Pick an intent
Tap a chip for what you actually want today: quick walk, hike, parks, kids, stroller, dog, water, scenic, camp, picnic, sports, or peaks. The home screen reshapes around that choice.
Get Outside Today
Decide where to get outside today, with the reason each place fits
Epicrest is an all-outdoor-places companion for iPhone. Open the home screen, pick an intent like quick walk, hike, kids, stroller, dog, water, scenic, camp, or picnic, and see nearby places that match, with a short reason each one fits right now. Peaks and AR identification are a flagship chapter, but the recommendation engine spans the full range of outdoor places.
How recommendations work
Intent chips that point you toward the right place
See why each place fits
Every recommendation carries a short reason: distance from you, current weather where supported, playground or restroom signals, mapped routes, scenic context, and access alerts.
Every kind of outdoor place
Parks, public lands, trails and trailheads, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, viewpoints, beaches, campgrounds, and picnic areas, wherever data exists, not just summits.
Free and ad-free
The recommendation home screen is free, with no ads and no cross-app tracking. It is a quiet field tool for deciding where to go, not a social feed.
Start with what you want, not a blank map
Most outdoor apps hand you a map and leave the decision to you. Epicrest starts from intent instead. Choose a quick walk before dinner, a longer hike on the weekend, somewhere with a playground for the kids, a stroller-friendly loop, a spot the dog can come along to, or water to sit beside, and the home screen pulls together nearby places that match that goal.
The result is a shortlist you can act on, drawn from the full breadth of outdoor places near you. Local and national or state parks, public lands, trails, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, scenic viewpoints, beaches, campgrounds, and picnic areas all sit in the same recommendation flow, so the answer fits the day you actually have.
Each recommendation explains why it fits right now
A name on a list is not enough to choose. Epicrest pairs every recommendation with the reasons behind it: how far it is from you, the current conditions where weather is supported, signals like a likely playground or restroom, whether there are mapped routes to follow, the scenic context, and any access alerts worth knowing before you leave. Hints stay honest, so you will see phrasing like likely stroller-friendly rather than a hard promise.
That context is a planning aid, not a safety or navigation source. Use current official maps, local conditions, and your own judgment for the trip itself. Epicrest is built to help you decide where to go and get you oriented, not to guide you through an emergency.
From a good idea to a real outing
When a recommendation lands, you can keep going without leaving the app. Tap any place or route to focus it on the Outdoor map, check the route outline, length, and elevation gain, and look at the weather window before you commit. Save it to Plans with a readiness state like Ready or Check weather, and log it in your private Field Journal once you have been, with notes, tags, and routes kept on device and in your private iCloud.
Peaks remain a first-class part of the experience. Choose the peaks intent and the same engine surfaces summits to identify with AR on the horizon, complete with name, elevation, and distance, even offline against cached data. It is one chapter of a larger outdoor companion, publicly available for iPhone on the App Store and for Android on Google Play.
Sources and review
How this guide was checked
This first-party product guide was checked against the current public listing, manual, and privacy policy. It explains intended app behavior; it does not make any route or condition safe.
FAQ
Questions about getting outside today
How does Epicrest decide where to get outside today?
You pick an intent such as quick walk, hike, kids, dog, or water, and Epicrest surfaces nearby outdoor places that fit, then explains why each one fits using signals like distance, current weather where supported, playground or restroom hints, mapped routes, and scenic context.
What kinds of places can it recommend?
The full range of outdoor places where data exists: local, state, and national parks, public lands, trails and trailheads, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, scenic viewpoints, beaches, campgrounds, and picnic areas, with peaks and AR identification as one flagship chapter rather than the whole story.
Is the recommendation feature free?
Yes. Intent-based recommendations on the home screen are free. Detailed hourly weather, Satellite and Topo maps, and offline downloads up to 50 miles are part of an optional Epicrest Pro subscription, and the applicable store shows final local pricing before purchase.
Epicrest for iPhone
Get outside today: let Epicrest help you decide where
Pick an intent, see nearby outdoor places that fit with the reason each one works right now, then focus it on the map, check the weather window, and save it to your plans.
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