Access and Stewardship Initiatives
Expanding and protecting open spaces for outdoor adventures.
Expanding and protecting open spaces for outdoor adventures.
We Believe
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 access, for everyone.
We believe that the management of our public lands requires a balanced approach that at times will require compromise between outdoor communities, and we believe a coalition of outdoor enthusiasts is stronger than divided groups. By standing up for everyone’s right to access the outdoors, we’ll protect our own right to adventure.
The Three Pillars of Our Work
Data
We utilize the data that goes into our maps to quantify access challenges and back up proposed solutions. Then we share the results with land managers, policy-makers, and the public.
Collaboration
We collaborate directly with land management agencies, land trusts, and conservation nonprofits to understand the challenges they are solving, and provide them with data analyses and support.
Contribution
We devote a portion of our sales to projects that will improve public access, create new hunting and recreation opportunities, and rehabilitate open spaces that have been over-loved.
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.
Completed Access and Stewardship Projects
Browse the projects in the map below to learn about some of the projects we’ve supported.
Interactive MAP
The ultimate, multi-state guide to state trust lands.
You may have public land at your fingertips you didn’t know about. Twenty states have state trust land (a.k.a. school land), and every one of those states has different access and activity rules, so we made it easy to look up which states allow hunting, off-roading, and backcountry activities so you can spend more time outside and less time on the internet.
Corner-Locked
The onX report on Corner-Crossing is here.
We wanted to get the hard facts on corner-crossing, so we dove into the data. Read the report to learn how much land is involved, the concerns of affected property owners, and what can be done to address this complicated issue.
onX Celebrates Public Lands
No matter if you’re just discovering public lands, or have spent your entire life enjoying them, join onX in giving back to our shared ground.
Access and Stewardship Resources
Learn more about the challenges and solutions of securing access and stewarding our public recreation lands.
Research & Reports
We worked with the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership to quantify the number of acres of public land that are landlocked, and therefore inaccessible to the public, and shared this information with land management agencies and policy makers.
Solutions & Success Stories
Read about private landowner incentive programs, MAPLand Act, 30×30 and other tools that can help improve access to outdoor recreation opportunities.
Apply for Grant Funding
With our Access + Stewardship Grants, we support the efforts of land trusts, conservation nonprofits, agencies, and trail associations as they work to improve public access and steward our public lands.