Privacy & cookies
Last updated 17 October 2026.
NevadaHiking is a free atlas run by one person. There are no accounts, no sign-ups, no newsletter, no ads, and nothing here is sold or shared with data brokers. The short version: the site works fine if you tell it no.
The optional analytics cookies
We use analytics. If you allow it, the site loads an analytics script that may set cookies in your browser.
It does not load until you press Accept on the banner. If you decline, or simply ignore the banner, the script is never fetched. Your answer is remembered in your browser, not on a server.
Changed your mind either way? Clear your choice and ask me again.
If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal — Brave and DuckDuckGo do by default, Firefox and most privacy extensions on request — that counts as a no on its own. You will not see the banner at all, and analytics stays off even if you had allowed it earlier.
What happens whether or not you allow it
Hosting and traffic counts
The site runs on Cloudflare Pages. Like every web host, Cloudflare sees the IP address and browser of each request in order to serve the page and block abuse. Basic traffic counts come from the host's cookieless analytics — it stores nothing on your device and builds no cross-site profile, so it is not part of the choice above.
Reporting a problem with a location
The report form on each location page asks for three things: which location, what kind of problem, and a message. It does not ask for your name or your email, and there is nowhere on this site to enter them.
Reports are filed as issues on the site's public GitHub repository, so please treat anything you type there as public and leave out personal details. Your IP address is used only to limit how many reports one visitor can file per hour; that counter is discarded about an hour after your last report and is never attached to the issue.
Maps, terrain, and weather
The interactive map and the forecast strip on location pages fetch data directly from OpenFreeMap, the USGS National Map, an Amazon S3 terrain archive, and Open-Meteo. Those services see your IP address the way any site you visit would, because your browser is talking to them. They set no cookies for us, and we send them no information about you beyond the request itself. The Ko-fi support link on the about page only contacts Ko-fi if you click it — its badge image is served from this site, not from Ko-fi.
Fee and pass links
Some location pages link to an official fee page, an annual pass, or a local business. Those links leave through a short /go/ address on this site so we can count how many visitors clicked each destination on each day. The count is a number per link per day; no IP address, user agent, referrer, or cookie is stored with it, and nothing is set on your device.
What the site keeps on your device
A handful of small values are stored in your browser's local storage. They never leave your device and are not readable by us:
nv-trip— the locations in your saved trip.nv-safety-ack— set only if you dismiss the desert-safety notice.nv-visits— a visit counter, so the install prompt waits for a repeat visit.nv-install-dismissed— set if you close that install prompt.nv-cookie-consent— your answer to the analytics banner.
The site also installs a service worker that caches pages so the atlas keeps working when you lose signal in the desert — which, given what this site is for, happens a lot. Clearing your browser data for this site removes all of it.
Your rights
If you are in the EU, UK, California, or anywhere else with similar rules, you have the right to ask what personal data is held about you, and to have it corrected or deleted. In practice there is very little to ask about: no account exists, and unless you filed a report the site holds nothing that identifies you.
Requests, questions, or complaints: [email protected]. Security issues have their own address in security.txt.
Changes
If what the site collects changes, this page changes with it and the date at the top moves. If a change adds anything that needs your permission, you will be asked again rather than opted in quietly.