Historic markers are hiding in plain sight, on street corners, in parks and along back roads. Find them, snap them and share the history in your area.
Every marker you add helps tell the story of the place where it stands. The markers members add can become stops on the hikes people build.
Markers help hike creators find the stories worth walking to and turn them into stops.
Stops built from markers help hikers learn what happened right where they stand.
Markers will help anyone exploring your area discover the history around them.
Keep your eyes open on a walk, a hike or a road trip. Markers turn up beside old buildings, in parks and along roads.
Standing at the marker, open Add a marker on your phone, in the menu under your name.
Take a photo of the marker and tap Save. Your phone's location places it, so there's nothing to type.
Every marker lands in My markers, which counts how many you've found, in how many states and on how many hikes.
All historic markers count, official or not: ones put up by a federal, state, county or city government, and ones put up by anyone else. If it shares historic facts about the place where it stands, it counts.
In trail mode, tap Found a marker? at the stop you're at. It works without a signal, too: the marker sends once you have one.
In town, at a park or on a road trip, open Add a marker on your phone with your location turned on.
The marker hunt is a game you play for yourself, with no rankings and no leaderboards. Watch your markers add up in My markers. Each one shows on your profile until you hide it.