The Sendero Pacífico trail network runs from the Cloud Forest in Monteverde to the Gulf of Nicoya in Costa Rica. We worked with the World Trails Network to establish a hierarchy of signs to standardize waymarking and directions along this 60-kilometer trail network. We interviewed people from the communities along the trail as well as World Trails Network ambassadors to learn more about trail sustainability, signage contents, and community involvement. Additionally, we utilized geographic information system software to mark points along the trail where a sign is needed. We created example signs as well as a manual to aid in the construction and placement of signs along the trail.

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Creator

• Sposato, Michael
• Deranian, Malyssa
• Pellegrini, Nickolas
• Maynard, Abigail

Subject

• Environment
• Infrastructure
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 49446
• E-project-030422-140745

Keyword

• Signs
• Pacifico
• Trails
• Sendero
• World Trails Network
• Monteverde

Advisor

• Strauss, Sarah

Year

• 2022

Center

• Monteverde, Costa Rica Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Nathaniel Scrimshaw

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 15 - Life On Land

Date created

• 2022-03-04

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright