Confidently explore the great outdoors with Outdooractive - Hike and Ride: The most reliable outdoor navigation app, as trusted by thousands of trail wardens, mountain guides and outdoor industry professionals worldwide.
The Outdooractive - Hike and Ride app helps you find officially approved routes near you and around the world, with suggestions for dozens of sports including: hiking paths, trekking trails, mountain biking routes, trail running paths, ski touring routes and more. Or plan your own routes using the deepest catalog of official maps to take adventures into your own hands.
● Find routes you can rely on: Browse thousands of officially-approved routes near you and across the world, including routes for hiking, road cycling, bike touring, ski touring, gravel riding, trail running, horseback riding, mountaineering and more.
● Plan your own routes with tools trusted by professionals: Easily plot your own outdoor routes in the route planner in just a few taps, and see all need to know distance, elevation and terrain info.
● Save everything offline: Save individual plans or entire areas offline for reliable navigation when you don't have a phone signal.
● Navigate with the most reliable maps on the planet: Browse the deepest collection of different map types to track or plan your adventures with confidence. Simply switch between different layers to get a clearer picture of the terrain you're planning to visit, and get the most reliable understanding of conditions on the ground. Outdooractive's map catalog currently includes: - Official topo maps in 25 countries, including: • Ordnance Survey (Landranger & Explorer) in the United Kingdom • New Zealand Land Information in NZ • USGS in the USA • BKG in Germany • BEV in Austria • Swisstopo in Switzerland • IGN in France • CNIG in Spain • PDOK in the Netherlands • Kartverket in Norway • Kortforsyningen in Denmark • Lantmäteriet in Sweden • Finland National Land Survey in Finland • GSI in Japan • Harvey Maps in the UK's most mountainous areas - The official Alpine Club maps for climbing in the Alps - The specially-designed Outdooractive map across France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
● Share your live location with family and friends: Give yourself and your loved ones complete peace of mind when you're out in the great outdoors thanks to BuddyBeacon.
● Join a global community of outdoor tourists and adventurers: Share your activities with the community, join challenges to stay motivated, and get inspired by officially-approved content from our thousands of industry partners.
● Smartwatches with WEAR OS from Google: With a glance at your Smartwatch, you get information about your GPS position on the map. You can record tracks, get tracking data and navigate along routes.
FAQs: Can Outdooractive find walking trails near me? Outdooractive helps you find walking, hiking, cycling and many more types of trails both in your area, and around the world.
How can I find hiking trails near me?: Using Outdooractive, you're able to find hiking trails in your local area by opening our app and browsing the map. You'll be able to see hiking trails with a range of distances, difficulties and distance from your location.
How do I know which hiking trails close to me are best to follow?: Using Outdooractive's multiple map layers, you're able to view official information from multiple sources, to inform you about trail conditions, rules, restrictions and what to expect on your hike. Experts will share information on each route on its difficulty, required experience level and more!
Can I download offline maps to navigate nature walks and areas to hike near me?: Outdooractive allows you to download maps and routes to your device before heading out, to help you navigate those areas where signal isn't guaranteed — allowing you to reliably navigate the outdoors.
Find, plan & track your outdoor adventures with reliable maps trusted by experts
Updated on
Oct 6, 2026
Travel & Local
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Sarah Richardson
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September 9, 2026
I've used this app for a number of years and generally it is good enough for my use. Every so often it fails on me, today being such a day. I'm doing the challenges and also using the app to plot a sponsored walk for charity. I set off at 5am and covered 4.5miles but the "Save" button was unresponsive and I couldn't save the track. Sync put the track into my account but because I then drove 10 miles to work it discounted it. I tried again at work by testing 1.1 miles and the same happened.
3 people found this review helpful
Outdooractive AG
September 11, 2026
You can edit a track that is too long and cut the end off.
For the problem with not being able to save, please contact support@outdooractive.com with more details. A screen grab showing the state of the screen when it would not save would help.
Felix T-Rex
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September 12, 2026
This happened to me the other day. We were on a hike deep in the mountains, and suddenly the route disappeared. I am guessing this is because we were out of mobile reception. This is an incredibly dangerous situation - and frankly unnacceptable. It is 2026 - how can routes not be saved locally on your phone? Deleting this app now and going onto something else. Never again.
Outdooractive AG
September 14, 2026
It sounds like you may have switched to the map tab, rather than the record/navigate. If navigating, the record/navigate tab should show the route until you end navigation.
It can also be worth bookmarking routes in "Want to do", then access using My page, Collections, Wan to Do - saves searching if needing to find them again.
Lauren Daisy
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August 24, 2026
This app failed to record my activities properly. Although the route on the map is correct the time it took and distance are wrong. I never used to have problems and nothing has changed between it working and not working. I also always have to change the app settings to unrestricted even when it's already set to this which is annoying. I would appreciate it if these issues could be fixed.
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Outdooractive AG
August 24, 2026
Please contact support@outdooractive.com with a link to your track. Most likely the phone lost GPS position fix, or else the app was power or resource managed by Android and stopped.
The location permission is not controlled by Outdooractive, it's controlled by Android. Maybe you have some other app or setting to remove or reduce permissions.
What’s new
In this version we fixed some bugs and made some performance improvements. We will soon drop support for Android 9. Do you have any questions or suggestions? Shoot us an email to service@outdooractive.com Your Outdooractive Team