Beechwold Trail
Morning fog lying in the valleys below a wooded overlook

Bald Eagle State Forest, Pennsylvania

Trip planning that started as my own backpacking spreadsheet

Pack Planner started as a spreadsheet I made to track my gear and plan my backpacking trips. Later I built an app on top of it to make entering and organizing gear and food easier. I still use it for every trip I take. Camp Planner does the same job for car camping and family trips.

Both are free, with no ads, and they don't sell or share your data.

Matt

Both apps are in beta. Anyone can try the demos; accounts are by invitation for now.

Pack Planner on a phone, showing a three-day trip with base weight 11.00 lb and pack weight 17.52 lb
The demo's sample 3-day loop in Grayson Highlands.

Pack Planner

For backpacking

Keep a list of your gear and trail food, then plan each trip: what to bring, what it weighs, and what you'll eat.

  • Base weight and total pack weight as you choose gear
  • The forecast for your dates, or typical weather further out
  • Meals day by day, with calories and the water you'll need
Open Pack Planner
Camp Planner on a phone, showing a fall weekend at Old Man's Cave Campground with check-in times and site details
The demo's sample weekend at Hocking Hills, Ohio.

Camp Planner

For car and family camping

Plan a weekend at the campground for the whole family: the campsite, the gear you share, and what goes in each person's bag.

  • Your campground's details: check-in, water, power and showers
  • Clothes for each person, counted from the length of the trip
  • Meals for each day, and a shopping list sorted by aisle
Open Camp Planner

What's new

  • Camp Planner: meals for each day of a trip, a menu of 95 camp dishes, and a shopping list sorted by aisle.
  • Camp Planner can go on your phone's home screen and opens with no signal.
  • One Beechwold Trail account now works in both apps.
  • First version of Camp Planner.
  • Pack Planner: try the demo without an account, and view your trips with no signal.

Trying it

Each app has a demo with sample trips, no account needed. Sign in with Google or a code sent to your email; one account works in both apps.

The name

Beechwold is a neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio.

Get in touch

Questions or suggestions: hello@beechwoldtrail.com