Maps

You can use pins to mark places so you can more easily find those locations later.

You can drop a pin to share a location, or to start or end your route at a spot that isn’t already marked on the map. Only one pin shows at a time, unless you save your pins to your Places. You can also share a pin, or get the latitude and longitude of a pin.

Drop a pin

Drop a pin to start or end your route somewhere that isn’t already marked on the map, or to share a location with someone else.

Unless you save them to your Places, only one pin appears at a time.

1. Open the Maps app on your iPhone.
2. Touch and hold the map until a pin marker appears.
3. To refine the location, tap Move and then drag the map.

   Tap Pin.

If you want to mark several places with pins, save each one as you drop it.

When you open the Maps app, your pins appear as a row of icons in your Places.

To get directions to the pin, tap the pin, then tap the directions button.

Quick tip: You don’t need the Maps app open to note your current location. Touch and hold the Maps icon on the Home Screen and choose Mark My Location.

Share a pin

1. Open the Maps app on your iPhone.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Touch and hold the map until a pin marker appears, then tap the Share button (at the top of the card).
   • Tap Places, tap Pinned, swipe left on the pin, then tap Share.
3. Choose how you want to share it.

Get the latitude and longitude of a pin

1. Open the Maps app on your iPhone.
2. Tap Places, tap Pinned, and then tap the pin.
3. Swipe up to Coordinates.
4. Touch and hold the coordinates and then tap Copy.

Edit a pin

1. Open the Maps app on your iPhone.
2. Tap Places, then tap Pinned.
3. Tap the Info button. Then do any of the following:
   • Change the name of the pin: Tap in the Label field.
   • Assign it to your Home, Work, or School address: Choose an option below Type.

Note: If your Home, Work, or School address changes after you’re prompted to sync Maps to My Card, update it in both Maps and Contacts as needed.

Remove a pin

1. Open the Maps app on your iPhone.
2. Tap Places, then tap Pinned.
3. Swipe left on the pinned location, then tap Delete.

You can also tap the Info button, then tap Unpin.

In Maps, while following driving, cycling, transit, and walking directions, you can zoom out to see your entire route on the screen, start to finish. You can also view a list of upcoming directions, and share a route with someone, too.

1. While following driving, cycling, transit, and walking directions, you can get an overview of your route and a list of upcoming turns.

Get an overview of your route

You can zoom out to see your entire route onscreen, from the starting point to the destination.

1. Open the Maps app on your iPhone.

Get directions.

1. Tap the Overview Mode button.
2. To return to turn-by-turn directions, tap the Turn-by-Turn Mode button.

View a list of upcoming directions

1. Open the Maps app on your iPhone.

Get directions.

1. Tap anywhere on the route card except the Go button.
2. Scroll down to see more directions.

When finished, tap the Close button.

Share a route with someone

1. Open the Maps app on your iPhone.

Get directions.

1. Tap anywhere on the route card except the Go button.
2. Scroll to the bottom of the card and tap Share. Then choose a way to share the route.

You can set your home, work, or school address for quick access to real-time traffic updates, directions, and notifications, making your travel more efficient.

The address in Maps can be different from the one on your contact card in the Contacts app. You can sync it to My Card in Contacts if you like, and you can change a set address or remove it.

Here’s how to set your home, work, or school address in Maps on iPhone.

Set your home, work, or school address

Your home or work address in Maps can be different from the one on your contact card in the Contacts app.

1. Start the Maps app on your iPhone.
2. Below Places, tap the Add button (you may need to swipe left).
3. Tap the search field and then enter the address you’re looking for.
4. Tap the address. Then assign it to a type: My home, My work, or My school.
5. To sync to My Card in Contacts, turn on Add to Contact Card.
6. Tap the Done button.

Note: You may need to update your address in Contacts if your home, work, or school address changes after you’re asked to sync Maps to My Card.

Change a set address

You can update the details of your home, work, or school address if it changes.

