nature trail

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noun

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.

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Origin of nature trail

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby nature trail

nature-nurture controversy, nature reserve, nature's call, nature strip, nature study, nature trail, nature walk, nature worship, naturism, naturist, naturopathy

How to use nature trail in a sentence

Rice said it happened when the two drove off campus together to hike a local nature trail.
“The Liberty Way”: How Liberty University Discourages and Dismisses Students’ Reports of Sexual Assaults|by Hannah Dreyfus, photography by Sarah Blesener for ProPublica|October 24, 2021|ProPublica
The main aim was to create a nature trail accessible to people in wheelchairs or with other mobility issues.
The Audubon Naturalist Society is flush with a new donation: Composting toilets|John Kelly|October 6, 2021|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.
The Most Adventurous Ghost Towns to Explore Across the U.S.|awise|September 24, 2021|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.
Why and how to grow your own moss garden|John Kennedy|July 20, 2021|Popular-Science

The “nature of the crime” was too serious to release him, they said.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside|Justin Rohrlich|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Recall how Clinton returned to Arkansas from the campaign trail to preside over the execution of a mentally disabled man.
President Cuomo Would’ve Been a Lion|Jonathan Alter|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
That explanation is believable…but increasingly less so when you hear Jay talk about the nature of his relationship with Adnan.
The Deal With Serial’s Jay? He’s Pissed Off, Mucks Up Our Timeline|Emily Shire|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
However, it appears it is this very open nature that the Lizard Squad is attempting to exploit.
The Attack on the Hidden Internet|Marc Rogers|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Science imitates nature as researchers dream up robotic dogs, cheetahs, sharks and even cockroaches.
Meet Our Animal Robot Overlords|James Joiner|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This is one of the most striking manifestations of the better side of child-nature and deserves a chapter to itself.
Children's Ways|James Sully
Of course the expression of this value is modified and characterized by the nature of the thing spoken of.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
The pictures of flowers which this artist paints prove her to be a devoted lover of nature.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
So it commands the other sciences in all the wonderful and hidden things of nature and art (pp. 510-511).
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
It was Carmena, every nerve of her loyal nature on the alert to baffle this pursuer of Alessandro and Ramona.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson

British Dictionary definitions for nature trail

nature trail

noun

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

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