The national trail is an important means to enhance the relationship between people and natural and cultural heritage.As the earliest country to build a national trail,the United States has formed the world's most complete national trail system,and its experience is worthy of China's reference.This paper starts with the de-velopment and evolution of American national trails and system construction,systematically summarizes the ex-perience of American national trails in laws and regulations,construction process,management system,capital system,access standards,participants,etc.,and combines the necessity of the construction of national cul-tural park trails in China,proposes that the construction of national cultural park trails in China should focus on five aspects:top-level design,planning,law,participants,and capital system,so as to form a National Cultural Park Trail System with Chinese Characteristics.
American National Trailtrail constructionNational Cultural Parkmanage operations