- About
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plotaroute.com offers free route planning tools tools for plotting and sharing route maps for walks, runs, rides and all outdoor activities anywhere in the world.
To get started, create a free account or click the Plot a Route button.
'Free' or 'Ad-Free' : Your Choice
plotaroute.com is funded by advertising but if you prefer an ad-free experience, we also offer an AD-FREE subscription option. Please create a free account first to take out this option.
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- Tutorials
Tutorials
QUICK START - This tutorial will show you how to get started with the plotaroute.com route planner and how to use the basic features. View tutorial...
PLOTTING OUT AND BACK ROUTES - This tutorial will demonstrate how to save time plotting an out and back route.View tutorial...
MAKE ME A ROUTE This tutorial shows you how to use the Make Me a Route feature, which can automatically plot suggested routes for you. You just need to say where you want to start and how long you want the route to be. View tutorial...
EDITING ROUTES This tutorial shows you some quick and simple ways to make changes to your routes. View tutorial...
MOBILE ROUTE PLANNER This tutorial demonstrates the main features of our mobile route planner. View tutorial...
- Routes
- Forums
- Info
Walks and Hikes
Running Routes
Cycle Routes
Horse Rides
Motorbike RoutesPlot and share your routes
Map and measure your walks, runs, bike rides
and more, with directions and elevation profiles
Save routes and share them with friends with a free account
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- PLOT
- SHARE
- FIND
- DOWNLOAD
- Colin on the Forum "I have used virtually all the route planning solutions over the years and I have to say, this is by far the best."
- Jim on "Found your site this morning. Best route plotting site I've ever seen!"
"This is by far the easiest GPS route plotting site I've ever found, so I thoroughly recommend it."- Dave on "Best route planning site by a country mile..."
- Paul by "...it is by far the most intuitive, easy to use, and complete bike route mapping program I have used."
"Planning your ride just got easier with plotaroute.com"- Carter by "This is spectacular site; great tools...finally something intuitive and great for cyclists!!!"
- Gary on the Forum "This app does exactly what it says perfectly. In fact its the most intuitive route plotter I've found..."
- Michael on the Forum "...I'm really impressed with the quality of this site. This is by far the best route-planning tool I have used."
- Race Director on the Forum "Your program is so much easier to use than anything else I have found, and I have looked pretty hard."
- John by "What a great route planner. I am a Motorcyclist and this is the best route planner I have tried."
- Mark on "@plotaroute probably the best site for planning off road runs!!"
- Terry on the Forum "This is by far the best website of this type by far, thanks"
- Peter by "Many thanks for a brilliant route planner; the best online one I have used!"
- Alan on the Forum "I have tried all the plotting services and I find yours the most comprehensive and easiest to use. Superb."
- Richard on the Forum "A superb way of plotting my rides. The best site I have used."
- Corinne on "Excellent route plotting site! First class and the best I've used."
- James on "best route plotting site I've used"
- Tony by "What a brilliant product..."
- Alexandre on "Best ever used. TOP!!!!"
- Leigh by "What an excellent site for plotting routes - so glad I've found it. Keep up the great work."
- Forrest on "Been trying to find a good route planner and this one is the best. Thank you."
- David by "plotaroute.com is fantastic and just what you are looking for!"
- Christian on "A thing of beauty: plotaroute.com"
- Steve by "I have tried this and it is absolutely brilliant..."
- James by "Thanks so, so, so very much for this wonderful product!!"
- Nick by "Your maps are the best I have seen..."
New and Popular Routes
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Other recent news...
Latest news from plotaroute.com.
Great features...
Our route planner has lots of great features to make route planning simple.
- large uncluttered map
- automatic route plotting
- off-road routing
- "Make Me a Route" function
- foot/cycle path maps
- easy route editing
- upload routes you've recorded
- put "Video Maps" on your website
- automatically generated directions
- print and download options
Also for mobile devices...
You can also use plotaroute.com on your mobile device without the need to download an app. Just go to www.plotaroute.com in your mobile web browser.
Read more in our news post about this.
Quick start video...
Watch our route planner in action...
More videos under the Tutorials menu.
Latest News - Wednesday 05 Jul 2017
Extended Elevation Coverage
We're pleased to advise that we've extended the coverage of our elevation data to include parts of the far north of the Northern Hemisphere, which were previously not covered. This means you can now get elevation charts and statistics for routes anywhere in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Alaska, Russia and Canada.
You can see provisional elevation profiles for your routes as you plot them in the route planner but more detailed charts and statistics are available in the Route Profile tool after saving your route (see example route profile). You can also print, download and share your route profile from here.
Route Planning Made Easy
plotaroute.com has lots of great plotting and editing features to help you to plot routes quickly and easily.
Back To The Start
Plots the shortest path back to the start
Same Route Back
Plots return leg of an
out-and-back route
Rejoin Route Home
Plots return leg via a selected point
Delete Section
Deletes a selected range of points
Replot Section
Replot a section of the route
Measure Section
Measures a section of the route
Reverse Route
Switches the start
and end of the route
Move Start Point
Move the start/finish of a circular route
Repeat a Route
Plots extra laps of a circular route
Repeat a Loop
Plots extra loops in the middle of a route
Delete Homestretch
Delete first/final leg to your house
Combine Routes
Join together two or more existing routes
Plot With Waypoints
Plots a route using draggable waypoints
Make Me a Route
Plots suggested routes for you!
You can find our more about some of these route planner features in our video tutorials (see Tutorials menu above).
Forums VIEW FORUMS
Check out our forums for more info and chat about plotaroute.com
Here's a selection of topics:
A Personal Message From the Website Founder...
Hi! My name is John and I'm the founder of plotaroute.com. I'd like to firstly say a big thank you for visiting the site - I hope you are finding it useful. I'd also like to take this opportunity to share with you another of my projects if I may.
In October 2015 my wife tragically died of ovarian cancer at the age of just 41. Like many in my situation, I became immersed in the world of cancer and was shocked to discover how cancer has become one of the most lucrative markets on the planet, with annual revenues from cancer drugs now well in excess of $100bn and the highest profit margins of any major industry in the world. While this alone is morally incomprehensible, the failure to research promising new treatments because they are not commercially attractive, the exorbitant pricing for new drugs which prices them out of reach of many patients who could benefit from them, and the millions of pounds spent developing new drugs that offer little improvement over existing drugs, are all signs of a broken system for cancer research that is letting down patients and all those who give money to help.
Lives are being lost because of a lack of market regulation to control profiteering and a lack of incentives to pursue opportunities that benefit patients most rather than shareholders.
Inspired by my wife's incredible courage and strength, I decided to take the initiative and set up a formal campaign to highlight how this tug of war between profits and public health acts like a handbrake on progress. The campaign is calling on the Government to introduce new regulations and market reforms to better protect the interests of patients. I'm campaigning in the UK, but of course the same issues apply across the whole world, so feel free to share this in your own country.
The campaign is called Dying for a Cure and is linked to a petition on change.org.
Please consider supporting this campaign, on behalf of every cancer patient dying for a cure. Thank you.