onX has officially opened applications for its Access and Stewardship Grant Program to expand and protect open spaces for outdoor adventure. The company is committed to securing or improving access to 150,000 acres of land and restoring or building 150 miles of trails by 2023.
onX Offroad recently added another 15,000 miles of trails in California, Arizona, Texas, Utah, Tennessee, and many more states, adding to the App’s already robust one-stop shop for off-roading needs.
SGB Media sat down with onX Marketing VP Chris Bate to talk about the brand’s growth, the new onX Backcountry app, and the company’s commitment to expanding access to public lands and increasing stewardship of our trails.
onX Hunt comes in handy when you’re fishing too. The app illustrates whether ponds are on public or private land, and it lets anglers customize the map, measure distances, and track their day on the water.
Ever wanted to try camping off-the-grid, but don’t know where to start? Motorcyclist Amanda Zito offers a few tips about camping style, planning, safety and gear.
Author and outdoorsman Darron McDougal uses onX Hunt exclusively to pre-scout public lands, identify potential low-pressure areas, and gather information when he’s on the ground deer hunting.
The onX Hunt team worked with Ambassadors to identify the top 10 states to pursue upland birds in 2021.
Just in time for scouting season, this release gives onX Hunt users the industry-leading 3D experience they’ve been asking for. Now, users can view all map layers in 3D, and have the ability to create and view all Markups in 3D as well.
Sure, your phone has good mapping capabilities. But those apps don’t even scratch the surface of what onX Offroad can enable you to do, according to this Cool Material review by Ben Dahl.
Two familiar names in the world of off-road and overland exploration, Jeep and OnX, have partnered to offer 2021 model year owners six months of complimentary OnX Elite access.
Two of the most trusted names in off-roading have launched a program empowering Jeep Wave customers and Jeep brand enthusiasts to get off the pavement and venture off-road more than they ever have before.
onX Backcountry discounts its one-year membership rate and pledges 100% of net proceeds to the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics to promote responsible outdoor recreation.
When you and your crew are trying to get out there, wouldn’t it be awesome to have a map that could show you thousands of miles of roads and trails, and millions of acres of public lands? That’s onX Offroad, according to Paddling Life’s staff.
In celebration of national Great Outdoors Month, the newest navigation app in the onX suite, onX Backcountry, is going all in for the outdoors. onX Backcountry pledges to give 100% of proceeds to Leave No Trace during the month of June.
For the month of June, onX is offering a one-year membership to onX Backcountry for the discounted price of $10 and will donate all of June’s net online proceeds to the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics–a nonprofit dedicated to protecting the places recreationists love by teaching people how to enjoy the outdoors responsibly.
Wes Siler outlines all the gear you’ll need, where to go, and tips to make your first overlanding trip a success. Topping his list is onX Offroad, the navigation tool that allows users to filter trails by difficulty level and type of vehicle, and find places to camp long the way.
Guidebooks and Gazetteers are great resources to find local 4×4 trails, but only onX Offroad offers detailed information about each trail and allows you to track yourself, even when away from service, while out on an adventure.
onX and Mountain Project have joined American Alpine Club’s Climb United initiative to help further the process of renaming offensive routes and promote a more inclusive climbing culture.
This April, Santiago Vega completed the first-known disabled ski descent of the Grand Teton with IFMGA guide Mark Smiley via the Ford-Stettner Couloir.
onX and Somewear Labs released an integration that allows recreationists to send context-rich Waypoints to friends and family, without cell phone service. This integration is an industry first and lets explorers venture off-grid with confidence.
Designed for everyone from summer trailblazers to winter powder seekers, the multifaceted onX Backcountry app features multiple map layers, expert-curated guidebook content, and GPS navigation tools that’ll give you a bird’s eye view wherever adventure takes you.
Outside magazine and Indefinitely Wild’s Wes Siler too onX Offroad out for a rip. According to Wes, “Snow Mode helps riders find trails and parking areas, highlights avalanche terrain and warnings, displays local weather conditions likes now data, and guides snowmobilers through whiteout conditions.”
onX Offroad has a new, snowmobile-specific experience. Premium users can now toggle from the App’s well-known “Dirt Mode” to the new “Snow Mode,” accessing 140,000 miles of snowmobile trails in 30 U.S. states, slope angle overlays, and localized avalanche forecasts for an unparalleled winter experience.
Wild Snow discusses the merits of the mellow backcountry ski tour, planned with the help of onX Backcountry’s slope angle feature and route finding capabilities.
onX Backcountry is the ultimate adventure app for hikers, backpackers, and backcountry snow seekers. By combining guidebook content with an intuitive and reliable GPS platform, users can spend more time enjoying the path ahead and less time looking down at the device in their hand.
onX Backcountry is now available on iOS and Android devices as well as any browser. The ultimate adventure tool, onX Backcountry is designed to empower trailblazers and powder seekers of all ability and experience levels to find new outdoor experiences and relive old favorites.
