FPU Trail Maps

Welcome to the FPU Rindge Campus Trails Page! Scroll down for links to add trails to your Alltrails App on your smartphone (recommended - free versions available for iOS and Android).

There are many trails throughout the FPU Rindge natural areas - use the map below to explore! While some of our trails are short and close to campus, others provide opportunities to reach remote areas such as the far end of the red trail or the areas south of Route 119. There is a trail crew that works on trail maintenance, but the remote trails can be difficult to follow if trees have come down. If you plan to visit one of the remote trails, we recommend you use the Alltrails app (free download for your smartphone). Scroll down for more information about that.

If you have the Alltrails app on your phone, use these links to get campus trail maps in your app.

Place Trail: https://www.alltrails.com/explore/map/place-trail-30a0b73?u=i

Gates Trail: https://www.alltrails.com/explore/map/gates-trail-34306d9?u=i

Red Trail: https://www.alltrails.com/explore/map/red-trail-1714726?u=i

Mountain Road Trail: https://www.alltrails.com/explore/map/mtn-road-trail-fd00d34?u=i

Scroll down for directions for moving trail data into or out of Alltrails, Gaia GPS, and Google Earth

Sharing a trail from Alltrails:

1. Go to Saved, My maps, then open the map you'd like to share.

2. Click the three dots , Share, Next, then choose how you'd like to send the link. If you're on a computer, it should be even easier, just click the share icon and copy the link.

3. When you share the link with others, it should be possible for them to open it in Alltrails on their phone or computer.

Gaia GPS is a free app for smartphones that lets you use the GPS in your phone to create trail maps. Here are directions for doing that and sharing the trail map:

1. Open Gaia GPS and go to Map.

2. When you are ready to start walking the trail, click Record.

3. When you are done walking, click the same spot where Record was (will show the time you've walked), then click Finish Track.

4. Choose a name or make other customizing decisions, then click SAVE.

5. Go to Saved, click your trail, click export, choose KML, then ok.

6. You now have options for sharing, such as emailing the file.

7. You should be able to open that KML file in Alltrails on a computer (or in Google Earth) – once you do, the trail map can be shared from Alltrails as a link so that anyone with the Alltrails can see it (see "Sharing a trail from Alltrails" above).

Directions to move Alltrails map to Google Earth (must be done from laptop or desktop computer, not phone):

1. Go to Saved, My maps, then open the map you'd like to share.

2. Click the three dots, then download map.

3. Select the file format "Google Earth KML" and Download.

4. You should be able to open that file in Google Earth.

Directions to move trail from Google Earth to Alltrails:

1. In Google Earth, right click on your trail, then "Save As" a KML or KMZ file to a place on your computer. Both file types seem to work - KMZ files will be smaller in size (I believe the Z stands for zip).

2. In Alltrails on your computer (I don't think you can do this step on your phone), go to Saved, Create Map, Upload from file, then navigate to your KML file, then select Next.

3. Select Save custom map.

4. Select Edit map, then select Description to give your map a title and notes (optional).

5. Select Save custom map.

6. You should get a new window called "New map created" with various options, including options to share the map. If you'd like to make the map publicly available on this website, email the link to singler -at- franklinpierce -dot- edu.

7. The map should automatically sync to your phone if you have an Alltrails account (free versions are available). If you have the free version, you'll need an internet connection to see the map - you need a paid version of the App to download the map to your phone so you can view even when you have no cell connection.