Jordan Trail

Ingested from OpenStreetMap relation 19065729 (ODbL). The mapped line and 2D length are derived from that geometry. Ascent, descent, and high/low points are sampled from Copernicus GLO-30 (copernicus-dem:glo-30) and remain provisional. Water, permits, and hazards were not taken from OSM tags and must be verified.

OSM 2D length is 646.2 km (relation 19065729; main JT stages sorted by section number, reversing a stage when that shortens the join; .1 variants and side trails omitted). Published figures disagree and are cross-checks only, not this DataPoint: Wikipedia cites 650 km; JTA cites more than 675 km (https://www.jordantrail.org/, checked 2026-08-20). Straight-line connectors across mapping gaps are included in this length.

typicalDays 35 is the JTA thru-window (“35 days of hiking”, https://www.jordantrail.org/, checked 2026-08-20), not Math.round(lengthKm/12). Wikipedia cites around 40 days; both are itinerary stamps, not a DataPoint. OSM 2D length is 646.2 km vs JTA’s more than 675 km.

Water was not mapped to named WaterSource points (no honest atFraction). JTA (https://www.jordantrail.org/water/, checked 2026-08-20) says carry about five litres for a full day without resupply, expect natural water at least once per day on most of the trail, and arrange caches on the driest stretch from Rum village to Aqaba. Treat natural and tap water; JTA recommends an international-travel purification method.

Difficulty is SAC T2 / YDS 1 with an override label: JTA describes the Jordan Trail as a long-distance hiking trail (https://www.jordantrail.org/, checked 2026-08-20), not a scrambling or alpine route. The whole spine is mixed highland and desert; individual wadi or Petra stages may be locally harder. Not a SAC survey of every stage.