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what do the distance markers on hiking trails stand for?

not miles because on a trail which was less than 7 miles the distance markers went from 1 to at least 55, didn't do the whole distance

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    7 years ago
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    Doesn't sound like they were really distance markers. Sometimes on day use trails they have numbered points of interest that go along with a written trail guide. They also could have been temporary markers put up as reference points for planned trail maintenance.

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