1. Start the Maps app on your iPhone.
2. Below Places, touch and hold the address you want to change.
3. Tap Edit Details. Do any of the following: Rename the pin: Enter a new name in the Label field.
   • Assign the address to your home, work, or school: Choose an option below Type.
   • Move the location of the pin: Tap Refine Location on the Map. Drag the map.
4. Tap the Done button.

Remove a set address

1. Start the Maps app on your iPhone.
2. Below Places, touch and hold the address you want to remove.
3. Tap Unpin.

You can customize a walking path to plan a hike, an exercise route, or a city tour. In U.S. national parks, you can browse hikes and filter them by length, elevation, and route type.

And you don’t need a signal to use them later. You can save the routes, along with any notes you add, to access when you’re offline.

Here’s how to save walks or hikes in Maps on iPhone.

Note: Not all features are available in all countries and regions.

Create your own walking or hiking route

1. Open the Maps app on your iPhone.
2. To select a starting point on the map, touch and hold any road, path, trail, or other place accessible by walking to drop a pin and tap the More button. Tap Create a Custom Route.
3. Tap other points along your route.
4. To remove a point, tap it and then tap Remove Point, Remove Start Point, or Remove End Point.

   Do any of the following to complete your route: Reverse a route: Tap the Reverse button.

   • Retrace your steps: Tap the Out & Back button.
   • Close a loop: Tap the Close Loop button.
   • Undo a point: Tap the Undo button.
   • Do one of the following: Go to the starting point: Tap Directions (available if you’re not near the route).
   • Start turn-by-turn walking directions: Tap Go (available near the start of the route).
   • Save the route for later: Tap Save Route, name the route and add notes (optional). Tap the Done button.

   

Quick tip: With Download Map turned on, you can access the route and the surrounding map even without an internet connection.

Browse and save hikes

To search for hikes, you need to be online.

1. Open the Maps app on your iPhone.

Make sure you’re in the Explore map, indicated by the Map Modes button.

1. Search for hikes in [national park name] and then tap the search result.

To narrow down your choices, tap the filters, such as All Lengths or All Route Types.

1. Swipe left to see more options.
2. Tap to open the hike, then tap the Add button.

   You can also do one of the following instead of saving the hike to your Routes: If you’re near the start of the route: Tap Directions to navigate to the trailhead.

   • If you’re not near the route: Tap Go to start turn-by-turn walking directions.

   

Quick tip: Turn on Download Route to access the route and the surrounding map on your iPhone even without an internet connection.

You can delete directions that you recently viewed. There are two ways to do it: delete a single item, or delete all recent directions. Both are in Recents, in the card in the Maps app on your iPhone, and the list only keeps what you want.

1. Start the Maps app on your iPhone.
2. Scroll down in the card to Recents. Do one of the following:
   • Delete a single item: Tap the More button and then tap Clear.
   • Delete all recent directions: Tap Recents, then tap Clear.

While you’re following driving, cycling, or walking directions, you can share your estimated time of arrival (ETA) to let friends and family know when you’re likely to arrive.

Your ETA updates automatically if there are major delays, so you don’t have to send follow-up messages along the way. You can share your ETA with more than one contact, and even ask Siri to share it.

Here’s how to share your estimated time of arrival in Maps on iPhone.

Note: Not all features are available in all countries or regions.

Share your estimated time of arrival (ETA)

Siri: Ask Siri something like, “Share my ETA.”

Or without using Siri:

1. Start the Maps app on your iPhone.
2. Search for the place you want to go and then tap Go.
3. Tap the route card at the bottom of the screen. Then tap Share ETA.

   If you don’t see Share ETA, make sure you turned it on in Settings > Apps > Maps.

4. Choose one or more suggested contacts, or tap Open Contacts to find a contact.
5. To share your ETA with more contacts, tap Sharing with at the bottom of the screen. Then tap Open Contacts.

The Messages, Find My, and Contacts apps can share your ETA with others, too.

Stop sharing your ETA

1. Start the Maps app on your iPhone.
2. Open the route card for a trip in progress.
3. Tap Sharing with at the bottom of the screen. Then tap Stop Sharing ETA below each contact’s name.

