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Hiking Access

Scale55-100

Higher values are better.

About This Ranking

Goal

Highlight places with strong hiking opportunities close to town and across the surrounding region, combining mapped trail supply with protected natural land and modest trail-and-terrain context.

Sources

Data behind the rating

4 sources
Data
Frozen nationwide trail linework with retained route type and hiking-character evidence.
What it tells us
Provides an independent trail inventory whose full mileage is not simply added to overlapping Overture linework.
Data
Fixed-release path, footway, track, steps, and bridleway segments retained with hiking-compatible class, surface, or name evidence.
What it tells us
Provides mapped trail-network geometry; it does not guarantee legal pedestrian access, trail condition, difficulty, maintenance, safety, or current opening.
Data
Protected and public natural-land polygons used to distinguish hiking settings from trail-like urban or coastal linework.
What it tells us
Provides natural-land context, not proof of a public entrance, trail easement, or access from the representative community point.

USGS GNIS and 3DEP terrain context

Frozen score evidence, 2026-07-02
Data
The approved named-terrain and relative-relief signal is reused as a modest hiking-character input.
What it tells us
Adds limited terrain context without treating elevation or mountains as a requirement for good hiking.

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