The places I’ve been, the places I’ll go

I’ve been incredibly lucky to have been able to travel more than my fair share.

I’ve been wanting a way to keep track of all cities/states in the US and countries I’ve visited, and I’ve been annoyed that my Google Maps timeline only goes back to ~2010.

However, today I figured out a hack and will share it here!

How do I add locations to my Google Maps timeline?

If you can remember back to the places you’ve been and a rough estimate of the date, you can easily add them to your timeline. A quick tip, use your photo history to find dates if the photos were taken with a digital camera and have a timestamp.

Step 1: Access Your Google Maps Timeline

First, ensure that you have allowed Google Maps to track your location. Then, open the app or website and access your timeline feature.

Step 2: Manually Add a Location

To add a custom location to your timeline, navigate to the specific date and time on the map where you want to include the new location. Then, tap or click on the place and select the option to add it to your timeline. You can also add a brief description or tag it with a specific activity to personalize the entry.

This is the part that I dscovered today. My timeline showed 2009 as the earliest year I could choose, but if you click on the ‘back’ arrows, you can go back in time as far as you’d like.

That’s it!

2024 has a couple of new cities already planned (Munich, Germany and Turin, Italy).

Who knows, where’s next? Let’s go!