Wikipedia:WikiProject Hiking trails

Hello and welcome to WikiProject Hiking trails! 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.

Scope
This WikiProject covers all trails built at least for the purpose of hiking.

Mission

 * To provide a common layout for articles on specific named trails (e.g. Appalachian Trail), not for articles just related to trail hiking (e.g. hiking)

Parentage
The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Geography.

Descendant Wikiprojects
No descendant WikiProjects have been defined.

Similar Wikiprojects

 * WikiProject Mountains
 * WikiProject Backpacking
 * WikiProject Orienteering

Related Wikiprojects

 * Commons:WikiProject BSicon

Featured content and assessment
Featured articles
 * Hudson Valley Rail Trail
 * Walden–Wallkill Rail Trail

Good articles
 * Appalachian Trail
 * Leeds Country Way
 * South West Coast Path
 * Wallkill Valley Rail Trail
 * Wicklow Way

B-Class articles
 * Forth to Firth Canal Pathway
 * Great Ocean Walk
 * Henninger Flats
 * Lea Valley Walk
 * Lillinonah Trail
 * List of trails in Grand Canyon National Park
 * Metacomet Trail
 * Naugatuck Trail
 * North Country Trail
 * Old Loggers Path
 * Paugussett Trail
 * Pennine Way

Participants
New users are always welcome! Feel free to add your name below or simply sign using by typing four tildes ( ~ ).
 * Nitesh003
 * SierraNevadan – Rockies and West
 * VegitaU
 * Scott Burley
 * Blinutne
 * Daniel Case
 * Phenz
 * Notary137
 * Rickbb
 * Leif902
 * jrsharp
 * Ari Epstein
 * Nattfodd – working on Kungsleden and Northern Europe trails
 * JMiall – trails in Europe
 * Mitchazenia – NY and NJ trails specifically.
 * Carl Anglesea – Florida Trail
 * Bigfathairymarmot – WA and OR trails
 * Petersent
 * – Canadian trails
 * arbogastlw – Mid Atlantic trails
 * Omarcheeseboro
 * User:AnEmptyCageGirl
 * User:Traveler100
 * Michael Kauffmann- Bigfoot Trail
 * User:Gdisanto- CT trails (also state parks and forests)
 * Morrow Long – Connecticut trails
 * Dave.Dunford – UK trails
 * User:Soumit ban- Hiking trails of India
 * ContrillionAU (talk) 09:32, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Infamouse (talk) 16:47, 17 March 2011 (UTC) – Northwest US
 * Sparkgap (talk) 21:20, 5 July 2011 (UTC) – North Carolina trails and trails in the Southeastern US.
 * User:DrMennoWolters – E11 and other European long distance footpaths coordinated by ERA
 * Green Pistachio – New England Area
 * Douglal - UK long distance footpaths
 * Bob Ramsak – trails in Central Europe and the Balkans
 * —Onore Baka Sama(speak 13:50, 13 July 2013 (UTC) – Trails in the United States Mid-Atlantic region, and wherever else I can help out, really.
 * User:sunyolanda
 * --Podzemnik (talk) 09:30, 20 November 2016 (UTC) Mostly taking pictures from hiking trails around the globe
 * Camperdad – Michigan(USA) Trails and further afield.
 * Pam D  06:39, 20 May 2017 (UTC) – Trails in England
 * User:Rabbit Elizabeth Appalachian Trail Thru-Hiker; hiked in most U.S. National Parks
 * ---  DOOMSDAYER 520 (Talk&#124;Contribs) 15:32, 13 November 2019 (UTC) - author of six guidebooks to long-distance backpacking trails in Pennsylvania
 * —¿philoserf? (talk) 20:01, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Jordano53 - I want to embark on a fairly ambitious project to create articles for all trails in the National Recreation Trail database
 * Zapus - Trails in the American West
 * Bduke - UK and Australian trails

Infobox
Infobox trail is used for all articles within WikiProject Hiking trails; information is provided below in the Template section.

