Water and resupply planner
Load your route and it lists the taps, shops and campsites OpenStreetMap knows about near it, in the order you’ll reach them, and picks out the long stretches without water. Made for bikepacking and long walks.
A list in the order you’ll reach them
Stops close together are grouped under the nearest village, so you see km 31 with a tap and a shop, then km 70 with water at a campsite, rather than a jumble of pins. Each place says how far off the route it is, and the opening hours where the map has them.
The long stretches without water
Set how far you’re happy to go without filling up, and any stretch longer than that is shaded red on the strip, the map and the list.
That’s the bit to sort out before you set off, by carrying more or planning a detour.
Only what’s marked drinkable
Water counts as drinkable when it’s mapped as a drinking tap, a fountain or a water point, or when someone has marked it drinkable. Springs and taps with nothing to say either way are left out unless you ask for them, and then they’re marked to filter or treat.
Even marked water is no promise. Taps get turned off, so ask locally when you can.
Take it with you
Save the stops as waypoints in a GPX file, with or without the route, for your watch or bike computer. Or print the list and keep it in a map pocket.
A simplified copy of your route goes to Pebbls’ server to find the stops (or to OpenStreetMap’s, if ours isn’t answering). It’s only used for that search and isn’t saved, and the file itself stays on your device.
Questions people ask
Where does the water information come from?
From OpenStreetMap, which volunteers keep up to date. It knows about a lot of taps and fountains in towns, at campsites and on popular trails, and fewer out in the countryside. A gap on the map can be a gap in the map, so ask locally.
Is the water safe to drink?
We only call it drinking water when it’s mapped that way, and that isn’t a guarantee. Taps break or get switched off for part of the year, and springs change. If in doubt, filter or treat it.
How far off the route does it look?
You choose 250 m, 500 m, 1 km or 2 km. It starts at 500 m on foot, 1 km on a bike and 2 km in a van.
How long can the route be?
As long as you like. It looks along 1,000 km at a time, which usually takes a few seconds. For anything longer there’s a button to carry on with the next 1,000 km.
Will the waypoints show on my watch or bike computer?
Most devices and apps that open a GPX file show its waypoints. Some only keep the route line, so try it with your device before you rely on it.
Can I plan a route here?
You can draw a simple one by tapping the map, and the line follows paths and roads. For more than that, plan it in the route editor in our GPX tools, save the file and load it here.
How up to date is it?
Pebbls keeps its own copy of OpenStreetMap and refreshes it every week, which is why answers come back quickly. Anything added to the map today shows here within a week or so.
The water and shops come from OpenStreetMap, which volunteers keep up to date. Our copy of it is refreshed every week. Taps get turned off and shops close, so check locally before you rely on one. Water is only shown as drinkable when it’s marked that way on the map, and even that isn’t a guarantee.