onX Backcountry
National Public Lands Day Sale
For a limited time, save 40% off of onX Backcountry Premium or Elite memberships purchased through October 2nd, 2023.
We’re celebrating National Public Lands Day by pausing to reflect on onX’s contributions to stewarding public land. So far, we’ve helped secure and improve public access to over 135k acres of land and helped to restore, secure, or build 133 miles of trail. To help you better explore remote trails, discover hidden gems, and navigate confidently on your public lands, we’re giving you 40% off onX Backcountry for a limited time.
We believe that everyone should have access to nature, and that when people feel connected to the land, they are more likely to protect it. Publicly accessible land plays a critical role in equalizing everyone’s access to outdoor recreation, and that’s why we’ve made a commitment to help protect public access to the outdoor recreation that exists, and advocate for more, for everyone.
Explore Your Public Lands With onX Backcountry
Sign up for a full year of the ultimate offline GPS backpacking and hiking maps. For a limited time, get 40% off onX Backcountry using the link and promo code PUBLICLANDS40
Premium
Find awe-inspiring trails, maps that are fun and helpful, and tools that help you get out and back all in one piece. With onX Backcountry Premium you’ll have access to public lands data, National Park maps, hundreds of Hiking Trails, unlimited Offline Maps, and more.
Elite
Make your maps Elite with private land boundaries + landowner names right in the app. Get an eye in the sky with Recent Imagery to determine snowpack and trail conditions.
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Our Goal for 2023
By 2023, onX has a goal to help secure or improve public access to 150,000 acres, and to help restore, secure, or build 150 miles of trails. Since 2018, we’ve reached 135,000 acres of improved access and 133.3 miles of new or improved trails.
See if your favorite nonprofit should apply. Learn more about the guidelines below.
Your Everyday Carry
With onX Backcountry, you gain access to a comprehensive range of resources that empower you to make informed choices during your backcountry adventures. Within this single app, you will discover guidebook-caliber route descriptions, intricately detailed topo and 3D maps, slope angle and aspect maps, as well as invaluable information on avalanche observations and fatalities. All these essential tools are conveniently at your fingertips, ensuring you have everything you require for a successful expedition.
Route Builder Tool
Optimize your planning on and off-trail by seamlessly building your objective in as little as two clicks.
Offline Maps
Use Offline Maps to download maps to your phone that include all of the markups you’ve made for any selected area. When you’ve turned your Offline Map on, the GPS in your phone will connect to satellites to give your real-time location—even when cell signal is long behind you.
3D Maps
Bring the mountains to life within your digital map. Now available on Android, IOS, and Webmap, our 3D maps help you visualize the journey ahead from the comfort of home.
Key Layers
Confidence-inspiring layers like Active Wildfire, Air Quality, Public and Private Lands, and Trail Slope Grade, have been hand picked for you.
Trails Guidebook
Tap the Discover button to view backcountry adventures with expert-curated information like detailed route descriptions, elevation profiles, photos, local weather, and more.
Tracker
onX Backcountry’s Tracker draws a line behind you while you’re on your hike so you can know where you’ve been and know where you’re going.
App Reviews
Best Navigation App!!!
I purchased other nav apps before, and a few were decent, but there wasn’t one that pulled together all the features I love like this one! But the best part of onX Backcountry is the customer service. I sent a help req…
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I purchased other nav apps before, and a few were decent, but there wasn’t one that pulled together all the features I love like this one! But the best part of onX Backcountry is the customer service. I sent a help request to the onX Backcountry help desk and it was only minutes before they responded, changed my email to my back up account, and sent me a temp password. Start to finish…only a few minutes and I was rucking on! There are no other companies I deal with that have a response time like that! None! The sense of urgency is understood! If you’re debating purchasing this app, hesitate no more! Awesome features, emails with hints and tips to get max usage, and a top-notch help desk if anything goes wrong! Professional from start to finish. I know I’ll be renewing when the time comes because this is a company I can rely on! Run your own race. Hike your own hike. Live your own life.
This app saved my toes!
Tried this out when backpacking Big Bend for the first time. Ended up getting snowed into a mountaintop campsite with a historic amount of snow. This app gave us the confidence we were going the right way to return to th…
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Tried this out when backpacking Big Bend for the first time. Ended up getting snowed into a mountaintop campsite with a historic amount of snow. This app gave us the confidence we were going the right way to return to the base when we couldn’t see any trail or tracks at all and needed to get down in time to prevent frostbite.
The tracking works remarkably well and the UI is fairly intuitive. Also seeing the difficulty gradient along the trails is very useful for planning and decision making. My only suggestion would be to make it easier to access and view stats on previously tracked hikes. The only way I could find to access them was by tapping on the path on the map, but sometimes I had hiked the same segment many times making this an imprecise way to find precious data.
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Incredible app that allows me to explore with more information at my fingertips . Weather and offline maps assist me with planning safely and insuring our adventures go as planned. Tracking allows me to revisit our favor…
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Incredible app that allows me to explore with more information at my fingertips . Weather and offline maps assist me with planning safely and insuring our adventures go as planned. Tracking allows me to revisit our favorite hikes and to show others some of our amazing finds outdoors.