Template talk:Trails

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Appalachian Trail

Map of Appalachian Trail
Length 2174 mi; 3500 km
Trailheads Springer Mountain, Georgia
Mount Katahdin, Maine
Use Hiking
Elevation Change 90 mi[1]
Highest Point Clingmans Dome
Lowest Point Hudson River
Trail Difficulty Moderate to Strenuous
Season Spring to Fall
Sights Appalachian Mountains
Hazards Severe Weather
Poison Ivy

The {{Trails}} Template is the primary template to be used on the article page for the respective trail. The example on the right shows a good example of how a trail template is properly used. The template has recently been updated to remove the unknown values for any feature left blank and to condense the infobox for trails with little information about them.

The minimum information required to use a template are:

  • Name of the trail
  • Length of the trail (preferrably in miles and kilometers)
  • Trailheads (Where trail begins and ends)
  • Use (always at least Hiking)

Additional information that may go the Trails Template include:

  • Photo of some area of the trail (preferrably with a minimum width of 300px)
  • The elevation change (the sum of the altitude climbed or descended through the trail)
  • The highest point in the trail
  • The lowest point in the trail
  • The difficulty of the trail for a typical healthy person (use best judgement)
  • The season(s) that the trail may be hiked, or is easily accessible
  • Significant sights along the way
  • Major hazards that a hiker needs to watch out for
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[edit] Duller look

What happened to the green? Now these things look like every other infobox out there. Daniel Case 01:09, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

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