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Mapbox Outdoors

Mapbox Outdoors is a terrain-focused map style designed for outdoor and recreational use. It emphasizes natural features including contour lines, hillshading, national parks, hiking trails, ski runs, and land cover classifications.

Classic style — no longer maintained
Mapbox Outdoors is a classic style that is no longer actively maintained. It remains available for existing applications.

For new projects, use Mapbox Standard, which includes continuously improving cartography, 3D features, and dynamic lighting.

Access this Style

Use this Style URL to load this style in any Mapbox SDK or library:

mapbox://styles/mapbox/outdoors-v12

Retrieve the full style JSON via the Styles API:

https://api.mapbox.com/styles/v1/mapbox/outdoors-v12?access_token=YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN
Clone in Studio

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Tilesets used in this style:

Common uses​

  • Hiking, trail, and outdoor recreation applications
  • Wilderness and national park mapping
  • Cycling and skiing route planning
  • Any application where terrain and natural features are important context

Customization​

Classic styles can be customized in two ways:

  • At runtime in code — use setLayoutProperty and setPaintProperty to show, hide, or restyle individual layers after the map loads. This keeps all style logic in your codebase and is well-suited for dynamic changes driven by user interaction or application state.
  • In Mapbox Studio — clone the style in Mapbox Studio to adjust colors, toggle layers, change fonts, and add custom data sources. The resulting custom style is hosted by Mapbox and referenced by a style URL.

For new projects, consider using Mapbox Standard instead. Standard provides a richer feature set, continuously improving cartography, and a configuration API that replaces direct layer manipulation.

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