Key to Abbreviations
To keep our route information succinct on our digital and paper maps, we often use abbreviations. For example, you’ll notice EB or WB listed before navigation cues. EB stands for East Bound travel and WB stands for West Bound travel. If you see route information you don’t understand, please use this list.
Service abbreviations
The first few letters of the name indicate the type of service:
- AS: City, All services (Includes a restaurant, post office, grocery and/or convenience store, and motel or B&B)
- B&B: Bed & Breakfast
- BAR: Bar
- BKH: Bunkhouse
- BRD: Border Crossing
- BS: Bike Shop
- CBN: Cabin
- CG: Campground
- COC: Cyclists Only Camping
- COL: Cyclists Only Lodging
- CS: Convenience Store
- FER: Ferry
- G: Grocery
- HOS: Hostel
- HS: Hot Springs
- INF: Information (service)
- LIB: Library
- M: Hotel/motel or Cabin
- NS: City, No Services
- OS: Outdoor Store
- POI: Point of Interest (on IHS, also Hot Springs)
- R: Restaurant
- RA: Rest area
- RST: Restroom
- TP: Teepee
- WAG: Wagon
- WS: Water Stop
- YRT: Yurt
- ? : Used if the location is uncertain. For most points, however, the indicator on your device shows the known location.
Examples:
- AS-Lincoln: City named Lincoln with a known location that has all service available
- G,R-Florence: City named Florence with a known location that has a grocery and restaurant
- ?CG-Fourmile(pvt.): Private campground named Fourmile with an uncertain location
Other abbreviations used in services
- AGFC: Arkansas Game & Fish Commission
- ALL: American Land & Leisure
- BIA: Bureau of Indian Affairs
- BLM: Bureau of Land Management
- Cabin(s): indoor lodging, bedding required
- CDT: Continental Divide Trail
- COE: Army Corps of Engineers
- CPS: Canadian Park Service
- CR: County Road
- DNR: Department of Natural Resources
- DR: Deschutes Recreation
- EVT: Elk Valley Trail
- FM: Farm-to-Market Road
- FR: Forest Road
- FWP: Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- FWS: Fish & Wildlife Service
- GCC: Gallatin Canyon Campgrounds
- GFP: Game, Fish & Parks
- HI: Hosteling International
- HRS: Hoodoo Recreation Services
- HRT: High Rockies Trail
- ICT: Idaho Centennial Trail
- IDFG: Idaho Fish & Game
- ITH: International Travelers House
- LCRA: Lower Colorado River Authority
- MT FWP: Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- MWCD: Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District
- NLM: Northwest Land Management
- NPS: National Park Service
- NRA: National Recreation Area
- NSA: National Scenic Area
- NSR: National Scenic Riverway
- NWR: National Wildlife Refuge
- NYS: New York State
- NYSDEC: New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation
- PC: Parks Canada
- PG&E: Pacific Gas and Electric
- Pop.: Population
- PR: Provincial Road
- Prov.: provincial
- PS: Pro-Sports, Inc.
- pvt.: Private/Commercial
- RCMP: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- RM: Ranch-to-Market Road
- RMR: Rocky Mountain Recreation
- RR: Ranch Road
- RRMA: Rec. Resource Management of America
- RSTBC: Recreation Sites & Trails BC
- SDGFP: South Dakota Game Fish & Parks
- SR: State Road
- SRST: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
- SWA: State Wildlife Area
- TC: TransCanada
- TH: Trailhead
- TR: Township Road
- US: Federal Road
- USBR: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation or U.S. Bicycle Route
- USFS: U. S. Forest Service
- USFWS: US Fish & Wildlife Service
- WMA: Wildlife Management Area
- YCC: Yellowstone Country Campgrounds
- YNP: Yellowstone National Park
Route abbreviations
Route name
- AC: Atlantic Coast
- AHC: Arkansas High Country
- AM: Allegheny Mountains
- AP: Adirondack Park Loop
- CNP: Chicago to New York City – Philadelphia Alternate
- CNY: Chicago to New York City – Main
- DM: Delmarva
- EE: Eastern Express Connector
- FL: Florida Connector
- GC: Grand Canyon Connector
- GD: Great Divide Mountain Bike Route
- GDC: Great Divide Canada
- GM: Green Mountains Loop
- IHS: Idaho Hot Springs Mountain Bike Route
- LE: Lake Erie Connector
- LC: Lewis & Clark Trail
- NL: North Lakes
- NT: Northern Tier
- PC: Pacific Coast
- PN: Great Parks North
- PPP: Parks, Peaks, and Prairies
- PS: Great Parks South
- R66: Route 66
- RS: Great Rivers South
- SC: Sierra Cascades
- ST: Southern Tier
- TA: TransAmerica Trail
- TP: Tidewater Potomac
- TXH: Texas Hill Country Loop
- UC: Utah Cliffs Loop
- UR: Underground Railroad – Main
- URD: Underground Railroad – Detroit Alternate
- URP: Underground Railroad – Pittsburgh Spur
- WP: Washington Parks
- WE: Western Express
Direction of travel
- EB: eastbound
- WB: westbound
- NB: northbound
- SB: southbound
- CW: Clockwise
- CCW: Counterclockwise
- SE: Southeast
- NW: Northwest
- NE: Northeast
- SW: Southwest
- Route Types
- Acc: Access
- Alt: Alternate
- Byp: Bypass
- Con: Connector
- Crs: Crossover
- Cut: Cutoff
- Lop: Loop
- Opt: Option
- Spr: Spur
- Stk: Singletrack
- Trl: Trail