Automatically share your ETA to a pin

If you add a contact to a pinned place in your Places, they’ll automatically receive your ETA each time you start turn-by-turn navigation to that location.

1. Start the Maps app on your iPhone.
2. Tap Places, then tap Pinned.
3. Tap the Information button and tap Add Person.
4. Search for a contact, tap to add them and then tap the Done button.
5. Tap the pinned location. Then tap Go to start sharing your ETA.

Your location, route, and ETA stay viewable until you arrive.

Turn off ETA sharing

1. Start the Settings app on your iPhone.
2. Tap Apps, then tap Maps.
3. Scroll down, then turn off Share ETA.

Note: Standard carrier data and text rates may apply.

If they’re using iOS 13.1, iPadOS 13.1, or later, people get a Maps notification with your ETA and can track your progress in Maps.

On earlier versions, the notification comes through iMessage.

People on other mobile devices get an SMS message.

If you’re near the person you’re looking for and you both have a supported model, Find My can give you precise directions to each other’s location.

You can share places with others. For example, you can send a message or email to show people where to meet you. A place on the map or a search result can be shared from the top of its place card, and you can even send your current location without opening Maps.

Quick tip: Sharing your current location doesn’t require opening Maps. Touch and hold the Maps icon on the Home Screen and tap Send My Location.

1. Open the Maps app on your iPhone.
2. Tap a place on the map or a search result.
3. Tap the Share button (at the top of the place card) and choose an option.

You can also touch and hold the place, then tap Share Location.

You can save a map of an area and use it when your iPhone is offline. Even when you can’t access Wi-Fi or cellular service, you can view information like hours and ratings on place cards, get turn-by-turn directions for driving, walking, cycling, or riding transit, and see your estimated time of arrival.

Automatic Updates is on by default, so your downloaded maps are kept up to date. And you can remove downloaded maps to free up storage space.

Note: Offline maps aren’t available in all countries or regions.

Download maps

1. Open the Maps app on your iPhone.

   Do one of the following: Touch and hold the map until a pin marker appears, then tap Download.

2. Tap your picture or initials next to the search field, tap Offline Maps, tap Add Offline Map, and then enter a location in the search field or tap Current Location.

Adjust the selected area, then tap Download.

1. To reduce the size of the map you download, select a smaller area.

If you don’t change your settings, downloaded maps update automatically.

Quick tip: When you sync your iPhone with Apple Watch, your downloaded maps go wherever you go, even when your iPhone isn’t nearby.

Open or edit a map you downloaded

When you download maps to use offline, they appear in your list of offline maps.

1. Open the Maps app on your iPhone.
2. Tap your picture or initials next to the search field. Then tap Offline Maps.
3. Select a map and then do any of the following: Rename a map: Tap Rename, enter a new name, then tap Save.
   • Change the area covered by a map: Tap Resize on the image of the map, adjust the selected area and tap Download.
   • Delete a map: Tap Delete Map.

Control map data downloads

Depending on your data storage needs and preferences, you can change settings like when to download or update a map.

1. Open the Maps app on your iPhone.
2. Tap your picture or initials next to the search field. Then tap Offline Maps.

   Do any of the following: Download over cellular: Tap Wi-Fi Only, then tap to select Wi-Fi + Cellular.

   • Automatically update all maps: Turn on Automatic Updates.
   • Automatically delete unused maps: Turn on Optimize Storage.
   • Use online maps: Turn off Only Use Offline Maps.

Remove downloaded maps

To free up storage space on your iPhone, you can remove downloaded maps.

1. Open the Maps app on your iPhone.
2. Tap your picture or initials next to the search field. Then tap Offline Maps.

   Do one of the following: Manually remove a map: Swipe left on the map, then tap Delete.

   • Automatically delete unused maps: Turn on Optimize Storage.

You can get detailed walking directions to your destination. You can preview the elevation for your walk and choose a route that best avoids hills, stairs, or busy roads.

Maps speaks walking-specific directions for turns and other maneuvers, like walking up stairs, and Siri can give you walking directions home, too. Immersive walking instructions aren’t available in all countries or regions, though.

