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Sample GPX files, free to download.

National park trails, famous hikes from five continents and the three legs of the Kona triathlon course as GPX files, ready to test a GPX viewer or converter, or to turn into a poster or 3D terrain model. No account needed.

Trail geometry from the National Park Service — NPS Public Trails Geographic. Bundled routes are artwork inputs, not navigation guidance. Check current park guidance before any hike.

Curated artwork tracks from selected National Park Service trail segments. No claim to original U.S. Government works.

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World hiking route GPX files

Famous multi-day hikes from around the world, each joined from an OpenStreetMap hiking route into one track. Bundled routes are artwork inputs, not navigation guidance.

© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0.

Kona triathlon course GPX files

The swim, bike and run of the world championship triathlon course in Kailua-Kona, as one file and as three. Drawn on OpenStreetMap road geometry to follow the organiser's published course maps. Bundled course tracks are artwork drawn on OpenStreetMap road geometry to follow the published course maps. They are not official course files or navigation guidance. See the Kona course page to print them with your race times.

© OpenStreetMap contributors. Printed Canyon is an independent map-art studio with no connection to the race organiser or any triathlon brand. Course and place names describe where the course goes; the organiser's course page has the official files.

New York City Marathon course GPX file

The whole 26.2-mile course through the five boroughs on the 2026 route, with the new Bronx streets. Published by The NYC Marathon Guide, an independent runner's guide, and bundled unchanged; its Bronx section is traced from OpenStreetMap. The bundled course is the published 2026 course as traced by an independent runner's guide, bundled unchanged and checked against the announced route. It is artwork, not an official course file or navigation guidance. See the NYC Marathon page to print it over the city's buildings with your finish time.

Course trace by The NYC Marathon Guide (nycmarathonguide.com). © OpenStreetMap contributors. Printed Canyon is an independent map-art studio with no connection to the race organiser or its sponsors. The race name describes the course drawn here; the organiser's course page has the official map.

More marathon course GPX files

Each whole course as plotted by goandrace.com, an independent race calendar, bundled unchanged and checked against the organiser's course map. Bundled routes are artwork inputs, not navigation guidance. Open a race's page to print it over the city's buildings with your finish time.

Printed Canyon is an independent map-art studio with no connection to the race organiser or its sponsors. The race name describes the course drawn here; the organiser's course page has the official map.

What to do with a sample GPX file

GPX is a plain XML format for GPS tracks, so a sample file is a quick way to check that an app, script or converter reads tracks correctly. Open it in a text editor to see the structure, or load it into any GPX viewer.

In Printed Canyon, upload one to see how a route becomes art: a GPX poster in Ridgeline, Contours or Strata, or a GPX to STL terrain model with the trail on the surface. Each sample also opens directly in the creator from the buttons above.

Sample GPX file questions

Can I use these GPX files for navigation?

No. They are artwork inputs: trails traced from National Park Service data and race courses from their organisers, guides or race calendars, without timestamps or waypoints. Only the marathon course files carry elevation. Trails, closures and permits change, so plan hikes with current park information and a map meant for navigation.

What is inside each sample GPX file?

A GPX 1.1 file with one track: a name, a short description and a single segment of latitude and longitude points. The combined Kona course file holds its three legs as three tracks. Only the marathon course files carry elevation, and none has per-point time or heart-rate data, which keeps the files small and easy to inspect.

Can I share or reuse the sample files?

The trail geometry comes from a National Park Service public dataset. Credit the National Park Service when you reuse it, and keep the note that the route is not navigation guidance.

Where do the world hiking route files come from?

Each one is an OpenStreetMap hiking route relation, its mapped paths joined into a single track and thinned to a few meters. OpenStreetMap data is open under the Open Database License: credit OpenStreetMap contributors when you reuse the files, and keep them under the same license.

Where do the Kona triathlon course files come from?

They are drawn on OpenStreetMap road geometry to follow the course maps the organiser publishes for the world championship triathlon in Kailua-Kona, and checked against them for length and position. They are artwork inputs, not official course files; the organiser's course page has the official downloads. Printed Canyon has no connection to the race organiser.

How do I get a GPX file of my own hike?

Most tracking apps can export one. The illustrated guide on finding and uploading GPX files shows the Strava and AllTrails exports step by step.

Ready to use your own route? Read how to find and upload a GPX file, or upload one now.