fire roads
Wilderness maintenance routes
Fire roads are unpaved access routes through forests or wildlands, built wide enough for emergency vehicles to reach remote areas during wildfires.
They serve as firebreaks and evacuation routes.
Hikers and mountain bikers often use fire roads recreationally: We took the fire road up to the ridge.
Also called fire lanes or fire trails.
- emergency vehicleUrgent-service transport
- gravelLoose small rock fragments
- wildfireUncontrolled vegetation blaze
- gradingAssigning marks to work
- soil compactionCompression of ground particles
hiking trail · culverts · habitat fragmentation · maintenance schedules · access points · mountain biking · erosion control · wildlife corridors · trailhead · smoke jumpers · switchbacks · firebreak · containment line · backcountry access · remote access · command post · scenic overlook · bulldozer
- hiking termshiking trails, trailhead, switchback, summit, switchbacks
- off-roading4x4s, ATVs, 4WD, four-wheel drive, Jeeps
- rural roadscountry lane, dirt tracks, rural route, country lanes, backroads
- cycling terrainsingletrack, trails, dirt, climbs, descents
- National ForestsAllegheny, Angeles, Angelina, Arapaho, Bitterroot
- State Forestsforest cabins, forest management, timber harvesting, ranger stations, trailheads
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Narrow recreational path
hiking trails · footpaths · single track · game trails · cross-country routes
fire roadshighways
Major intercity roads
paved roads · freeways · city streets · interstates · boulevards
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