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This Wikiproject's goal is to establish a standard infobox and create/edit articles on hiking trails and trail systems throughout the world. Eventually, this project will help inform others on hiking trails worldwide and the work done to maintain them.

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[edit] Title

WikiProject Hiking Trails

[edit] Scope

This WikiProject aims primarily to provide a common layout for articles on a specific named trail such as the (e.g. Appalachian Trail), not for articles just related to trail hiking (e.g. hiking).

[edit] Parentage

The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Geography.

[edit] Descendant Wikiprojects

No descendant WikiProjects have been defined.

[edit] Similar Wikiprojects

[edit] Featured content

Featured articles

Good articles

B-Class articles

[edit] Participants

New users are always welcome!

[edit] Structure

A template will provide a common set of features on a trail organized into a consistent format. The template will include an infobox, that contains the following attributes:

  • Name of the trail
  • Length - In miles and kilometres
  • Elevation - Change in elevation along the entire trail
  • Highest Point - Highest point of the entire trail (if available)
  • Lowest Point - Lowest point of the entire trail (if available)
  • Starting/Ending Points - Where the trail begins and ends
  • Difficulty - Difficulty of hiking the entire trail
  • Season - The seasons the trail should be hiked
  • Use - What the trail may be used for (e.g. hiking, biking, horseback riding) Note: The trail must be used for hiking, at least. Backcountry roads are not to be included here
  • Sights - Significant points of interest along the trail
  • Hazards - Major hazards along the trail (e.g. Poison Ivy, Wildlife)

The body of the article should try to provide the following information:

  • History of the trail
  • Geology and biology - Major mountain ranges, flora and fauna

After creating or editing an article, add it to the relevant section on List of long-distance footpaths. If there is an article containing a list of hiking trails for a particular area where the trail runs, add the new entry to that list.

[edit] Categorization

If an article is added or edited to the project, please also add it to the relevant categories: (e.g. Category:Hiking trails, Category:Hiking trails in North America, Trails in Ithaca, New York).

If five articles on hiking trails in a particular country, continent, or specific area are available, please create a category to link them together (e.g. Category:Trails in France)

The current categorization framework is as follows:

[edit] General Strategy and Discussion forums

[edit] Templates

[edit] Hiking Trail Infobox

Please note this documentation is also included in Wikipedia:WikiProject Hiking Trails.


Wonderland Trail
CowlitzDivide.JPG
Mt Rainier from the Cowlitz Divide along the Wonderland Trail
Length 93 miles (491,000 ft)[1]
Location Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, United States
Trailheads Longmire Lodge
Mowich Lake
Ipsut Creek Camp Ground
Sunrise parking area
White River Camp Ground
Fryingpan Creek Trailhead
Box Canyon
Reflection Lakes
Cougar Rock
Use Hiking
Elevation Gain/Loss 22,000 feet (6,700 m) gain approximately[1]
Highest point Panhandle Gap 6,750 feet (2,060 m)[2]
Lowest point Ipsut Creek Campground 2,320 feet (710 m)[1]
Season Summer to early Fall
Months Mid-July through late September
Website nps.gov/mora/planyourvisit/the-wonderland-trail.htm

{{Infobox hiking trail}} is the primary template to be used in articles about specific hiking trails. The example on the right shows a good example of how a trail template is properly used.

[edit] Usage

The minimum information required to use a template are:

  • Name of the trail
  • Length of the trail (preferably in miles and kilometers)
  • Location of the trail including park, state, county or region where appropriate and country.
  • Trailheads (Where trail begins and ends)
  • Use (always at least Hiking)

Additional information that may go the Trails Template include:

  • Photo of some area of the trail (preferably with a minimum width of 300px)
  • Any designation which the trail has received e.g. UK National Trail or U.S. National Scenic Trail.
  • The elevation gain and/or loss e.g. "300 metres (980 ft) gain" or "300 metres (980 ft) gain in; 100 metres (330 ft) gain out". Please express the gain or loss in meters or feet, not kilometers or miles. You may use the {{convert}} template to automatically convert values to alternative units. The ElevGainAndLoss field replaces the older ElevChange field which is used to express the sum of the altitude climbed or descended through the trail.
  • The highest point in the trail
  • The lowest point in the trail
  • The Grade in percent, typical with former railroad right-of-ways
  • The difficulty of the trail for a typical healthy person based on a reliable source
  • The season(s) that the trail may be hiked, or is easily accessible
  • The months that the trail may be hiked, or is easily accessible
  • Significant sights along the way
  • Major hazards that a hiker needs to watch out for
  • The trail surface, nature, ballast, asphalt, etc.
  • The current or former Right of way, e.g. railroads
  • Website of the organization that maintains the trail

[edit] Embed inside another Infobox

The hiking trail Infobox can be embedded inside another Infobox for seamless display of info. For example, a hiking trail that is also a protected area, such as the Kal-Haven Trail. See the testcases for more examples.

