# AllTrails Trail Scraper (`axlymxp/alltrails-trail-scraper`) Actor

Scrape AllTrails hiking trails by place or GPS — length, elevation, difficulty, ratings, activities, plus optional full descriptions, weather, points of interest and reviews. Clean structured JSON for apps, travel planning and research. Pay only for the results you get.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/axlymxp/alltrails-trail-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [axly](https://apify.com/axlymxp) (community)
- **Categories:** Travel, Developer tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $7.00 / 1,000 dataset items

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## 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

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

### Example output (truncated)

```json
{
    "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.

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Location to search around, e.g. "Yosemite National Park", "Los Angeles", "Lake District". Resolved to coordinates automatically. Leave empty if you provide latitude/longitude below.

## `latitude` (type: `number`):

Search-center latitude. Overrides the place name when set together with longitude.

## `longitude` (type: `number`):

Search-center longitude. Overrides the place name when set together with latitude.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many trails (server returns up to 500 per area).

## `recordTypes` (type: `array`):

Which record types to return.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

How to order results.

## `difficulty` (type: `array`):

Only include trails of these difficulties.

## `minRating` (type: `number`):

Only include trails with an average rating >= this (0–5).

## `minLengthKm` (type: `number`):

Only include trails at least this long, in kilometres.

## `maxLengthKm` (type: `number`):

Only include trails at most this long, in kilometres.

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Enrich each trail with full description, highlights, tips, getting-there, parking, points of interest and rating breakdown (one extra request per trail).

## `includeWeather` (type: `boolean`):

Add a multi-day weather forecast for each trail (one extra request per trail).

## `reviewsPerTrail` (type: `integer`):

Fetch up to this many recent reviews for each trail (0 = none).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional Apify proxy. The mobile API works without a proxy; use one only if you need a specific egress region.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "Yosemite National Park",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "recordTypes": [
    "trail"
  ],
  "sort": "best_match",
  "difficulty": [],
  "includeDetails": true,
  "includeWeather": false,
  "reviewsPerTrail": 0,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "query": "Yosemite National Park"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("axlymxp/alltrails-trail-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "query": "Yosemite National Park" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("axlymxp/alltrails-trail-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "query": "Yosemite National Park"
}' |
apify call axlymxp/alltrails-trail-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=axlymxp/alltrails-trail-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/TeIYIFPnm6SXCVGml/builds/0eTIhXD6DXBDCGaLG/openapi.json