Article layout
The body of the article should try to provide the following information:
 * Route description – Include a description of the length of the trail itself
 * Geology and biology – Major mountain ranges, flora and fauna
 * History of the trail – Describes historical significance of the trail, plus its construction
 * Future – Optional section; describes future plans and developments for the trail
 * See also – Place links to related articles here. Do not link to articles already linked elsewhere in prose.
 * References – Place all references here, using the tags in the article and the reflist tag in this section.
 * External links – Place all external links which are not references here

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.

Assessment
A general assessment of the importance of trails:
 * Top importance – articles on trail systems, or trails that are well-know internationally
 * High importance – articles on trails of national or international importance
 * Mid importance – articles on trails of subnational importance (crossing provinces, states, counties, or similar administrative regions)
 * Low importance – articles on trails of local importance

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:
 * Category:Hiking trails
 * Category:Hiking and tramping tracks in Oceania
 * Category:Hiking trails in Asia
 * Category:Hiking trails in Europe
 * Category:Hiking trails in North America
 * Category:Historic trails and roads in the United States

Hiking Project template
The WikiProject Hiking Trails template is used on the talk pages of hiking trails. The page this is placed on will automatically be added to Category:WikiProject Hiking trails.

User Page Template
The Template is used on a member's user page.

U.S.A. National Trail System Template
The TrailSystem 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.

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.

Stub templates

 * Trail-stub
 * Canada-trail-stub
 * UK-trail-stub
 * US-trail-stub

The to-do list

 * Create a Hiking Template to be placed in the Talk Pages of specific trails
 * Add Trail Template to at least one other hiking trail
 * Add Trail Template to at least ten trails. Zero trails to go.
 * Add Trail Template to all articles in the Category:Hiking trails in North America
 * Create a Template infobox to be placed at the bottom of pages that link to major hiking trail information and major trails
 * Have trail articles assessed
 * Create articles on named trails and have them identified as part of the project by adding WikiProject Hiking Trails to each talk page
 * Pictures of trail maps (e.g. File:Map of Appalachian Trail.png) and photos of trails
 * 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)


 * Add Infobox hiking trail to all articles within the scope of the project

Contributions
WikiProject Hiking Trails has worked on († – indicates also allows mountain biking):


 * Abrams Falls Trail
 * Alum Cave Trail
 * American Discovery Trail †
 * Appalachian Trail
 * Art Loeb Trail
 * Baranof Cross-Island Trail
 * Bartram Trail
 * Bigfoot Trail
 * Billy Goat Trail
 * The Boulevard Trail
 * Bright Angel Trail
 * Bullhead Trail
 * Colorado Trail †
 * Continental Divide Trail
 * Devil's Path
 * Eastern Continental Trail
 * Farlow Gap †
 * Forney Ridge Trail
 * Florida Trail
 * All the trails in the Grand Canyon
 * Hermit Trail
 * Hetch Hetchy to Lake Vernon Trail
 * Ice Age Trail
 * John Muir Trail
 * Kungsleden
 * Laurel Falls Trail
 * Long Path
 * Long Trail
 * Lower Mount Cammerer Trail
 * Manistee River Trail
 * Massanutten Trail †
 * Metacomet-Monadnock Trail
 * Midstate Trail (Massachusetts)
 * North Country Trail
 * Pacific Crest Trail
 * Rainbow Falls Trail
 * Robert Frost Trail (Massachusetts)
 * St. Cuthbert's Way
 * Sam Merrill Trail
 * Sett Valley Trail
 * Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail
 * Silver Moccasin Trail
 * Superior Hiking Trail
 * Tonto Trail
 * Trillium Gap Trail
 * Wild Oak Trail
 * Windy Gap Trail
 * Wonderland Trail

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.

Tools

 * Main tool page: toolserver.org


 * Reflinks – Edits bare references – adds title/dates etc. to bare references
 * Checklinks – Edit and repair external links
 * Dab solver – Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
 * Peer reviewer – Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.