West Highland Way App for Android

The map comes with the app

There is nothing to download separately once you have installed it. The map is bundled in, so the terrain around you draws across Rannoch Moor and up the Devil's Staircase the same as it does at home. Your position comes from your phone's GPS, which works from satellites rather than phone masts.

Android also gives you elevation profiles for the whole walk and for each section. The iPhone version works a little differently: it draws the terrain with Apple Maps, so that part needs a signal.

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What you get on Android

Know where you are without a signal

The route is built into the app and your phone finds its position from satellites, not phone masts. You can see exactly where you are on the West Highland Way even with no signal at all.

Set a goal for each day

Tell the app where you are walking to each day — Drymen on day one, Rowardennan on day two — and it guides you there. You always know how far is left today and how far remains of the whole walk.

Find your way back to the route

Took a wrong turn, or staying somewhere off the trail? The app shows you the way back to the route line, so you can rejoin it where you left off or head straight to it in the morning.

What to pack

A ready-made packing list you can edit to suit your walk. Tick items off as they go into the rucksack so nothing gets left behind.

Keep a journal of your walk

Write up each day and add your own photographs as you go. When you are home, export the whole journal as a PDF to print or share.

Walk it in either direction

Heading north from Milngavie to Fort William, or south from Fort William to Milngavie? Switch direction and the guidance, distances and daily goals all follow the way you are actually walking.