FreeRoam ADV

A non-profit, community-governed map of cross-country adventure riding routes. Every track here is free to download, with no account and no paywall.

Whose work this stands on

Sam Correro created the TransAmerica Trail over roughly a dozen years, stitching thousands of miles of dirt, gravel and forgotten two-lane from the Carolinas to the Oregon coast, then re-scouting it for decades until he retired in 2025 and handed it to Brent “Homer” Smith. The maintained official tracks and roll charts are sold at transamtrail.com. None of his paid files appear here, and the TAT name is his.

One Man Trail rode the TAT coast to coast twice, recorded every day, then hand-traced the whole line in 100-mile sections so it sits on the actual road, and shared the result free because, in his words, he hated “seeing other people struggle using poor quality GPX files.” His tracks are the ORIGIN baseline on this site: a 2022 rider's re-trace, not the official route.

Source: One Man Trail (onemantrail.com, offline as of Sep 2026) — hand-traced GPX by the author, shared free 'as is'. Files fetched 2026-09-23.

Three layers, one line

ORIGIN is the untouched baseline. Permanently locked. If community data ever fails you, download this.
MASTER is the default line riders should follow. It starts as a copy of ORIGIN and absorbs peer-reviewed permanent detours: paved-over roads, closed public lands, collapsed bridges.
ALERTS are temporary pins for fires, snow, mud, logging closures and fee changes. They show on the map and never change the download files.

How a detour gets into MASTER

A rider hits an obstacle, rides around it on legal public roads, and uploads the recorded segment with a note.
It appears on the map as a dotted orange proposed detour. Downloads do not change.
Riders who pass through later are asked to confirm it, or their uploaded tracks match it automatically. Five to seven independent confirmations is consensus. A regional steward can fast-track it.
The line turns solid green and the segment is spliced into MASTER. ORIGIN stays exactly as it was.

Values

Strictly non-profit. No premium tier, ever.
Anonymity and utility first. No personal branding, no forum politics.
Legacy preserved. Original scouts are credited everywhere the data appears.

Questions, corrections, or a resource we should list: hello@freeroamadv.com, or use the contact form. Replies come from the stewards, never from a named person.