Share a Garmin activity as a GPX file

Watches and bike computers record FIT files. Plenty of maps and apps only take GPX. Convert in one step.

Why convert FIT to GPX

FIT is the compact format sports devices record in. GPX is the plain format that maps, route planners and older apps read.

Your activities show where you live and train, so it's worth converting them without uploading them anywhere.

When you might need this

• Route plannersRe-use a ride or walk as a planned route in a mapping app.
• Google EarthSee the activity in 3D (then use GPX to KML).
• SharingSend a friend the track to follow.

Key benefits

• Heights and times keptEach point keeps its height and time.
• See it firstA drawing of the route and its distance.
• PrivateYour activity stays on your device.

How to convert

1. In Garmin Connect, open the activity and choose Export Original (unzip the download), or copy the .fit file from the device over USB.
2. Open the .fit file in FIT to GPX.
3. Press Convert and save the GPX.

Tips

• Indoor activities have no GPS track to convert.
• Need a spreadsheet of the points? GPX to CSV gives one row per point.
• Going the other way, GPX to FIT makes a FIT activity for training apps.

Questions

Tools for this job

• FIT to GPX
• GPX to FIT
• GPX to KML
• GPX to CSV

More guides

• GPS, maps and fitnessPut a Google My Maps route on your GarminExport a route from Google My Maps or Google Earth as KML or KMZ, turn it into GPX, and load it onto a Garmin, Wahoo or phone app to follow.