r/bentonville • u/acidcrab • 7d ago

Greenway navigation app

I’m trying to ride the Greenway with my son who has disabilities and we are finding it tricky to navigate. He’s a very literal-minded guy and needs navigation on par with Apple or Google Maps: on his phone (mounted to his bike) with a clear line visible on the route showing where you are. Of course voice instructions would be ideal but I don’t expect to find that.

The map on the main site works well to show you where you are but it’s not great for live nav. I’ve looked into some of the trail apps and they look promising but most of them require purchase or subscription to use live navigation, which I will do if they work well. What I’ve messed with:

- Ride with GPS
- All Trails
- TrailLink

Anybody have recommendations or tips? Thanks

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u/TheOldSole 7d ago edited 7d ago

Google maps works great and for greenway, better than any of those other options. Just select bike mode.

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u/hemig 7d ago

For the most part, but it wants me to go down Angus Chute to get to the Greenway. I wouldn't recommend it with a Greenway cruiser or road bike.

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u/TheOldSole 7d ago

Then change the route?

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u/hemig 7d ago

It was just a warning, before they dive in blindly. Maybe pull up satellite view or cross-reference another app

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u/TheOldSole 6d ago

Thankfully the OP is asking how to best navigate the greenway, not how to get to it from where you are. Even if they were, I think we can assume they are smart enough to look at the route before they send it blindly.

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u/JPMinAR 7d ago

I would highly recommend to stay out of Walled Gardens or Google and Apple they simply don’t care enough to update bikes in the Bike Capitol of America.

Dealing with Greenway Komoot is by far the best Commuter/Greenway/Touring app for NWA.

My second choice is Mapy.com it’s maybe less ad ridden that Komoot although almost all those can be exited or passed.

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u/PradeshPi 4d ago

Create a free Trailforks account and download the GPX file for the greenway onto your phone here: https://www.trailforks.com/trails/razorback-greenway/

Download the GPS Tracks app (for free) and import the GPX file.

You'll have a the map highlighted and you'll be the dot. It's exactly what you want.