Questions tagged [trails]
A trail is a path marked with blazes, to facilitate walking without precise maps and show the most interesting places.
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I am lost, I found a trail, which way do I go?
If I am lost in the woods, and I find a trail or a road, how do I decide which way to go?
Autumn Veatch was 16 years old in 2015, when her grandparents small plane crashed in the North Cascade ...
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When is it OK to hike off trail?
I visited my local forest preserve recently (in a suburb of Chicago, IL) and found new signs every mile or so that read something to the effect of
Please stay on the trail so as to preserve the ...
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Yosemite in late March a good idea?
My wife and I have never been to Yosemite. We will have some time off in a couple of weeks (end of March) and we're considering planning a trip to Yosemite.
The amount of rain and snow in recent ...
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Wood versus plastic trail signs?
My town (Groton MA, USA) has 110 miles of trails open to the public, but virtually no signs helping people navigate at intersections in the woods. I am on the Trails Committee, and I'm pushing hard ...
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How is elevation gain and change measured for hiking trails?
If a trail is listed as 1500m of elevation change, what exactly does that mean?
For example, if the trail goes up 500m, then down 200m, then up 100m, then down 300m, then up 400m, is that considered ...
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Trail marking material that will last a few years
I'm currently trying to remark a trail that seems to be forgotten or had very little use in the past few years. The markers that remain (different types of ribbon) are fraying or crumbling depending ...
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How to hide a trail turn?
There is a trail (Not really a "trail" as such), adjacent to my appartment I am lucky to be by a 100m x 500m patch of earth (not an official park), that is not built on. Swerving from the trail, where ...
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What is the longest dead end road on US public land?
In this answer at; I am lost, I found a trail, which way do I go? It claims
...logging roads These may extend many miles into the forest, with multiple branches, all ending in dead ends. There can ...
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