GPS Waypoints for Walking and Hiking in the UK

All the Walks with Downloable GPS Waypoints include GPS Waypoints you can download to your computer and then upload into your GPS Device - whether you use a Garmin, Megallen or a Silva GPS.

If you have ever tried inputting GPS Waypoints by hand you will realise:

How slow and tedious it is and
How easy it is to make a mistake.

The GPS Waypoints on go4awalk.com are created by visiting each location and taking on-the-spot readings.

With go4awalk.com you can download these GPS Waypoints to your PC* and then upload them directly into into your GPS Device at the touch of a button.**

GPS Waypoints in GPS eXchange Format (GPX)

Downloadable GPS Waypoints in GPX (.gpx) format

Walks with this icon have downloable GPS Waypoints in GPS Exchange (.gpx) format you can upload into your GPS Device with a connecting cable by simply placing the GPX file into the GPX Folder on your GPS. You can also use EasyGPS on IMB based PCs (Windows, Vista etc.), MacGPS Pro if are using an Apple Macintosh (Mac OS X 10.4.0 or later) or Garmin Basecamp which works on both PC's and Apple Macs.

GPX, or GPS eXchange Format is a common GPS data format for software applications. It can be used to describe GPS waypoints, Tracks (a.k.a. Tracklogs), and Routes. It can be used to store location, elevation and time amongst other things and can be used to exchange data between GPS devices and software packages such as your internet browser.

NB. In GPX, a collection of points, with no sequential relationship (e.g. the summits of the Wainwrights), is deemed a collection of individual waypoints.

An ordered collection of points may be expressed as a Track or Tracklog (an ordered list of points describing a path) or a Route (an ordered list of waypoints representing a series of significant points leading to a destination).

go4awalk.com GPX Waypoint data files are a Route and not a Track or Tracklog. Each walk's set of downloadable GPS Data usually# consist of between 5 and 15 key waypoints located at all the critical decision points detailed in the walk route description. In between these critical decision points you simply follow the footpath on the ground and/or the directions contained within that walk's PDF Route Instructions

GPS Waypoints in text (.txt) format

Walks with this icon have downloable GPS Waypoints in text (.txt) format you can upload into your GPS Device with a connecting cable and GPS Utility and convert into a wide variety of formats (IBM based PC (Windows, Vista etc) only).

In GPS, a collection of points, with no sequential relationship (e.g. the summits of the Wainwrights), is deemed a collection of individual waypoints.

NB. An ordered collection of points may be expressed as a Track or Tracklog (an ordered list of points describing a path) or a Route (an ordered list of waypoints representing a series of significant points leading to a destination).

go4awalk.com GPS Waypoint data files are a Route and not a Track or Tracklog. Each walk's set of downloadable GPS Data usually# consist of between 5 and 15 key waypoints located at all the critical decision points detailed in the walk route description. In between these critical decision points you simply follow the footpath on the ground and/or the directions contained within that walk's PDF Route Instructions

It is Quick, Simple and Easy.

*For personal use only. **(OK - a few buttons - but only a few!)

To see for yourself how the system works - get your copy of the current go4awalk.com HTML Newsletter . . . which includes full details on how to access some Free Example GPS Waypoint Data Files.

We are adding new routes all the time so if you cannot find something you like - come back and visit us soon and/or contact us via Feedback and we will see what we can do.

For more general information on GPS and GPS Devices

- see Hill Skills > GPS navigation systems - the Myths and Truths Part 1

- and Hill Skills > GPS navigation systems - the Myths and Truths Part 2

For fellow user Questions and Answers about GPS and GPS Devices
- see Q & A - GPS Waypoints

For a list of walks that have accompanying downloadable GPS Waypoint Data see
- see Walks with Downloable GPS Waypoints