rock cairn
Trail marker pile
A rock cairn is a pile of stones stacked as a marker or monument.
Hikers build cairns to mark trails across barren terrain where paths aren't obvious: Follow the rock cairns across the ridge.
They also serve as memorials, boundary markers, or burial mounds.
The term is somewhat redundant, since cairn alone means a pile of rocks.
- stonesSmall hard earth fragments
- stacked stonesRocks piled deliberately
- stone stackRocks piled vertically
- trailPath through wilderness
- hiking trailOutdoor walking route
trail marker · marker · stack · summit · hiking · leave no trace · balance · balancing act · pile · monument · path · navigation · navigation aid · mountain · waypoint · memorial · heap · landmark
rock cairnboulder field
Area covered with large rocks
scree · rock outcrop · moraine · geological formation · bedrock
rock cairnpyramid
Pointed polyhedral solid
megalith · dolmen · stone wall · mausoleum · castle
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