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AllTrails Hiking App Review: Outdoor Planning and Navigation

Scott Gilbertson

created: Sept. 25, 2025, 12:30 p.m. | updated: Sept. 28, 2025, 1:40 p.m.

These days, most of us plan what we're going to do and how we're going to get there using online tools, like AllTrails. There are at least a dozen mapping apps to help plan your routes through the wilderness, whether you're hiking, backpacking, mountain biking, overlanding, off-roading, or hunting. AllTrails is one of the biggest and most widely used hiking apps available. AllTrails does a good job of helping you find hiking trails near you, get to them, and navigate your way down the trail and back again. For these reasons and more, WIRED does not recommend relying solely on a smartphone app for wilderness navigation.

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