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Great Outdoor Hubs

Free tools

Free tools for the whole outdoors

Every tool below is free, works in a browser, and needs no account to start. They run on the same network of 11,496 places across every outdoor activity, so the map you open for trails is the map you open for dive sites.

  • Free to use, no paywall
  • No signup to get started
  • Built into the free GoHubs app

Where the data comes from

The tools are free because the data underneath them is public. We take it from the agencies that publish it, keep the provenance attached, and let the people who use it correct what is wrong.

OpenStreetMap
Trails, tracks, paths and ski runs
US Forest Service
National Forest System trails and roads
USGS
Named rivers, reach geometry and live gauge readings
NOAA
Marine forecasts, buoys, tides and weather
PAD-US
Public land boundaries and access designations
State wildlife agencies
Fish stocking records by water and species
County GIS portals
Parcel boundaries and land records
The people who use it
Corrections, photos, conditions and new spots

Common questions

Yes. Every tool listed here is free to use, with no subscription and no paywall. They are how Great Outdoor Hubs stays useful whether or not you ever list a business with us.

No. Every tool opens and works without signing in. A free account only adds syncing, so a route you plan on your laptop shows up on your phone and in the app.

Great Outdoor Hubs runs 15 activity sites that share one platform, and each tool lives on the site whose data it draws from. The trail finder opens on Off Road Hubs, the fishing spot finder on Angling Hubs, and so on. It is the same account and the same free app across all of them.

Public sources, and we name them. Trails and paths come from OpenStreetMap and the US Forest Service, rivers and gauge readings from the USGS, marine and weather conditions from NOAA, public land boundaries from PAD-US, and fish stocking records from state wildlife agencies. Community members correct and add to it from there.

Yes. Every tool works in a mobile browser, and most of them are also built into the free GoHubs app so you can pull them up in the field with no signal.