Talk:Trail

Merging with Hiking

I think that merging is not a good idea. Trail is obviously about all sorts of different trails, including cross-country ski trails and vehicular trails. Hiking trails are just a subset. I think they should remain distinct articles. -- hike395 05:25, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Agreed. Also, even if there were none of these other kinds of trails, it would make sense to have two separate articles, just as we have separate articles on skis and skiing. --Smack (talk) 17:56, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Don't merge Trail article with Hiking article

Trail is a noun regarding a trail, and many trails also have mountain bikers, vehicles, etc., while "hiking" is a verb that occurs elsewhere besides only upon hiking trails. --68.116.43.92 (talk) 05:38, 6 October 2009 (UTC)--

External links

The links being posted at Hiking tend to overlap with the links here. (Also, many of the links have questionable merit, but that's a different story entirely.) We should probably figure out what topics belong here, what topics belong there, and what kinds of sites should not be linked to at all. --Smack (talk) 21:18, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Trail administration

I think that we can write quite a bit about trail ownership, rights of way, easements and such. --Smack (talk) 23:42, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Footpath

The hatnote should be right because the rest of the world calls a trail a footpath, but unfortunately someone has made footpath the disambiguation page and footpath (disambiguation) redirects to it, so as it stands the hatnote is actually incorrect. Can an administrator please swap footpath and footpath (disambiguation). --Bermicourt (talk) 19:33, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

• I have sorted that now. PeterEastern (talk) 02:06, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

• There seems to be more than enough material about longer distance rural and wilderness trails for this article. The content about urban pedestrian/cyclist paths is almost completely lost in the article (in the 'Urban and suburban trails' section). The usage, construction and management of urban paths is very different so... should we split it out. I do note that in British English a Trail is a longer distance path which is more challenging rougher and always through open-country or hills (ie the main subject of this article). A footpath by contrast could easily be in a town and be used to get to school or the shops. Should we merge the section on urban trails into the new Footpath article and develop it there and reduce the scope of this article to rural and wilderness paths? PeterEastern (talk) 07:22, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Okay I know everyone's seen a trail but......

......the nature the animals the peace and quiet what could be better Gabby8282 (talk) 14:58, 6 March 2010 (UTC)GAbby

Etymology/Usage

Changed "Etymology/Usage" to "Usage" as there is nothing in the article as it stands about the etymology of the word. Regarding usage, it should perhaps be pointed out that the meaning of "trail" as it emerged in the 19th century is that of "a path or track worn in the wilderness" and the term is therefore of limited appropriateness in the Old World, which has little in the way of wilderness. The words "(foot)path" (for pedestrians), "(bridle)way" (for horses), and "(field)way" or "(farm)track" (for vehicles) are thus more appropriate in a European context. -- Picapica (talk) 18:09, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Alternate efinition

I've always understood a trail as being differnt from a road or path. In the Old West there were alot of trails but, generally, none of these were roads, more like guidelines from point to point. In scouting, a "trail" refers to the signs left behind by a person or animal when they travel, whether its on a road or through the middle of the wilderness. Just felt I should bring this up, thanks.--$1LENCE D00600D (talk) 01:11, 2 May 2012 (UTC)