with a park bounded by roads (data issues mean that sometimes, you cross roads, sorry!). The GPX files are the shortest possible path to traverse every trail in a park.

Why?

COVID-19 has reduced everyone's travel radius -- it seemed like a good time to fully explore the trails around me. I've been every-single-trailing around Boston, MA and found it to be a really delightful experience, finding new ponds, trails, and regions I never new existed.

How do I use these GPX files?

For dense parks, the files sometimes return to the same intersection multiple times which can make the track difficult to follow. However, some running watches (eg. the Suunto Spartan Ultra) display helpful overlays at complex intersections enabling you to follow very complex topologies. In lieu of this, it can be helpful to convert the track into a hand drawn map.

Missing Trail / Missing Park, Park/Trail doesn't exist, etc.

All the data for Every Single Trail comes from Open Street Map, something akin to a Wikipedia for map data. If you find an issue, it's easy to make changes on OpenStreetMap.org. I reimport pretty rarely, so let me know if you've updated the data for a specific region and I can reload it for you.

Who are you? / Can I get in touch? / etc.

I'm Russell, a software engineer and runner based in Boston, MA. Assorted contact info is at my website.