While you can do it that way, for hiking I tend to create routes based off of a map and add useful waypoints. For instance track intersections, River crossings,

While you can do it that way, for hiking I tend to create routes based off of a map and add useful waypoints. For instance track intersections, River crossings, summits, etc. This is how you would do it with map + compass old school. I load those routes on my Garmin instinct watch, record the actual track, and use downloaded maps on my phone ( Google maps / government issued topographic maps and Open Street map).