Running routes the way you like them

Plan a running route from any start. Say how far and how you like to run, and RunPlot draws a few routes that differ from each other, each with its distance, time and climb. Loops, out and backs, parks, trails and quiet streets, anywhere in Australia.

Open the web app

Free on the web, with nothing to install.

The map screen with a chosen route drawn on it, the settings chips along the top and the sheet folded down to its Generate button.

The route settings sheet, with the start, a distance slider, the shape, surface and hills choices, and the Generate button.

Say how far and how hilly

Pick a distance from 1 km to 60 km, a shape (loop, out and back, mixed, or point to point), a surface (any, trail, dirt, no dirt or singletrack) and hills (any, flat, rolling or hilly). Ask for parks, beaches, forest or riverside, or a route past public toilets. Avoid main roads, prefer lit paths, head out in a direction you choose, or name a point the route has to pass. Then press Generate.

Check each route before you go

Each route shows its distance, time, climb and a small elevation profile. Open Details for the surface breakdown, the metres on busy roads and the turns per kilometre. Dismiss the ones you do not want, ask for more like a favourite, or drag a route into shape and watch its distance and climb update as you go.

The Export screen, with the route's name, the four watch makers under To a watch, and the file rows under Other ways.

Straight to your watch

Send a route to a Garmin, COROS, Suunto or Polar watch, or take the file yourself: a Garmin FIT course with turn cues, or a GPX track.

The route list with one route under Shortlisted, above the next batch of suggestions.

Keep the ones you like

Shortlist a route and it stays above the next batch while you try other settings. Everything works without an account. Sign in to save routes, keep locations such as home and work, and have your settings follow you between devices. Sign in with Apple, an emailed code or a password.

Free to use

The web app is free.

Routes are built from OpenStreetMap data on our own server in Australia. The first time anyone asks for an area it takes a minute or two to prepare. RunPlot uses no third-party analytics or advertising.