OuterSpatial: Get Outside

OuterSpatial

About this app

The guide to all your favorite outdoor activities, OuterSpatial connects you with other like-minded adventurers and the organizations that protect and manage your favorite outdoor places.

Use OuterSpatial to discover new places, navigate while on the trail, and connect with others who love to play outdoors. OuterSpatial makes getting outside easy by putting information about amazing destinations — including curated articles, events, directions, photos, maps, and brochures — right at your fingertips.

# Features
- Browsable, up-to-date library of outdoor recreation information maintained by our partner organizations.
- Beautiful maps designed specifically for outdoor usage (both day and night).
- Transit, biking, walking, and driving directions to trailheads, campgrounds, and other locations.
- Information about in-person and virtual events.
- Real-time updates about on-the-ground conditions.
- Challenges to motivate you to experience the outdoors in new and exciting ways.
- Tools to help you contribute back to your favorite organization and share your outdoor experiences with others.

# Partner Organizations
We partner with the world’s best parks and recreation organizations, including these organizations that recently joined OuterSpatial:
- California Department of Parks and Recreation (California State Parks)
- State of Hawai'i's Department of Land and Natural Resources
- Visit Utah
- City of Bloomington, Indiana
- New Orleans City Park

Interested in joining OuterSpatial? Shoot us an email at [e-mail]. We’d love to hear from you!

Ratings and reviews

I was really excited about this app, however, since I have downloaded it, I have only been able to get it work twice, without waiting for the "spinning wheel of death." Most times, it just spins, and spins, and spins, and spins.....and spins...grat idea, but needs some work. UPDATE: The app takes so long to open, that by the time we're done at the location, we're ready to go...and it still hasn't opened...

It's just a map app! Nothing else works. I was excited to find out about this app, but I was apprehensive to download it based on the 3.5 stars. The app is either counterintuitive or plain worthless. The search bar doesn't return any results even though it says 'search for anything...' I can't even favorite a trail or are there 100 steps that I'm missing to get to this blessed feature? I guess this app is just another failed state funded project.

UPDATE 2/27/23: Latest app update appears to have fixed endless spinning ball on startup, so revising rating. App has a lot of good content and communities, so find your favs, and use as an additional source for outdoor adventures. More offline content would be only improvement. ORIGINAL 2/15/23: Never worked, would just spin and spin. Uninstalled and reinstalled, as well as restarting phone. Nothing worked. Weird that it was on the state parks website, when it appears to be obsolete.

What's new

This release surfaces latitude/longitude on all location screens and what3words on point of interest screens. It also includes bug fixes and performance/stability enhancements to improve your app experience.

If you're enjoying OuterSpatial, help grow the community by leaving a five-star review. If you run into issues or have any questions, we're standing by to help: [e-mail]. Happy exploring!