The Maps app in macOS Sequoia now features topographic maps with detailed trail networks and hikes, including all 63 U.S. national parks.
There’s also an option for saving/accessing the networks and hikes offline — along with any notes you add. To use the new Maps hiking feature:
° Launch Maps.
° In the Search field, look for a national park, trail, or trailhead. In this tutorial, I’ve chosen Smoky Mountain National Park here in Tennessee.
° You’ll see some options from which to choose — and they’ll vary from park to park. For example, for Smoky Mountain National Park, I can choose from Sights and Nature. I can also get directions and plan a route to a certain location.
° Click on the name of the National Park again, and you’ll be presented with a list of items such as Valleys, Trailheads, Visitor Centers, and Trails.
° For this tutorial, I clicked Trails. A list of trails pops up.
° You have access to directions, the distance to the end of the trail, a rating by folks who have made the hike, and how the elevation changes.
You can also Create a Custom Route from your current location.
Click Create a Custom Route and you’ll be able to, well, create a custom route.
° Now you can share the route to an iPhone, iPad, and much more by clicking the Share button.
° You can select whether to do trail now or select a Leave and Arrive time for a certain date and time.
