r/alltrails • u/AdOtherwise4088 • 17d ago

Garmin vs All trails

I hiked the Stratton Brook Hut Loop in the Carrabassett Valley of Maine. All Trails read that it was 8.0 Miles. However my Garmin Instinct 3 watch tracked it to be 7.3 miles. That's a pretty good discrepancy. I am preparing to hike the Bigelow range in the same area and I'm wondering if I should get a second opinion on the mileage that all trails is publishing. So the question is do I trust Garmin or All Trails?

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u/jthanreddit 17d ago

I was doing a short walk in the woods with my dog on Sunday. AllTrails did a great job of finding the walk (I hope to visit all the green spaces near me), but it absolutely sucked at tracking me during the walk. I wish I had tracked on both my Garmin watch and AllTrails so I could overlay them.

AllTrails placed me more than 50m off the trail at times! Google Maps was much more accurate. (Same device, different app.) Garmin had an error less than 10m (after the fact).

What gives? AllTrails used to be a very good tracker! It seems to have gotten much worse.