AllTrails Trail Scraper

Extract hiking, walking, running and biking trails from AllTrails at scale — by place name or GPS coordinates. Get trail stats, GPS, ratings and activities, plus optional full descriptions, weather forecasts, points of interest and reviews that most AllTrails scrapers don't offer.

Built on AllTrails' own mobile API, so results are complete and reliable — no brittle HTML parsing.

Who it's for

• Outdoor & travel apps — populate a trail database with clean, structured fields and GPS.
• Travel planners & content sites — build "best hikes near X" guides with ratings, difficulty and photos.
• Researchers & GIS analysts — trail geometry, elevation, popularity and location data for analysis.
• AI / LLM builders — feed rich trail context into apps and agents.

Output fields

Field	Type	Description
id	int	AllTrails trail ID
name	string	Trail name
url	string	Public AllTrails URL
latitude / longitude	number	Trailhead GPS
areaName / cityName / stateName / countryName	string	Location
lengthMeters / lengthMiles	number	Trail length
elevationGainMeters	number	Total elevation gain
difficulty	string	easy / moderate / hard
routeType	string	loop / out_and_back / point_to_point
durationMinutes	int	Estimated time
avgRating	number	Average rating (0–5)
numReviews / numPhotos	int	Community counts
activities	array	hiking, running, biking, camping…
features	array	waterfall, views, dogs-leash, kids…
description	string	Full trail overview (includeDetails)
pointsOfInterest	array	Waypoints along the trail (includeDetails)
ratingsBreakdown	object	Star distribution (includeDetails)
weather	array	Multi-day forecast (includeWeather)
reviews	array	Recent reviews (reviewsPerTrail > 0)
scrapedAt	string	ISO-8601 timestamp

High-value use cases

• Build a hikes directory for a region: search each park/city and store all trails with ratings and difficulty.
• Trail-detail enrichment: turn a list of place names into full trail pages with descriptions, POIs and photos.
• Review mining: pull recent reviews per trail for sentiment and trend analysis.
• Weather-aware trip planning: attach a forecast to each candidate trail.

Input parameters

Param	Type	Default	Notes
query	string	—	Place/area name (geocoded), e.g. "Yosemite National Park"
latitude / longitude	number	—	Explicit search center (overrides query)
maxItems	int	50	Trails to return (max 500 per area)
recordTypes	array	["trail"]	trail / area / poi
sort	enum	best_match	best_match / closest / most_popular / trending
difficulty	array	—	easy / moderate / hard
minRating	number	—	Minimum average rating
minLengthKm / maxLengthKm	number	—	Length bounds
includeDetails	bool	true	Full description + POIs + rating breakdown
includeWeather	bool	false	Add weather forecast
reviewsPerTrail	int	0	Reviews to fetch per trail

Example input

{
    "query": "Yosemite National Park",
    "maxItems": 25,
    "sort": "most_popular",
    "difficulty": ["moderate", "hard"],
    "includeDetails": true,
    "reviewsPerTrail": 5
}

Example output (truncated)

{
    "id": 10005585,
    "name": "Half Dome via the John Muir Trail (JMT)",
    "url": "https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/half-dome-via-the-john-muir-trail-jmt",
    "latitude": 37.73282,
    "longitude": -119.55778,
    "areaName": "Yosemite National Park",
    "stateName": "California",
    "lengthMiles": 17.2,
    "elevationGainMeters": 1617,
    "difficulty": "hard",
    "routeType": "out_and_back",
    "avgRating": 4.9,
    "numReviews": 17503,
    "activities": ["hiking", "camping"],
    "features": ["views", "waterfall", "river", "wildlife"],
    "description": "Half Dome is a serious endurance hike…",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-07-16T12:00:00Z"
}

Scheduling & integrations

Schedule runs from the Apify Console, or trigger via API/webhook. Export to Google Sheets, CSV, JSON, Excel or push to Make, Zapier, S3 and your own data warehouse.

MCP / AI assistants

Prefer live access from Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT? Use the companion AllTrails MCP Server actor to search trails, fetch details, reviews and weather as MCP tools.

FAQ

Where does the data come from? AllTrails' public mobile API — the same data the app shows.

How fresh is it? Every run fetches live data at request time.

Can I search a whole country? Each search covers an area/city around a point (up to 500 trails). Run multiple searches (per park/city) for wide coverage.

Do I need a proxy or login? No. The actor handles anti-bot automatically and requires no account.

Is scraping legal? You are responsible for complying with AllTrails' terms and applicable laws. Use the data responsibly and respect rate limits.