waymarkers
Path guidance signs
Waymarkers are signs or posts placed along a route to guide travelers, especially on walking trails or pilgrimages.
They indicate direction, distance, or confirm you're on the right path: Yellow arrows serve as waymarkers on the Camino de Santiago.
The term extends to anything that helps orient progress through unfamiliar territory—milestones, landmarks, or figurative reference points: These early experiments were waymarkers in the development of the theory.
Memorial stone pile
- blazeIntense burning fire
- signpostRoadside directional guide
- postVertical structural beam
- arrowPointed shaft for shooting
trailhead · path · footpath · route · track · trek · hike · backcountry
Structure honoring someone remembered
- cairnMemorial stone pile
- obeliskTapering stone monument
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
- towerTall slender edifice
standing stone · milestone · pillar · beacon · cross · stele · plaque · memorial
Notable event marking progress
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- turning pointDecisive moment of change
- signpostRoadside directional guide
- indicatorSign revealing status
guide · threshold · touchstone · reference point · checkpoint · juncture · crossroads · watershed
Device showing cardinal directions
- mapSpatial representation of terrain
- GPSSatellite-based location technology
- coordinatesLocation-specifying number pairs
- bearingPosture or orientation
sextant · chart · route · heading · orientation · vector · trajectory · course
cairn
Memorial stone pile
arrow · trailhead · path · footpath · route · track · trek · hike · backcountry · wilderness
monument
Structure honoring someone remembered
tower · standing stone · milestone · pillar · beacon · cross · stele · plaque · memorial · signpost
milestone
Notable event marking progress
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- turning pointDecisive moment of change
- signpostRoadside directional guide
indicator · guide · threshold · touchstone · reference point · checkpoint · juncture · crossroads · watershed · beacon
compass
Device showing cardinal directions
- mapSpatial representation of terrain
- GPSSatellite-based location technology
- coordinatesLocation-specifying number pairs
bearing · sextant · chart · route · heading · orientation · vector · trajectory · course · itinerary
- hiking termshiking trails, trailhead, switchback, summit, switchbacks
- Heritage Trail Featureswalking paths, markers, historic sites, guided tours, audio guides
- historic sitesruins, historic site, basilica, monument, fortress
- pilgrimagepilgrim, pilgrims, hajj, pilgrimage routes, Mecca
- pilgrimageshajj, pilgrimage route, pilgrims, Camino de Santiago, Mecca
- stone monumentsobelisk, monolith, menhir, dolmen, stele
waymarkersdead ends
Routes with no exit
red herrings · blind alleys · decoys · misdirection · disorientation
waymarkersmap
Spatial representation of terrain
maps · GPS · compass · atlas · satellite navigation
waymarkersunmarked trail
Route lacking official indicators
uncharted territory · terra incognita · the unknown · off-trail · bushwhacking