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DETOUR users can access their profiles and see trails near them online or through the app. Image: Ohio Department of Natural Resources
By Taylor Haelterman
The free mobile and web-based app, DETOUR, was downloaded over 5,800 times within the first few weeks of its release on April 7, said Tom Arbour, the trails coordinator for the department.
The department knew people wanted more recreational trails and better information about those trails, said Laura Briggs, the department’s director of policy initiatives. And the agency already is required to inventory all recreational trails in the state. The app is a way for people to easily access that information instead of filing it away in a cabinet.