Export your Google Maps saved places to GPX

Your starred places aren't shareable by default. Here's the two-minute fix, then convert straight to GPX.

Sample Exports

Free up to 25 waypoints per list. No account needed.

Saved (starred) places in Google Maps live under your personal account, not as a shareable link, which is exactly why there's no direct export-to-GPX button for them. Google Takeout technically exports saved places, but only as a CSV of names and addresses, zero coordinates, so it isn't usable on a GPS device without a separate geocoding step first.

The fix takes about a minute: in Google Maps, create a new list, add your starred places into it (tap a saved place, then "Add to list"), and use that list's Share option to generate a public link. That link is what MapsLinkQuest reads.

Paste the share link into the converter above and download a GPX file with the real coordinates for every place, ready for Garmin, Gaia GPS, OnX, or any other GPS app. No Takeout export, no manual geocoding, no premium anything.

Common questions

Can I convert my saved places without creating a list first?

Not directly. Google Maps doesn't generate a shareable link for starred places on their own, adding them to a list (a couple of taps) is what makes them convertible.

Does Google Takeout give me coordinates for my saved places?

No. Takeout's saved places export is a CSV of names and addresses only, no latitude/longitude, so it can't be used on a GPS device as-is.

Will I lose anything by moving my saved places into a list?

No, your places stay starred either way. Adding them to a list is additive, it just also puts them somewhere shareable.

How is this different from the saved places vs. shared lists explainer?

That page explains the terminology. This page is the direct how-to: get your saved places into a shareable list, then straight into a GPX file.

I have hundreds of saved places. Can I convert more than 200 at once?

Yes. The free tier converts up to 25 waypoints per list, the Trip Pack ($4.99) raises that to 1,000 waypoints for one list, and the Explorer Pass ($19/year) removes the cap, so a big saved-places list converts in the same single pass as a small one.

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