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Hike 2650 app icon For iPhone
Reads Apple Health

Mexico to CanadaHike 2650

Your real walking moves you along the Pacific Crest Trail. One real mile is one trail mile, on a map made to look like a park poster.

Hike 2650 at mile zero: the whole Pacific Crest Trail drawn on a poster-style map of the West Coast, with a marker at the Mexican border
How it works

There is nothing to press.

You walk your normal day. The app reads the distance from Apple Health and the marker does the rest.

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Walk anywhere

To work, round the block, on a treadmill. Your iPhone or Apple Watch already counts the distance.

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The marker walks it

Open the app and your miles carry you up the trail on their own, stopping at each real place you reach.

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2,650 miles to go

Campo to the Canadian border. At five miles a day it takes about a year and a half, like the real thing.

The map

A whole trail, drawn like a poster.

Desert, Sierra and Cascades each get their own colours. The map lives inside the app, so it works with no signal.

The full trail from the Mexican border to Canada with landmark icons along it

Day one, mile zero

The whole trail is ahead of you, with the next place and its distance at the top of the screen.

The marker at mile 2,098 near Mount Hood with the walked trail drawn in orange behind it

The line behind you

Every mile you've walked turns orange. The ridge at the top shows the climb you're on.

A wooden sign offering the trail name Fries, for the famous fast-food stop at Cajon Pass

The trail names you

Hikers earn trail names. Yours turns up along the way, and you can keep it or ask again.

What it doesn't do

Your walking stays yours.

Hike 2650 has no server to send anything to.

No accountNothing to sign up for. Open it and start at the border.
No trackingNo GPS, no ads, no analytics. It reads distance and nothing else.
On your phoneYour journey is saved on your iPhone and goes nowhere.
Works offlineThe whole map ships inside the app.
Questions

Before you set off.

Do I have to be on the actual trail?

No. Any walking or running your iPhone or Apple Watch records counts. The app turns it into trail miles.

Can I go southbound?

Yes. The app asks which way you're walking when you start, and you can turn around later without losing your miles.

Is there a widget?

Yes. A home-screen and lock-screen widget shows your mile and the next place. You can also get an alert when you arrive somewhere.

Is this the same as 2650, the game?

They share a trail. 2650 is a pixel-art game with camp and a campfire. Hike 2650 is only the map.

Is it an official PCT app?

No. It's an independent app and not a navigation tool. For real trail information and permits, visit pcta.org.

Start at the border.