CrowdGauge

CrowdGauge helps outdoor recreation users avoid wasted trips by predicting and verifying real-time crowding at trailheads, parks, beaches, boat ramps, and climbing crags. It combines anonymous location density (opt-in), user check-ins, and public signals (parking lot sensors where available, event calendars, weather, sunrise/sunset) to produce a simple “Go / Maybe / Skip” score for each spot and time window. Users can set alerts like “notify me when Trail X drops below 40% busy” or “best 2-hour window this weekend within 30 miles.” The MVP focuses on a tight set of regions and a small number of popular destinations to ensure data quality. This is not a social network; it’s a utility. If you can’t provide reliable coverage in an area, the app will say so rather than guessing.