Find places and explore with Apple Watch Ultra
Your Apple Watch Ultra has a Maps app for exploring your surroundings and getting directions.
Siri: Say something like:
“Where am I?”
“Find coffee near me.”
WARNING: For important information about avoiding distractions that could lead to dangerous situations, see Important safety information for Apple Watch Ultra.
Use Walking Radius to explore your surroundings
![The Maps app with a circle around the current location, representing a seven-minute walking radius. A Location button is at the bottom left and a Search button is at the bottom right.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6580A106ABAA01F3080E7505/6580A10F08DFECBA0F060575/en_US/28ed69c97af3a73d193c8e742d9c41ca.png)
The Maps app in watchOS 10 includes a new Walking Radius feature that shows you points of interest around you.
Open the Maps app on your Apple Watch Ultra.
The map displays a circle, which encompasses the area you can walk within a few minutes.
Turn the Digital Crown to change the radius.
You can increase the radius to a walking time of up to 60 minutes.
To change the radius unit to distance, touch and hold the map, scroll down, then tap Distance below Radius Unit.
Search the map
![The Search screen in the Maps app, with the Search field near the top. A Find Nearby heading appears near the bottom with categories such as lunch and gas stations below.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6580A106ABAA01F3080E7505/6580A10F08DFECBA0F060575/en_US/fe275ff829c5378c6e70a9ac24be3648.png)
Open the Maps app
on your Apple Watch Ultra.
Tap
, tap Search, then use the QWERTY and QuickPath keyboard (not all languages supported), tap
to dictate, or
to scribble.
To use Scribble, swipe up from the bottom of the screen, then tap Scribble.
Note: Scribble is not available in all languages.
Find a nearby service
Open the Maps app
on your Apple Watch Ultra.
Tap
, tap
, then tap a category such as Restaurants or Parking.
Turn the Digital Crown to scroll through results and show their location on the map.
Tap a result, then turn the Digital Crown to view information about it.
Tap
in the top-left corner to return to the list of results.
Note: Nearby suggestions aren’t available in all areas.
Find hiking trails
You can use the Maps app to find trails in the U.S. and learn more about them—their name, length, highest and lowest elevations, and the distance from your current location to the nearest access point.
Open the Maps app
on your Apple Watch Ultra.
To find trails, do any of the following:
Find local trails: Tap
, then enter "trails.”
Find trails in other locations: Navigate to another location on the map, tap
, then search for “trails.” Maps shows trails near that location.
Use Siri: Say something like “Yosemite trails.”
Nearby trailheads appear as green dots on the map, and the name of a trail appears near the bottom of the display.
Turn the Digital Crown to browse trails, then tap a result for details.
You can also tap the map, zoom in, then tap a green dot to learn about a trail.
View a guide
Open the Maps app on your iPhone, tap the search field, swipe up, then do any of the following:
Tap a cover that appears below City Guides or Guides We Love.
Tap Explore Guides, browse the guides, then tap a cover.
Tap an entry below Browse by Publisher, then tap a cover.
Swipe up, then tap
next to a location’s name—the name of a park or restaurant, for example.
Choose the guide you want to add the location to or tap New Guide.
Open the Maps app
on your Apple Watch Ultra, tap
, scroll down, then tap the guide you added the location to.
Note: Guides are not available in all regions.
See the iPhone User Guide for information about setting up and saving guides in Maps.
See recent locations
Open the Maps app
on your Apple Watch Ultra.
Tap
, scroll down, then tap a location listed below Recents.
Recents can also include guides you recently viewed on your iPhone.