coastal routes
Roads hugging water
Coastal routes are paths of travel—by sea or land—that follow a shoreline rather than crossing open water or cutting inland.
Ships historically took coastal routes to stay within sight of land and near safe harbors.
Roads and railways along coastlines are also coastal routes: The scenic coastal route added two hours to our drive but was worth it.
- tidal marshCoastal wetland flooded cyclically
- trade portHarbor for commerce
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- nautical chartMap for marine navigation
- shipping laneDesignated ocean travel path
intertidal zone · tide pool · Northwest Passage · scenic highway · mangrove forest · kelp forest · causeway · fishing village · harbor town · river crossings · transport routes · ferry terminal · seaside resort · seaboard · sea breeze · tidal flats · pilotage · capes
- NorwayOslo, Bergen, Trondheim, fjord, fjords
- ScandinaviaNorway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland
- ferriesferry boats, ferry, ferry service, jetfoil, ferry routes
- historic travelGrand Tour, carriage, pilgrimages, wagon, Silk Road
- trade routessilk road, Silk Road, cargo routes, merchant routes, commercial routes
- trailsnature trail, trail, hiking paths, hiking trail, forest trail
geographic location relative to land/water
coastal routescross-country routes
Paths traversing wide territories