The search function on the trails map "magnifying glass" doesn't really work as expected. I can search for any town name, state and while I would expect the map to zoom to that area, I get results for markers that can be thousands of miles away. It almost appears as though it's looking for markers with keywords in the title/description that are close to the search query instead of searching the location data.

Perhaps you could implement Google's own search API for location data?

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