Your walking tour, on every phone in town

HistoricTrails.org turns local history into free, self-guided walks. Families, youth groups and visitors follow a map from stop to stop, read the story at each one, and test themselves with a quiz for kids. Your brochure or tour can become one of those walks.

What you get

• Your tour, online and free to everyone. A map with your stops in order, your stories at each stop, and directions between them.
• Works anywhere. Trail mode guides walkers stop by stop on their phone, even with no signal. Every hike also has a printable kit and a GPX file for GPS devices.
• Ready for groups. An optional quiz for kids at each stop, and hikes around five miles are tagged for youth groups.
• Easy to keep current. You can edit your hike at any time, and changes go live when you publish them.

What it costs

1. $0. We host your hikes and build your first one. Build more yourself anytime.
2. A yearly check. Once a year, review your hike and update it so walkers know it's still accurate.
3. Open sharing. Your hike is free for anyone to share or adapt, with credit to you.

Credited to you

Your organization is shown as the hike's creator, with a link to your website.

Nothing goes live until you say so

We can build the first draft from your existing brochure or tour. You review it privately, change anything you like, and nothing is public until you press Publish.

Put your tour on the map

Send us your brochure or tour notes. We'll build the first draft for free, and you decide when it goes live.

Send us your tour

How does HistoricTrails.org make money? Some hikes offer a commemorative patch to order. Someday we might offer more souvenirs, or charge to build hikes for organizations that would rather not build their own.

What the license means: Hikes are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Anyone may share or adapt your hike, but they must credit you and share their version the same way. If your organization would need other terms to take part, contact us so we can understand what you need.