How to add spots to Offpath, and what makes one worth adding.
Every spot you add is credited to you as Found by @yourusername, and you can link that credit to your Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or website. It's a way to build an audience around the places you know.
We're inviting our first 25 contributors to help fill the map. Every spot founders add carries their name and a link to their Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or website. Founders also get their best finds featured on Offpath's Instagram, and a direct line to us to help shape what Offpath becomes. Once 25 people have joined, the founding group is closed.
Apply to be a Founding ContributorOnce you're approved, a + button appears on the map. Tap it, move the map until the pin sits exactly on the spot, and tap Place spot here. Then:
Tap Drop it on the map. Your first spot is reviewed by us before it goes live, and you'll get a notification as soon as it's approved. It shows as "In review" on your Profile until then. Once your first spot is approved, every spot you add goes live for everyone straight away. You can edit your spots later from the spot itself.
Every spot you add is credited to you as Found by @yourusername. In Settings you can attach one link to that credit, your Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or website, so people who love your spots can find you.
Every spot is rated by how few people actually go - measured against the place it's in, not against the world. A quiet corner of Rome is judged against Rome, not against northern Laos. Somewhere that would be ordinary in one country can be genuinely Lost in another, and that's the point.
The app asks you one question instead of making you pick a word: picture someone spending a week here, doing the usual research - would they find this place? Answer that honestly and the tier follows. A spot rated Lost that turns out to have a tour bus parking lot is the fastest way to lose people's trust.
The rating is about how widely known a spot is, never how hard it is to get to. A signposted cave down a rough road is easy to hear about and awkward to drive to - that's a Wander with a difficult approach, and the approach belongs in your directions.
They'd probably find it. A bit of digging online turns it up, but it isn't the reason people came.
They might find it — but they'd have it close to themselves. It may well be online somewhere; what makes it Hidden is that hardly anyone actually goes. Locals may know it; travelers rarely do.
No - almost nobody who comes here sees it. Even people who know this place well haven't been. Worth every wrong turn.
A quick test: if it shows up on the first page of Google for "things to do in [place]", it isn't Lost. And if it's one of the main sights - the thing people booked the trip for - it isn't an Offpath spot at all.
Pick every category that fits. They're what people use to filter the map.
Say what makes the place special and what someone should know before they go. Two or three honest sentences beat a paragraph of adjectives.
"A small cove tucked under dramatic red cliffs. Get here by boat or hike in and cliff jump. Bring good water shoes. The rocks getting out are no joke."
These places stay special because few people know about them. Pack out everything you bring, stay on paths where they exist, and think twice before sharing anywhere that couldn't handle more visitors.
We review every contributor's first spot before it goes live, and read every new spot after that. If a first spot isn't approved, we'll tell you why, and you can edit it and send it again. If something needs fixing later, like a pin in the wrong place or a tier that's off, we'll edit it or get in touch. Spots that break the guidelines are removed, and contributors who repeatedly ignore them lose access.
Anyone using the app can also report a spot that looks wrong, and we review every report.
Email offpathcontact@gmail.com. We read everything.