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8 Best & FREE Hiking Apps You Need to Download in 2022 + Honorable Mentions!

AllTrails Gaia GPS FarOut PeakVisor Spyglass Hiking Project Cairn Google Maps Pokémon GO Seek by iNaturalist
  1. Explore over 50,000 trails, reviews, and photos. Share them…
    For more advanced hikers, AllTrails also provide information such as elevation gain and trailhead location, and time. AllTrails app also tracks and records the hikes you've done, including the exact route you took, the elevation gain you've achieved, and how long it took for you to complete the trail.

    #Travel & Location #Sport & Health #Sports 119 social mentions

  2. Trail maps for all your adventures
    With the paid version of Gaia GPS, you'll get access to offline maps and Gaia's entire map catalog. Recently, Gaia GPS partnered with Outside+ for their new annual premium version. Gaia GPS's annual version includes additional maps for skiing, mountain biking, and backpacking, which is great for frequent hikers, backpackers, and backcountry trekkers.

    #Maps #Travel & Location #Sport & Health 16 social mentions

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    The number #1 app for long distance hiking, biking, and paddling.
    FarOut Guides was built by former thru-hikers who found a need for a offline access map and guide that can help them traverse various terrains to accomplish a long distance trail.

    #Travel & Location #Sport & Health #Outdoors 5 social mentions

  4. Your private mountain guide
    PeakVisor is a 3D maps and peaks Identification app that contains information about more than 1 million peaks all over the world and helps you identify the ones you find during your trips. It's definitely one of the best, if not the best, hiking + trekking visualization and identification apps out there!

    #Travel & Location #Maps #Maps & Navigation 7 social mentions

  5. Spyglass is an essential navigation app for enthusiastic travelers. Keep a powerful toolkit handy and uncover new territories with AR compass.
    Spyglass is a secretly awesome hiking rangefinder app for outdoor navigation. While it’s not a free hiking app, it’s a one-time fee of $5.99 is more than palatable and definitely worth it.

    #Travel & Location #Sport & Health #Outdoors

  6. Better Data. Better Maps. Better Hikes
    You can learn more about the Hiking Project app with our Hiking Project review that grades the quality of the app and goes into detail about the unique features so you can get the best out of it!

    #Travel & Location #Maps #Maps & Navigation 2 social mentions

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    Easily share outdoor trip plans and find cell coverage in the wilderness with the Cairn app.
    Cairn helps you plan routes by offering helpful estimates of how long you will take to complete a particular trail based on personalized data and points out areas with weak cell reception.

    #Travel & Location #Sport & Health #Outdoors

  8. Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.
    Google maps is great for a general purpose app if you wouldn't want to pay or download another app, but the app comes with many limitations that some other hiking apps have. This includes access to user-generated trails or less popular trails, limited rangefinder capabilities, no peak identification, and more.

    #Maps #Web Mapping #Mapping And GIS

  9. Pokémon GO was first introduced in 2016 and immediately became a cultural phenomenon. The game is designed to be played on mobile devices and is available for both the Android and iOS platforms.
    Looking for a way to spice up your daily walks or hikes near the city? Look no further than the super popular augmented reality game to play while hiking: Pokémon GO.

    #Augmented Reality #Text Editors #Enterprise Communication 12 social mentions

  10. Seek by iNaturalist is an education application that uses the power of images recognition technology to identify nature all around the world.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    By combining curiosity with discovery, Seek by iNaturalist allows you to identify faunas and floras on your hike based on images you take and your geographic locations by providing you a list of possible species based on the picture and location provided.

    #Online Services #Education & Reference #Tool

  11. One app, every park at your fingertips.
    The National Park Service App, developed by U.S. National Park Services government agency, contains all of the vital information you'll need to know on all 423 national park units, which include 63 national parks around the united states.

    #Travel & Location #Sport & Health #Outdoors

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