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trail

Path with a rough beaten or dirt/stone surface used for travel

EntityQ628179

Also known as track · byway · walking track

Subclass of: path
, footpath
, route

Overview

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A trail, also known as a path or track, is a dirt road or a small paved road, usually through an undeveloped natural area, that is designed primarily for use by pedestrians, equestrians and non-motorized vehicles, although occasionally some off-roading motor vehicles may also use it. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, footpath or hiking trail is the preferred term. However, it is sometimes applied to highways in North America. In the United States, the term was historically used to describe the westward expansion trails, which are land routes into or through wildness regions of the American West used by explorers and migrants.

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44 statements · 18% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Properties for this type: terminus
length
located in the administrative territorial entity
degree of difficulty
cumulative elevation gain
Maintenance method: trail maintenance
OpenStreetMap tag: highway=track
highway=path
Said to be the same as: outdoor route

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30 identifiers linking trail across the web's reference databases

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18%

externally sourced

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AIDB. (2026). trail (Q628179). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/trail-Q628179