Here’s how to get walking directions in Maps on iPhone.

Note: Turn-by-turn spoken directions and immersive walking instructions aren’t available in all countries or regions.

Get walking directions

1. Start the Maps app on your iPhone.
2. Touch and hold anywhere on the map or enter an address in the search field and then tap the directions button.
3. Tap Go or Steps for the route you want to take.

If you tap Go, as you walk along your route, Maps speaks walking-specific directions for turns and maneuvers like walking up stairs.

Siri: You can also ask Siri something like, “Give me walking directions home.” For thousands of trails in parks across the U.S., you can find out their length, preview elevation information, see photos, and more.

Avoid hills, busy roads, or stairs

1. Start the Maps app on your iPhone.
2. Touch and hold anywhere on the map or enter an address in the search field and then tap the directions button.
3. Tap Options (below Directions), make your choices (below Avoid) and then tap the Done button.

Automatically see directions in augmented reality

Immersive walking instructions show you where to turn using augmented reality and the iPhone camera.

1. Start the Settings app on your iPhone.
2. Tap Apps, then tap Maps.

Below Directions, tap Walking, then turn on Raise to View.

Get walking directions, as above.

Raise iPhone, tap the Pedestrian AR button, then follow the onscreen instructions.

1. To return to the map, tap the Close button.

Improve how accurately iPhone determines your location while walking

To improve how accurately your iPhone determines your location, and which direction you’re facing as you walk, you can use the camera and motion sensors.

1. Start the Settings app on your iPhone.
2. Tap Apps, then tap Maps.

Below Directions, tap Walking, then turn on Enhanced.

To decrease battery usage, you can turn off this feature.

While exploring any location on a map, you can rotate the map to see an area with extra dimensions. In some locations, you can zoom in to see a detailed, 3D satellite view.

Maps uses aerial imagery to render cities in true-to-life detail. To see sharp details, such as architectural fixtures or the shapes of individual trees, zoom into a 3D satellite map. Or with Look Around, move through a 360-degree panoramic view.

Here’s how to explore maps with immersive views on iPhone.

Note: Not all features are available in all countries or regions.

Explore a city in 3D detail

1. Open the Maps app on your iPhone.
2. In most cities, tap the Exploring Map Mode button and tap Satellite. Tap the Close button.
3. Pinch open to zoom in. Then swipe up with two fingers to see the map in 3D.

Look around locations

Some locations have 360-degree panoramic views you can look around.

1. Open the Maps app on your iPhone.
2. In select cities, tap the Look Around button near the bottom of a map.
3. To change the view, do any of the following:
   • Pan: Drag a finger left or right on the scene.
   • Move forward: Tap the scene.
   • Zoom in or out: Pinch open or closed.
   • View another point of interest: Switch from full-screen view and then tap elsewhere on the map, or drag the map.
   • Switch to or from full-screen view: Tap the Enter Full Screen Mode button or the Exit Full Screen Mode button.
   • Remove labels in full-screen view: Swipe up from the place name near the bottom of the screen and tap Hide Labels.
4. When finished, tap Done.

Move, zoom, or rotate a map or globe

1. Open the Maps app on your iPhone.
2. Do any of the following:
   • Move around in a map: Drag the map.
   • Zoom in or out: Double-tap. Then drag up to zoom in or drag down to zoom out.

     Or pinch open or closed on the map.

   • Rotate the map: Touch and hold the map with two fingers and then rotate your fingers.

     To show north after you rotate the map, tap the Compass button.

View a 3D map

1. Open the Maps app on your iPhone.
2. To turn a 2D map into a 3D map, do one of the following:
   • Drag two fingers up.
   • Tap 3D.
3. While looking at a 3D map, you can do any of the following:
   • Adjust the angle: Drag two fingers up or down.
   • See buildings and other spatial details: Zoom in.
   • View the Earth: Zoom out until the map changes to a globe.

     Drag the globe to rotate it, or zoom in or out.

   • Return to a flat map: Tap 2D.