American Trails

January 28: Brownfields to Trails: Steps to Success
February 04: From Industrial Site to Trail Destination
February 11: The Catalytic Impact of Trails
February 18: Collective Impact and Sustainable Trails
February 25: Journeys North: A Thru-Hike of the Pacific Crest Trail
April 22: Effective Programs to Improve Access to and Use of Trails for Youth from Under-Resourced Communities
April 29: Assessing Trails: LiDAR Assisted Trail Topography Evaluation (LATTE)

Photo Database

A searchable collection of photographs. Find examples of construction techniques, management, and planning issues.

Classic vertical display board on the Lomaki Trail which accesses Pueblo ruins sites; Wupatki National Monument in northeast Arizona

Photo by: Stuart Macdonald
Photo category: Trail Signs, Interpretive Signs
Tags: signs and signage, trailside, monuments and memorials, interpretive sign

Asphalt paving at rail crossing on concrete trail that provides access to Platte River Greenway; Commerce City, Colorado

Sign warns of trail's end but doesn't provide alternate route; Willamette River Trail in Portland, Oregon

An historical trail marker on the Pacific Crest Trail in Oregon

The trail along this channelized section of Cherry Creek must also pass under a road bridge; Denver, Colorado

Fencing and bollards emphasize road crossing; Cherry Creek Reservoir Trail, Denver, Colorado

Patterned after the highway yield sign, the standard trail users yield sign; Phoenix, Arizona