FourWheeler’s Verne Simons reviewed the app, saying “having used a couple other GPS apps over the years, we took to onX Offroad like fish to a stream.” In this article, Simons offers tips the app’s offline maps, different map views, nearby trails, Waypoints, route tracking, and more.
onX today announced its acquisition of Adventure Projects, Inc., a network of websites and mobile apps featuring thousands of outdoor experiences that contributors have brought to life with guide-book details, imagery, trail conditions, and other content.
Field & Stream’s Will Brantley offers up a handful of waterfowling tips like traveling to find ducks, adapting to ecology changes, and dropping GPS pins so you can find your way in the dark.
From 2018-2020, onX worked with various partners to secure hunting and outdoor recreation access on 14,473 acres of public land. And, by their proximity to other hard-to-reach public lands, these acres have facilitated easier access to an estimated 9,778 additional acres.
The Patriot-News reports on the onX and TRCP study that found 27,000 acres of landlocked public land in Pennsylvania. These parcels could offer recreational opportunities in rural and urban centers, where there is a growing need for outdoor access.
onX has updated its Weather feature to highlight the weather that matters most with a new design made by hunters, for hunters.
The addition of 3D Maps on the onX Hunt App on iOS devices allows hunters to better understand the terrain and use the landscape to their advantage.
The third installment of landlocked reports with Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership highlights more than 174,000 acres of public land in Florida, North Carolina, Arkansas, and Tennessee with no permanent, legal access for public outdoor recreation.
In a Free Range American review, Michael Herne relies on onX during an elk hunt, and gives the app two thumbs up. “Whether whitetail hunting in the East or chasing bugles in the West, onX Hunt is as much a part of my kit as broadheads and a skinning knife.”
The second installment of landlocked reports with Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership explores 80,000 acres of untapped hunting and fishing opportunities in New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.
onX is excited to release a new streaming Offline Map technology, just in time for hunting season. Learn how the new streaming map service will impact and improve your days in the field.
As the hunting season begins, we know Waypoints are one of your most important tools, whether you’re e-scouting or in the field. This update will make Waypoints significantly more hunter-savvy.
After narrowing down where he plans to hunt, Bowhunter’s Joe Bell describes the steps he takes, using onX to e-scout and plan a deer hunt in the backcountry.
According to Backpacker’s Casey Lyons, “the Western U.S. is rife with forests and deserts that you can’t visit. A new law could fix that–if we’re willing to fight for it.”
The Duluth News Tribune reports on the onX and TRCP study that found 248,000 acres of public land in Minnesota and another 55,000 acres in Wisconsin inaccessible to the taxpayers who own it.
In our first regionally-specific landlocked report, in partnership with Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, we examine 300,000 acres of public land in Minnesota and Wisconsin where there is no permanent, legal access.
Car and Driver writer Ezra Dyer nicknames onX Offroad “Waze for the woods” during an off-road mission in the Uwharrie National Forest. The App helps Dyer navigate around and through some of the area’s more treacherous terrain, with kids in tow.
Outside’s Wes Siler learns how onX Offroad aims to help relieve the pressure on overcrowded trails by guiding users to under-the-radar spots in nearby areas. onX recently launched a Trail Guide program that solicits experienced off-road enthusiasts to help add more trails to the App, and provide lesser-known options to users of all abilities.
According to Bowhunter, 75 percent of western hunters depend on public land for a successful hunt. If 6.35 million acres of land in 11 western states are landlocked, these hunters have a bigger challenge, and this article helps them find solutions.
If quarantine has you itching to roam far-off miles on a dirt road, Gear Junkie’s Adam Ruggiero suggests you start planning now, with the onX Offroad App in hand.
“Apps that make use of off-road trails aren’t anything new,” writer Bryan Campbell says in his Forbes review, “onX Offroad takes a crucial step in the game and gives users access to hundreds of thousands of miles of trails with daily information updates while staying incredibly user friendly.”
According to Race-Dezert, “there are a few off-road tools out there, but nothing is as easy to use as the onX Offroad App—and at only $30/year, or less than a tank of fuel, it’s worth checking out.”
Outdoor Life cites reports by onX and Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership that detail how the West is home to 9.5 million acres of landlocked state lands. That information appears to be prompting action among law makers who recently introduced the MAPLand Act.
onX joins with Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership to inspire and endorse a new federal bill that would direct money to land-managing agencies for digitizing outdoor recreation-related maps.
Hunters in Arizona will soon have more public land options available thanks to a partnership between onX and Arizona Game and Fish Department. This Wide Open Spaces article explains how thousands of acres at the Elkhorn Ranch will soon be open to hunters.
In this GearJunkie article, onX helps the author find land access programs and scout nearby public land, like state parks, national forests and BLM land.
onXmaps, Inc., the industry leader in outdoor mapping technology, announced today the availability of an iOS version of the onX Offroad App, which became available on the Google Play Store earlier this year.