AllTrails Trail Data Scraper

Scrapes trail data from AllTrails by keyword or location. Returns trail name, difficulty, distance, elevation gain, GPS coordinates, ratings, review counts, photos and full descriptions as structured JSON.

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AllTrails Scraper Features

• Search by keyword, by location, or both
• Returns 18 fields per trail, including latitude and longitude
• Extracts difficulty, distance, elevation gain and route type as separate fields
• Captures rating and review count for popularity ranking
• Clears AllTrails' DataDome bot protection automatically
• Caps output with maxItems, so a test run costs what a test run should

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What can you do with AllTrails data?

• Outdoor and travel apps — Seed a trail database with real distances, elevation profiles and coordinates instead of licensing one.
• Tourism boards — Rank the trails in a region by rating and review volume to see what actually draws visitors.
• Gear retailers — Match product recommendations to trail difficulty and terrain in a given area.
• Researchers — Study recreation demand by region, using review counts as a proxy for foot traffic.
• Route planners — Pull GPS start points in bulk to build a map layer.

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How AllTrails Scraper Works

1. You supply a keyword, a location, or both.
2. The scraper opens AllTrails search and satisfies DataDome, which turns away ordinary scraping tools.
3. It walks the result set, opening each trail page and extracting the field set below.
4. Records stream to the dataset as they are parsed, and the run stops at maxItems.

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Input

{
  "keyword": "yosemite",
  "location": "California, US",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Field	Type	Default	Description
keyword	string	yosemite	Search term, e.g. grand canyon, waterfall
location	string	—	Location filter, e.g. California, US, Rocky Mountain National Park
maxItems	integer	10	Maximum trail records to return

Leave location empty to search by keyword alone. Supply both to narrow a common keyword to one region.

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AllTrails Scraper Output Fields

{
  "trail_id": "yosemite-national-park-mist-trail",
  "trail_url": "https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/mist-trail",
  "name": "Mist Trail to Vernal and Nevada Falls",
  "difficulty": "hard",
  "distance_km": "10.9",
  "elevation_gain_m": "652",
  "route_type": "out and back",
  "rating": "4.8",
  "num_reviews": "12480",
  "latitude": "37.7325",
  "longitude": "-119.5583",
  "city": "Yosemite Valley",
  "region": "California",
  "country": "United States",
  "tags": "hiking,waterfall,views",
  "photo_url": "https://images.alltrails.com/photo.jpg"
}

Field	Type	Description
trail_id	string	AllTrails trail ID (slug from the URL)
trail_url	string	Full URL of the trail page
name	string	Trail name
difficulty	string	Difficulty level — easy, moderate, hard
distance_km	string	Trail distance in kilometres
elevation_gain_m	string	Elevation gain in metres
route_type	string	Loop, out and back, or point to point
rating	string	Average user rating, 0–5
num_reviews	string	Number of user reviews
description	string	Full trail description text
latitude	string	Trail start latitude
longitude	string	Trail start longitude
city	string	Nearest city
region	string	State or region
country	string	Country
tags	string	Activity tags, comma-separated (hiking, biking, running)
photo_url	string	URL of the primary trail photo
scraped_at	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of extraction

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FAQ

Does the AllTrails Scraper need an AllTrails account?

No. It reads public trail pages. No login, no API key.

How does it get past AllTrails' bot protection?

AllTrails runs DataDome, which rejects ordinary scraping tools outright. This one gets the trail records back. You do not configure any of it.

Can I get GPS tracks or full route geometry?

Not currently. You get the trail's start coordinates, distance, elevation gain and route type. Full GPX geometry is not part of the output.

Why are numeric fields returned as strings?

They come back as the page presents them, without a lossy cast. Parse them to numbers in your own pipeline, where you control the rounding.

How many trails can I pull in one run?

Set maxItems to whatever you need. Keep it low while you are testing the query — you pay per record, so a 10-record trial costs a tenth of a 100-record one.

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Need More Features?

Missing a field or a search mode? Open an issue on the actor and it gets looked at.

Why Use AllTrails Scraper?

• Coordinates on every record — Latitude and longitude come standard, so trail data drops into a map layer without a geocoding pass.
• The anti-bot problem is already solved — DataDome turns away ordinary scraping tools. This handles it, with nothing for you to set.
• Pay per trail — No subscription, no minimum. A one-off regional survey costs what those records cost and then stops.