It requires even more effort to find these places due to the fact that my daughter is in a wheelchair. Undeveloped trails are generally nothing more than footpaths and are not wheelchair accessible. The developed trail has three distinct types and each have their advantages and disadvantages and varying degrees of accessibility. By far, the most wheelchair friendly of these is the paved trail. This type is normally made of concrete, asphalt or other permanent material.
Paved trails are expensive to construct and maintain, and are environmentally destructive.
The paved trail, although easily navigated in a wheelchair, is not the only answer to providing access to wilderness areas. The second type of trail is an elevated walkway, usually constructed of wood. These trails are most commonly used in areas where either the trail needs to go over something, such as marshland or a small creek, or it is built above the environment in order to protect it from damage. Unfortunately this type of trail is extremely costly to build and maintain, as well as environmentally sensitive due to the heavy use of wood in their construction. They provide excellent access to sensitive and difficult areas, but have very limited use for trails in general.