Gaia GPS: Offline Trail Maps

Outside, Inc.

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About this app

Plan, navigate, and explore with Gaia GPS—the trusted app for discovering hiking trails, campsites, and wild places. Download the premier outdoor activity app featured in publications like the New York Times, Washington Post, and GearJunkie. Find backpacking adventures with topographic maps. Hike with detailed GPS navigation, real-time weather, color-coded steepness layers, and key waypoints like campsites, water sources, and trail access info. Find public land and local routes to map your own trail. Whether you’re looking for campsites off-roading routes, or a trail run, discover more outdoors with Gaia GPS.

Whether you’re trekking a snowy pass, backpacking deep in the backcounty, or out for a day hike, navigate it all with Gaia GPS’s powerful collection of maps and navigation tools.

Find public land trails for backpacking, off-roading, or running. Navigate with offline maps, GPS tracking, weather updates, and campsite info—all in one backcountry navigation app.

BACKPACK OR HIKE
• Hike the largest collection of trails and routes available on Gaia Hike, a global map built for hikers
• Plan a route with point-to-point navigation from anywhere
• Get turn-by-turn directions to any trailhead
• Backpacking from base camp all along hiking trails and back again is easy with waypoint breadcrumbs
• Distance tracker with altitude and elevation monitoring for every activity
• Discover new routes for trail running on public land
• National parks or scenic hiking trails – Discover new outdoor routes waiting to be explored

SKIING AND SNOWBOARDING
• Discover ski slopes and cross country skiing trails around you with best-in-class topographic maps
• Know weather conditions with ski resort information and Nordic trails from OnTheSnow

EXPLORE THE WORLD LIKE A PROFESSIONAL
• GPS coordinates help explore while creating routes and tracking progress
• Share your data with clients to improve Gaia GPS
• Access the full NatGeo map collection

OFFROAD ACTIVITY PLANNING
• 4x4 & overlanding adventures are easy to record on Gaia GPS
• Activity tracker and route planner make trekking, hiking, and backpacking offroad trails simple
• Maps, routes, and waypoints displayed on Android Auto

FISHING ON PUBLIC LAND
• Find a new favorite fishing spot with two all-new interactive map layers.
• Get streamflow and water temperature information from the new USGS Streamflow map
• Test the brand new Gaia Fishing Map with boat access information and known fish species for select waterways in Montana and Oklahoma.


ELEVATE YOUR OUTDOOR ADVENTURES WITH GAIA GPS PREMIUM WITH OUTSIDE+
• Access 300+ maps
• Offline maps to download anytime
• Weather, terrain, and safety features
• Unlimited access to Trailforks, the largest database of trails for any outdoor activity.
• Premium access to award-winning films, shows, and live TV on Outside Watch
• Unlimited digital access to Outside Network's 15 brands including Outside, Backpacker and National Park Trips

SIGNUP
• Gaia GPS is part of Outside, Inc.. Create an Outside account to access the app.

TO MANAGE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION:
• TURN OFF auto-renewal: https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/7018481
• Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Google Play account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period.

• Your Google Play Account will be charged at confirmation of purchase.
• Privacy Policy: http://www.gaiagps.com/gaiacloud-terms/
• Terms of use: http://www.gaiagps.com/terms_of_use

Ratings and reviews

No complaints but a request: please add an "are you sure you want to finish this track?" pop up or similar when hitting "finish track" like other similar apps have. I cannot be the only one out there who accidentally hits "finish track" instead of "pause recording" on occasion and it's frustrating as there's no way (that I've seen) to be able to undo that.

Glad to see all the one star rviews from frustrated users letting me know I'm not crazy. It shows local trails that you could otherwise get lost on 👍🏻; but, you can't download any maps with the free account. After you make or record things like trips, waypoints, maps, etc. you can't ever delete them to clean things up if you want to. There's only an archive option to make the item hidden. The app requires an OUTSIDE magazine account, that shares some of your stuff 👎🏻. I just wanted a map.

Very buggy app...often will not show map layers that I have definitely downloaded for offline use. I've also had issues with various overlays randomly disappearing, which is not fun in the middle of a 10-day backpacking trip that you've meticulously route-planned ahead of time with all kinds of way points and notes. Literally the only reason I've stuck around was for the NatGeo Trails Illustrated map overlay, and now they got rid of that too. I will not be renewing my subscription.

What’s new

Gaia GPS Android 2025.4: Smooth Trails Ahead

Tapping tracks now loads details reliably—no more dead-ends.
Shared folders can no longer nest inside other shared folders.
Notifications are more reliable, especially while recording.
Bugs squashed, crashes fixed—smoother and more stable overall.
Downloads along a route/track or within an area now work properly.

Update now for a better backcountry experience!