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An easement is a legal right to travel through private land to reach public land. In some cases, it's the only way in. 🗺️

Thanks to the MAPLand Act, thousands of these routes are now visible in onX Hunt and onX Offroad. But with access comes responsibility.

Here's how to travel easements the respectful and responsible way:

✅ Move slowly. Reduce dust, noise, and wear
✅ Stay on the easement. No deviating.
✅ Be friendly to landowners. This access exists because of them.
✅ Leave gates how you find them.
✅ If it's muddy, turn around. Don't leave ruts.
✅ Report discrepancies or blockages to the managing agency.

Access is a privilege. Let's protect it together. Learn more in our blog.
https://www.onxmaps.com/blog/mapland-act-digital-public-land-records

For decades, critical public land access records existed only on paper, tucked away in government offices, vulnerable to floods, fires, and mold.

The MAPLand Act changed that.

Championed by Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership and signed into law in 2022, it requires the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, and three other federal agencies to digitize access records and publish them in a map-compatible format, so every American can see where they're legally allowed to go.

As of spring 2026, more than 30,000 easements have been published. This is a huge milestone in the MAPLand implementation, driven largely by U.S. Forest Service 🌲

Better data = better access = more people experiencing the public land we all own.

Learn more in our blog: https://www.onxmaps.com/blog/mapland-act-digital-public-land-records

Your field guide to Great Outdoors Month®

Five things worth knowing before you go. Whether it's a new trail or your favorite loop.

Save it. Share it. Use it.

Just in case you needed another reason to hit the trails. 🥾🏞️

National Trails Day celebrates the people who built them, the volunteers who maintain them, the millions of us who use them, and the land managers who show up every single day to protect our shared places.

U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management 🙌

What trail are you checking out this weekend? ⤵️

🌲 June is Great Outdoors Month, and we think it's worth taking a beat to remember why.

640 million acres of public land exist in this country from national forests, BLM land, national parks, wildlife refuges, to state lands. They belong to all of us, the hunters, the anglers, the off-road community, the backcountry crowd, and the weekend adventurers.

American dreams way back when protected these places. Today, those dreams carry on through every adventure we have and every day that we get to steward them into the future.

So this month, we're asking you to not just get out there but to take part in keeping it all intact.

🔗 Visit link for stewardship orgs, GOM events, and ways to get involved.
https://recreationroundtable.org/events/great-outdoors-month/

Last week, onXmaps showed up in Washington, D.C. to advocate for our public lands. Not just to talk about it—but to move it forward. Our week included:

✔️ 15+ meetings with Congressional members and staff across both sides of the aisle, public land agency leaders, and partners.
✔️ A screening of our film Inaccessible—with guest speakers Griffin Post, Senator Martin Heinrich, Rep. Gabe Vasquez and The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable who spotlighted the real barriers millions of acres of public land still face, and how it impacts skiers, hunters, and all outdoor enthusiasts.
✔️ A seat at the table with Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Corporate Council + Public Lands Working Group, where collaboration forges our strength.
✔️ The honor of our CEO and Founder accepting TRCP’s Conservation Leadership Award

We brought data, maps, and real-world insight into the rooms where decisions get made. We advocated for the digitization of land management data– access to data is why you love onX, after all. And we pushed for policies that protect and expand recreational access, because access to our favorite places doesn’t happen by accident. It takes commitment, collaboration, getting loud, and influencing legislation that keeps those bucket-list adventures alive today—and ensures they’re preserved for tomorrow.

We’re grateful for the partners, policymakers, and advocates who do this work alongside us. It’s hard work, but it’s always worth trading our camo and mountain bikes for pressed suits for a few days—our lands deserve it.

No two camps look the same—and that’s the point.

From deep backcountry pack-ins to hunting camps and last-minute offroad pullovers… it all comes down to finding your spot.

onX helps you get there—and back.

The proposed reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service raises real questions about the future of our public lands.

At onX, we help people explore and protect access to the places that make it possible. Stewardship and the data behind it are core to what we do. Our products rely on accurate landscape data and the geospatial and scientific expertise that power safe, responsible recreation. We’re paying close attention to ensure conservation and recreation remain priorities.
Our Access & Stewardship team is engaged every day—advocating for the resourcing and policies our public lands need. We:
💰 Push for funding via the Appropriations process to support recreation and geospatial data
⚒️ Back legislation like the Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog
🗺️ Use our maps to show what’s at stake
🏛️ Meet directly with elected officials and agency staff
⛰️ Invest in on-the-ground work through our Adventure Forever Grant program

We’ll continue to show up.

To make your voice heard, call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask Congress to support strong funding and stewardship of our public lands, and uphold the Forest Service’s responsibility to prioritize conservation and recreation.