How to use the map

The Smålandsleden website and map are your tools for finding inspiration, planning your hike, and feeling safe both before and during your trip. Here you can discover trails, choose stages, and see what's along the way, whether you're sitting at home at your kitchen table or standing out on the trail.

The map helps you plan in advance. Once you are out on the trail, you can use the website or app to see where you are and what is nearby.

Naturkartan as a basis

The Smålandsleden website is based on the Naturkartan map service. This is a widely used tool employed by many municipalities and organizations throughout Sweden.

Smålandsleden can be found both here on the website and as a guide in Naturkartan. The content is the same, but is presented in slightly different ways depending on which entry point you choose.

Naturkartan is also available as an app, which allows you to navigate and orient yourself directly in nature.

Whether you use the website or the app, you will find information about trails, stages, entrances, and facilities such as wind shelters, toilets, campfire sites, and parking lots.

Below, we guide you step by step through how to use the website and the map.

How to use the website

The main menu takes you to pages about hiking and planning. The footer contains more in-depth and practical information.

Homepage

The home page brings together the most relevant shortcuts for visitors and is a good starting point if you want to begin exploring the Smålandsleden trail.

How to use the map

The map of the Smålandsleden trail contains a lot of information. To make it easier to find what you are looking for, use the filters.

When the map opens, all stages, trail entrances, and facilities along the Smålandsleden trail are displayed. By using the filters, you can gradually sort out what you are looking for.

Category

Select what you want to see. For example, hiking, admission, wind shelter, parking, or other facilities.

Theme

Here you can filter specific experiences or environments. One example is the theme of protected nature, which shows nature reserves and national parks.

Regions

Sort the map by Northern, Southern, or Eastern Småland Trail to limit your search to a specific area.

Length

Filter stages by their length.

Difficulty

Choose whether you want to see easy, medium, or challenging stages.

Accessibility

Here you can filter by different types of accessibility, such as proximity to parking or adapted routes. Read more about how we define accessibility on the Accessibility page.

Examples of how you can filter

If you want to see all hiking trails on the Smålandsleden trail, select category:

• Hiking - The map will then show all stages.

If you want to know where you can start your hike, select category:

• Entrance - The map will show all locations where there is an entrance to the hiking trail

If you want to find places to stay overnight, select category:

• Wind shelters - The map will show all wind shelters along the trail you want to hike

You can combine several filters at the same time

For example.

• Category: Hiking

• Region: Northern

• Difficulty: Green

The result will be all easy stages within the Northern Smålandsleden trail.

This way, you can easily find a hike that suits you