access trail

noun

: a trail that is created and maintained to provide access to a particular area (such as a beach or other recreation area) or to another trail

The blue-blazed access trail goes past a sawdust pile and then intersects the A Loop trail at the end of the first mile.

—M. Timothy O'Keefe, Hiking Florida, 2007

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