TrailTreks: NZ Topo Maps

Free NZ topo maps that work offline. Find DOC huts, campsites and tracks, get alerts when things change, record your route with GPS and share your location with people at home. Made in New Zealand for trampers, hunters and anyone heading into the backcountry. Free to use, with no ads. TrailTreks PLUS adds a few extras for regular users.

OFFLINE NZ TOPO MAPS

- LINZ Topo50-style raster, vector and aerial maps, plus a classic printed-map look
- Maps save automatically as you browse, so places you've looked at work with no signal
- Download the North Island, the South Island or all of New Zealand before you go, or import your own .mbtiles

DOC HUTS, CAMPSITES & TRACKS

- Every DOC hut, campsite and track on the map, with search
- Facilities, hut booking status and DOC alerts for each one

ALERTS & NOTIFICATIONS

- DOC alerts: get notified when DOC posts a closure or warning for a hut, campsite, track or whole region you're watching
- Severe weather: get MetService severe weather warnings for the regions you care about
- Free accounts can watch up to 3 DOC alerts and 3 weather regions; PLUS is unlimited.

LOCATION SHARING

- Start a time-limited session and send the link to family or friends
- Post your position with one tap. They follow along in any browser, with no app or account needed.
- Each update is tiny, so it's built to work on phone-to-satellite plans when there's no mobile coverage

TE ARAROA

- Every Te Araroa section on the map, northbound (NOBO) or southbound (SOBO)
- Tick off sections, track your journey and download sections for offline use
- Turn the next section into a trip plan in one tap

HUNTING & PUBLIC ACCESS

- Public conservation land and recreational hunting permit areas
- Paper roads, walking access easements and bike tracks
- Native bush, scrub, scree and hillshade layers

GPS TRACKING & ROUTES

- Record your route in the background with the screen off. Recording survives app restarts.
- Choose super accurate, optimised or battery-saving mode
- Draw your own route on the map before you go
- Import GPX files with waypoints, and see an elevation profile with gain, loss and distance for every track

TRIP PLANNING & WEATHER

- Trip plans: record where you're going, who's with you and your vehicle details, share them with someone at home, and get a check-in reminder at your expected return time
- 10-day forecasts for 60+ NZ ranges, parks and peaks, and for any track

SHARE

- Send a track, hut, campsite or marker as a short link. People who open it land straight on it.
- Drop custom markers anywhere and link them to a DOC hut or campsite

Full feature list: https://trailtreks.nz/app

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SAFETY NOTE
TrailTreks is not an emergency device. Always carry a personal locator beacon (PLB), leave your intentions with someone you trust, and check conditions with DOC before you go.

NOT A GOVERNMENT APP
TrailTreks is an independent app by a private New Zealand developer. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or operated by LINZ, the Department of Conservation, MetService, Herenga ā Nuku Aotearoa or any NZ government agency.

DATA SOURCES

- Maps, hillshade and place names: Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), CC BY 4.0 – data.linz.govt.nz
- Huts, campsites, tracks, alerts, hunting areas and public conservation land: Department of Conservation – doc.govt.nz
- Paper roads, access easements and bike tracks: Herenga ā Nuku Aotearoa – herengaanuku.govt.nz
- Severe weather warnings: MetService – metservice.com
- Forecasts: MET Norway – met.no
- Elevation: Open Elevation and OpenTopoData (open-elevation.com & opentopodata.org)