nature trail

noun

1. a path through a forest, wildlife preserve, or the like, especially one designed to provide opportunities for observing and learning about the flora and fauna.

nature trail

noun

1. a path through countryside designed and usually signposted to draw attention to natural features of interest

Word History and Origins

Origin of nature trail¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Rice said it happened when the two drove off campus together to hike a local nature trail.

From ProPublica

The main aim was to create a nature trail accessible to people in wheelchairs or with other mobility issues.

From Washington Post

There’s also a nature trail and two canoe ramps, which allow for a three-mile paddling trip on the Cahaba and Alabama Rivers.

From Outside Online

They could have pretended they were breathing in the fresh scent of the Hall of Mosses, a nature trail in the Hoh rainforest devoted to giant trees garmented in stretching bryophytes.

From Popular-Science