Gaia GPS: Offline Trail Maps

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4.1
20.2K reviews
1M+
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Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this app

Discover the ultimate collection of hiking trails & camping sites – the Gaia GPS app. Download the premier outdoor activity app featured in publications like the New York Times, Washington Post, and GearJunkie. Find amazing backpacking adventures with topographic maps. Hike trails with map layers, weather condition updates, GPS navigation, hill-shading & hiking maps. Find local routes or map your own trail & share online. Whether you’re looking for hiking trails, off-roading routes, backpacking, a trail run, a new favorite campsite or public land, discover more outdoors with Gaia GPS.

Cruise through a popular backpacking route, hiking trail, or walking map tracker with GPS navigation tools.

Find backpacking trails, offroad routes, or running trails. Make the wilderness your backyard with the best hiking, backpacking, & backcountry navigator – all in one. Navigate routes with offline navigation, weather reports, GPS coordinates, topo maps, camping sites & distance tracking features to help you explore.

BACKPACK OR HIKE
• Hike the largest collection of trails and routes available on Gaia Topo, the ultimate backcountry navigator.
• Plan a route with point-to-point navigation from anywhere
• Explore smarter with the new hiking map layer and topographic maps
• Travel easily to trailheads with connections to directions
• Backpacking from base camp all along offroad hiking trails and back again is easy with breadcrumbs
• Distance tracker with altitude and elevation monitoring for every activity
• Discover new routes for trail running
• National parks or scenic hiking trails – Discover new outdoor routes waiting to be explored

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

CAMPING COMPANION
• Explore different camping sites and navigate to them conveniently using GPS coordinates
• Discover campgrounds across national parks, forests, and scenic landscapes

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

ELEVATE YOUR OUTDOOR ADVENTURES WITH GAIA GPS PREMIUM WITH OUTSIDE+
• Access 300+ maps including NatGeo Trails Illustrated, Private Lands, weather forecasts, and more
• Offline maps to download anytime
• Weather, terrain, and safety features
• Access the Trailforks GPS biking app
• Expert-led online courses on Outside Learn
• Premium access to award-winning films, shows, and live TV on Outside Watch
• Unlimited digital access to Outside Network's 15 iconic brands including Outside, Backpacker and National Park Trips

Explore the world with Gaia GPS to guide all of your adventures. Enjoy GPS navigation, countless hike trails, and more with Gaia GPS – your perfect outdoor companion.

SIGNUP
• Gaia GPS is part of the Outside Network. 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
Updated on
Sep 9, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Personal info, App activity and 2 others
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 4 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.1
19.1K reviews
S C
September 3, 2025
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.
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Geoffrey Martin-Noble
July 19, 2025
Will use all your data and storage. The app insists on automatically downloading every single map you have saved. So I routinely delete all its storage when I'm not in the mountains. I recently logged in to check something and it immediately started downloading all my saved maps over mobile data, even though it's explicitly set to only download over WiFi. It pulled 1.5GB before I got an alert from my carrier and force stopped it. That's going to cost me $15.
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Outside, Inc.
July 21, 2025
Sorry for the trouble. Please contact Support so we can help with any issues you may be experiencing: https://help.gaiagps.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
David Meyer
April 28, 2025
I've been using Gaia GPS for a while now for road trips and hikes, and it's been a good experience so far. However, a few issues need to be addressed, the functionality is cumbersome to use. ie: You can't download a gpx file using the mobile app, and you can't delete tracks on the web interface. Also, being forced to pay for a very expensive premium subscription just to access basic offline maps is ridiculous. (Almost every other map app includes this free).
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Outside, Inc.
April 29, 2025
Thanks for your feedback. GPX export is available in the app, and you can delete tracks on the web. Please contact Support so we can help: https://help.gaiagps.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

What’s new

We've squashed some pesky bugs! Say goodbye to sticky folders (your selected folder will now reset for new objects), and we've significantly improved route planning and map display issues for a smoother experience. We've also made some under-the-hood improvements to enhance stability.