Windy Gap generates hiking and running routes based on what you ask for. There are potential routes all around us and it finds them. I built it because I train for endurance events and have a camper van. I kept wanting to do certain kinds of hikes and runs and having no popular routes nearby, even in areas with dense path networks. I also wanted to squeeze more novelty out of my local area. Instead of choosing an existing route or plotting one waypoint by waypoint you can ask for something like a hilly half day walk from where you are. You can mark places to check out and avoid and it folds them into the routes it gives you. It's free to generate routes. Offline maps, GPX export, live route sharing are paid. Things I need to improve: OSM over-reports rights of way in the UK, so it can route you across land you shouldn't cross. Scoring needs a little more work to better penalize busy roads. Right now it works better in rural areas than urban. It reproduced The Fan Dance, a well-known endurance route in the Brecon Beacons, from first principles in an early test. That's when I thought it might actually work. Try it somewhere you know well and tell me what's wrong.

Windy Gap

Windy Gap generates hiking and running routes for you

Windy Gap generates hiking and running routes for you