Benchmark atlases or ???? Hiking trails on something else?

Gaia looks good. I use On X for hunting because it has property ownership, but it's $100/yr for more than 1 state.

Alltrails, which we have used has one big flaw. In my opinion. It does not put an arrow or other direction marker on the map to show your direction of travel. This can be a real problem when you are out on the trail. I've been told by many taht Gaia GPS is better than Alltrails. Take a look at this article for other suggestions:
REI article

What ever you get download the map of the trail you are planning to take BEFORE you leave. You may well be out of cell phone signal range once you get out on the trail. Especially in National Parks. We spent a night in a cave at Bryce Canyon in 30 deg temps and Alltrails was useless since I did not d/l the map before we left.

What sort of hiking trails are you looking for?

Benchmarks do mark some of the larger trails, however there is insufficient detail on the map at scale of 1:200,000 to actually use them to hike.

National Geographic Trails illustrated maps are a better resource for hiking. They are also available through the GaiaGPS app, which is probably the best digital resource for backcountry travel.

Hubby used to use all trails ap...thanks. I am thinking the guy didn't know what he was talking about.
donna

Sorry, I don’t know about the Benchmark info but you can check out the All Trails app. Good luck.