They are being built beside waterfronts, old rail tracks, along creeks and shorelines, over mountain ranges. No sooner is a new trail open than all kinds of people are on it. But that's not all.
Trails can serve as an antidote to freeways.
They are congenial, and they allow us to move as we please. We look around, and smile at people we pass. We feel better on a trail. Whether we realize it or not, we need to be in touch with natural surroundings. In our accelerated time, when so many people work too many hours, then rush to gyms to work out on treadmills, we take shorter lunches and shorter vacations.