Inserting the hiking Infobox inside the parent Infobox
The hiking Infobox can only be inserted after certain field values of the parent template. Specifically, only after fields whose values are not passed to another template by the parent templates source code. In other words, the parent templates source code for the field has to output the fields' value without passing it to a template. This may require examining the parent templates source code. It is ok to insert after field values that contain internal [[]] and external links [].
Example:

{| style="float:right; clear:right; border:0; margin:-0.5em 0 0 0;"
|-
|{{Infobox Protected area
| name = Kal-Haven Trail
...
| governing_body = <div>[[Michigan Department of Natural Resources]]</div>
{{Infobox hiking trail
  | Embed = yes
  | CellStyle = style="padding:0.1em 0.3em;"
  | Name = Kal-Haven Trail
  | Title = no
  | Length = {{convert|34.5|mi|km}}
...
  }}
}}
|}

Note the <div> tag surrounding the governing_body wiki link. It is needed to reduce the vertical spacing between the governing_body field and the first hiking trail field, in this case, Lenth.

Parent Infobox encapsulation
The parent Infobox needs to be encapsulated in a table as in the above example.

{| style="float:right; clear:right; border:0; margin:-0.5em 0 0 0;"
|-
|(parent Infobox)
|}

Parameters

Field name Description
Embed Set to Embed = yes when embedding inside another Infobox.
CellStyle Set to a class/style that matches the outer Infoboxes cell class/style so that the columns line up properly. Example for using with {{Infobox protected area}}:
CellStyle = style="padding:0.1em 0.3em;"
Title Override the display of the Name for the heading. If not set or empty, the Name will be displayed. If set to no, the heading will not be displayed. If set to anything else, Title will be displayed instead of Name for the heading.

[edit] Vertical list

{{Infobox Hiking trail
 | Name =
 | Embed = 
 | CellStyle = 
 | Title = 
 | Photo =
 | Caption =
 | Location =
 | Designation =
 | Length =
 | Start/End Points =
 | Use = Hiking
 | ElevGainAndLoss =
 | ElevChange =      /* Use ElevGainAndLoss if the gain and/or loss is known. Use this field when only the change is known. */
 | HighPoint =
 | LowPoint =
 | Grade
 | Difficulty =
 | Season =
 | Months =
 | Sights =
 | Hazards =
 | Surface =
 | ROW =
 | Website =
}}
  1. ^ a b c 
        Filley, Bette (2002). Discovering the Wonders of the Wonderland Trail: Encircling Mount Rainier (5th edition). Dunamis House. ISBN 1-880405-09-1.
  2. ^ Spring, Ira; Manning, Harvey (1999). 50 Hikes in Mount Rainier National Park. The Mountaineers. ISBN 0-89886-572-7. 



[edit] Hiking Project Template

The {{HikingProject}} Template is used on the Talk Pages of hiking trails.

It will automatically add the page to Category:WikiProject Hiking Trails

[edit] User Page Template

The {{User WikiProject Hiking Trails}} Template is used on a member's user page.

Wikiproject:WikiProject_Hiking_Trails This user is a member of WikiProject Hiking Trails.


[edit] U.S.A. National Trail System Template

The {{National Trail System}} Template is an experimental template to be placed on trail pages at the bottom directing the user to various articles relevant to the U.S. Trail System and how it works.
National Scenic Trails
National Historic Trails
National Recreation Trails
National Geologic Trail


[edit] Long-distance footpaths in the United Kingdom

The {{UK Trails}} template is place at bottom of pages for long distance trails in England, Wales and Scotland.
National Trails (England and Wales)
Long Distance Routes (Scotland)

[edit] Thing To-Do

In the immediate future:

  • Create a Hiking Template to be placed in the Talk Pages of specific trails
  • Add Trail Template to at least one other hiking trail
  • Create a Template InfoBox to be placed at the bottom of pages that link to major hiking trail information and major trails

More to come...

[edit] Contributions

WikiProject Hiking Trails has worked on:

[edit] Pictures

Pictures of trails across areas (e.g. Image:Map of Appalachian Trail.png and photos of trails are always welcome.)

I just added photos for the Mountains-to-Sea Trail and the Long Trail. I was pretty surprised that there were no photos yet for the Long Trail. It's pretty easy to get photos from Flickr for something like that. If there are articles that need photos, it's hiking trails. --Omarcheeseboro (talk) 15:25, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Outdoor Recreation WikiProject Proposal

To all members of this WikiProject: please visit the proposal pagefor a new Outdoor Recreation WikiProject and give your feedback, especially in regards to how (and whether) it could build on and complement the work of this WikiProject and connect it to related WikiProjects.

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