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Tools for mapping hikes and rides

The problem, in plain words: I want to see on a map all the hikes and bike rides I've done, color-coded with starting points and the actual GPS routes so I can quickly check if I've been somewhere.

GPS Tracks fits best, with 7 more that fit too.

You want a single map view that shows all your recorded hikes and rides together, with each GPS route color-coded and starting points marked so you can quickly check whether you've been to a place.

Updated August 2026.

What fits

GPS Tracksstrong · 90

GPS Tracks is explicitly a GPS app for hiking, biking and other outdoor activities that records routes and waypoints, which directly supports a combined map view of past tracks and locations.

Best for: Users who want a dedicated activity-tracking app that stores and displays recorded GPS routes and waypoints together on a map.

Ride with GPS focuses on recording and displaying cycling routes with reliable route maps and a global route library, so it can show multiple recorded rides on a map for quick route-by-route inspection.

Best for: Cyclists who want high-fidelity recorded routes and a map-based library of past rides to inspect where they've been.

komoot is a route planner and navigation app tuned to hiking and cycling that records activity routes and presents them on maps, which fits a need to view and differentiate past hikes and rides on a map.

Best for: Hikers and cyclists who want a single outdoor app that plans, records, and visualizes routes on maps.

Bikemap helps users discover, plan and record bike routes and has a community-backed set of recorded rides, making it suitable for viewing and comparing multiple cycling tracks on a map.

Best for: Cyclists who want community routes and their own recorded rides shown on a map for quick reference.

Map My Ride's primary purpose is logging bike routes and performance, so it provides map-based histories of rides that you can scan to check whether you've been to a location.

Best for: Cyclists who already use a bike-focused tracker and want an app that stores and displays past ride routes on a map.

AllTrails provides trail navigation and a large trail library for hiking and biking and supports map-based trail and activity views, making it a practical choice to view past recorded outdoor activities on a map.

Best for: Hikers and trail runners who want an established app that shows trails and recorded activities together on maps.

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Partly fits

Hiking Projectpartial · 60

Focused on trail discovery and published GPS routes rather than serving primarily as a personal activity-history map.

Won’t cover: Acts mainly as a guide to nearby hikes and published routes rather than a personal archive of your recorded activities.

Provides curated trail maps and navigation but is presented as a trail discovery/navigation tool rather than a multi-activity personal route library.

Won’t cover: Emphasizes curated trail navigation rather than a unified personal-history map of your own recorded activities.

Positioned as a trail-discovery app for hikers and bikers rather than as a primary tool for aggregating and color-coding your personal activity tracks.

Won’t cover: Designed for discovering local trails rather than serving as a centralized, color-coded archive of your personal GPS routes.

Built for finding and planning backcountry adventures; its emphasis is planning and route-finding rather than an indexed personal map of past activities.

Won’t cover: Primarily a route discovery and planning tool, so it may not provide the consolidated, color-coded archive of past hikes and rides you described.

Questions

What's the best tool for mapping hikes and rides?

GPS Tracks is the strongest match — GPS Tracks is explicitly a GPS app for hiking, biking and other outdoor activities that records routes and waypoints, which directly supports a combined map view of past tracks and locations.

Is there a tool that fully solves this?

8 products match this closely.

What won't these tools cover?

Acts mainly as a guide to nearby hikes and published routes rather than a personal archive of your recorded activities. · Emphasizes curated trail navigation rather than a unified personal-history map of your own recorded activities. · Designed for discovering local trails rather than serving as a centralized, color-coded archive of your personal GPS routes. · Primarily a route discovery and planning tool, so it may not provide the consolidated, color-coded archive of past hikes and rides you described.

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