Legal Land Locator

Available now for iPhone and iPad

Legal land lookup.
From grid to ground.

Turn PLSS, DLS and ATS legal descriptions into a field location, even when the signal disappears.

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Field worker checking a land location beside a truck
Actual Legal Land Locator PLSS result map and offline location estimate in New Mexico
Actual Legal Land Locator screen with sample PLSS data
No account
no server
3 free lookups
100,073offline townships
30PLSS states
3free lookups
OfflineGrid lookup on device

A description should become a route.

For oil and gas crews, land agents, survey-adjacent teams, rural contractors, farmers and anyone who receives a township-style legal description instead of a street address.

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Locate offline

Paste a legal description, enter its fields, tap a map or use your current position. Grid conversion stays on the device.

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Reach the site

Read decimal, DMS or WGS84 UTM coordinates, measure distance and bearing, then hand off to an installed map app.

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Keep the record

Save jobs and access notes. Sort the field list, preserve grid outlines and export CSV, KML, backup or PDF reports.

Actual Legal Land Locator PLSS result map and offline location estimate in New Mexico

USA and Canada. Same clean workflow.

  • U.S. PLSS aliquot, section, township, range and principal meridian
  • Canadian LSD, section, township, range and meridian
  • Grid outlines remain visible in saved sites and history
  • Three free lookups, then Legal Land Locator Pro: yearly or monthly subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase
  • Subscriptions renew automatically and can be managed in the App Store account settings

Current field tools

Faster entry, easier orientation.

  • Paste a description exactly as written, including formats like N/2 NE/4, NENW and Canadian well IDs
  • Guide-to-site compass for the last stretch on foot
  • Offline "Where am I?" legal location from your current position
  • Paste a list of descriptions to look up together
  • Section grid overlay on maps
  • KML and GPX export alongside CSV and PDF

30 PLSS states. Three Canadian packs.

The U.S. index contains 85,622 BLM-derived township records. Canada adds Alberta, Manitoba and British Columbia's Peace River Block for 100,073 bundled townships in total.

AlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoFloridaIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasLouisianaMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew MexicoNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonSouth DakotaUtahWashingtonWisconsinWyoming
Not included yet: Texas needs an Abstract / Block / Survey engine. Saskatchewan requires commercial redistribution rights. The app does not market either as covered.

Read the grid, then use the tool.

Field guide

Best legal land locator app for PLSS and DLS field work?

Try Legal Land Locator with three free lookups. Turn supported PLSS, DLS or ATS descriptions into offline navigation estimates and saved field records.

Field guide

Township range section finder: how to read a PLSS location

A field-ready explanation of PLSS descriptions, principal meridians, aliquots and offline coordinate lookup.

Field guide

Western Canada legal land description locator

How LSD, section, township, range and meridian descriptions become navigation-ready field coordinates.

Field guide

Convert an Alberta LSD to GPS coordinates

A practical guide to converting Alberta LSD and ATS descriptions into a navigation estimate on iPhone or iPad.

Field guide

PLSS vs DLS: what changes in a legal land description?

A concise comparison of U.S. PLSS and Canadian DLS or ATS descriptions for field workers.