Understanding our footprint in wild places.
TrailCount visualizes human usage patterns across pristine natural areas. Small, battery-powered counters observe quietly at the trailhead; the platform turns their daily reports into a living picture of where people go, when they go, and how use is shifting — so the people who care for these places can see impact forming while there is still time to act.
- Measure unobtrusively. Battery-powered sensors count passing hikers a season at a time and report in daily over cellular — no cameras, no wires, nothing asked of visitors.
- See patterns, not anecdotes. Usage flows across a living map and time-series views: hotspots, seasonal rhythms, and multi-year trends, per trail and per wilderness area.
- Protect what is pristine. Concentrated pressure surfaces early, so stewardship — trail hardening, education, rerouting — goes where the land needs it first.
TrailCount is sponsored by Adirondack Wilderness Advocates and built in collaboration with RIT senior-project teams.
To learn more
Take the product tour →Explore the demo dashboard →
See the live dashboard →
The demo runs on simulated data. The live dashboard shows real counts from the field. Both require a sign-in — request access.
Maps of the Park
Remoteness Explorer → How far is each acre of the Adirondack Park from the nearest motorized access — a road, ATV trail, snowmobile trail, or motorized water? Click a road out of the network and watch remote core grow or fragment.
Steepness Explorer → DEC hiking trails coloured by grade, computed from USGS 3DEP along the same trail overlay the TrailCount map draws. Filter by unit, trail type, and a “hide gentler than” slider.
Questions? contact@trailcount.io