trailhead
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- noun
- /ˈtreɪlˌhɛd/
- US
:
inicio del sendero
- At the trailhead, a large sign displayed maps and information about the hiking routes.
- miles from the trailhead
- trailhead parking
- back to the trailhead
We get to the trailhead right here and Kara is nowhere to be found.
- We get to the trailhead right here and Kara is nowhere to be found.
Examples
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We passed a few fishermen heading back to the trailhead late that afternoon.
Blog text (12) -
For the more ambitious, the five-mile Cruickshank Trail, a loop with its trailhead midway along the Black Point Wildlife Drive, takes you through salt marsh.
Academic text (2009) -
Although you may leave a trailhead in a warm, comfortable climate, the temperature can drop quickly after sunset.
Blog text (9) -
And when driving to a trailhead, you should only put on your socks right before you start to ski.
Blog text (4) -
Just as we got to the trailhead, the two women we'd passed earlier and their dog came into view.
Blog text (25) -
The parking area by the trailhead was similarly deserted.
Fiction book (1997) -
One is to hike in from the Big Meadow trailhead off Luther Pass.
Blog text (4) -
The map at the trailhead indicated that it was about a mile to an overlook above Crooked Lake.
Blog text (19) -
The Forest Service positioned him at the trailhead to the meadows to inform people of the need to stay on trails and avoid damaging the plants and waterways.
Academic text (2000) -
We photographed the view of both Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls at the Yosemite Falls Vista trailhead, then continued about half a mile to the base of Lower Yosemite Falls.
Academic text (1994)
How Accessible
- US
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Trailhead is a simple compound of trail and head, where trail means a 'path' and head means the 'top' or 'start' of something. Think of the 'head' of a river as its source; a trailhead is the place where the trail begins.