Trails can provide unique, safe, and interesting places for regular exercise. Using trails, strenuously or not, can also lead to reduced stress levels. Educational Trails can present unique opportunities for education. People of all ages can learn more about nature, culture, or history along trails. This education can be accomplished using signs, brochures, or naturalist led hikes.
School teachers can also use trails and the areas through which they pass as outdoor classrooms.
Environmental Uninterrupted corridors of vegetation are called greenways. Because trails in public ownership often protect or enhance natural features, the trail corridor becomes or remains a greenway. Greenways can perform many beneficial functions. By protecting the vegetation and geography of natural areas, greenways provide habitat for wildlife. A trail corridor can serve as a conduit for animals by allowing them to move between isolated protected areas linked by the greenway.