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Google Maps Route: More Than 10 Stops?

The short answer is no. Here is the limit, and the practical way to plan a longer run anyway.

Google Maps Directions caps a route at 10 stops in total, a start, an end, and 9 waypoints in between. There is no setting or workaround inside the app to raise that limit. Google Maps also cannot create a route directly from a saved list, so even a shorter list needs to be added stop by stop.

If you have more than 10 places to get through in a day, the practical move is to export your saved places with their coordinates, plan a sensible order for the run yourself, then open that order as a series of Google Maps links or individual Waze links instead of one route.

The Practical Workaround (3 Steps)

  1. Export from Google Takeout - Visit takeout.google.com and select “Maps (your places)” or “Saved”. This downloads your saved places as a CSV with names and addresses but no coordinates, packaged in a ZIP archive. Deselect all other Google products to speed up the export.
  2. Upload to Takeout Tools - Unzip the downloaded file and upload the CSV (or the entire ZIP) to Takeout Tools. The app geocodes your places so each one has real coordinates, not just an address.
  3. Plan the order and open your run - Group the places by area and put them in a sensible order for the day, ordered for an efficient run rather than by strict distance. Then open that order as separate Google Maps directions links, roughly 11 stops per link, with the end of one link matching the start of the next, or as individual Waze links if you would rather navigate stop by stop.

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What to Know Before You Plan a Long Run

  • 10 stops is a hard cap - a start, an end, and 9 waypoints, whatever you try inside Google Maps
  • Saved lists do not become routes - there is no native way to send a list straight into Directions
  • Chunked links, not one long route - a run past 10 stops has to be several linked directions, opened one after another
  • Waze is one stop at a time - there is no multi-stop mode in Waze, so a Waze-based run is always a list of individual links

Frequently Asked Questions

Can Google Maps route more than 10 stops?

No. Google Maps Directions caps a route at 10 stops in total, a start, an end, and 9 waypoints in between, and there is no setting to raise it. If you have more than 10 places to visit, you need to work out a sensible order yourself and split the run into separate legs that each stay under the limit.

Can I turn a Google Maps saved list into a route?

No, not directly. Saved lists and Directions are separate parts of Google Maps, and there is no button that turns a list of places into a multi-stop route. You have to add each stop into Directions one at a time, which becomes impractical well before you reach 10 stops.

What is the workaround for routes with more than 10 stops?

Export your saved places so you have their coordinates, put them in a sensible order for the day, then open the run as a series of separate Google Maps directions links, each covering up to 11 stops (a start, an end, and 9 waypoints), with the end of one link matching the start of the next. If you prefer turn by turn navigation one stop at a time, open the same order as individual Waze links instead.

Does this workaround account for traffic?

The order you plan this way is ordered for an efficient run based on the places themselves, not live traffic. Google Maps and Waze still calculate the actual turn by turn directions and any live traffic for each leg once you open it.

Can I use this with Waze instead of Google Maps?

Yes, but Waze does not support multi-stop routes at all, it navigates to one destination at a time. The workaround becomes a list of individual Waze links, opened one after another in your visiting order.

Is my data uploaded to any server?

No. When you use Takeout Tools, all conversion happens in your browser, so your Google Maps data never leaves your device. Google Takeout is Google's own service for downloading your data.

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