Tag:surface=rock

Exposed rock is typically appearing on mountainous trails.

For surface of small crushed rock fragments surface=gravel will be more fitting.

Areas of exposed bedrock are tagged with natural=bare_rock.

Processed natural stone can be used to create surface=unhewn_cobblestone, surface=sett and surface=paving_stones surfaces.

Note that surface=rock is applicable both in some cases of man-made surfaces of trails and in cases where trail goes across exposed bare rock.

Examples

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  Natural rock, with nearly no processing used to pave a mountainous path. The best tagging of that is likely highway=steps + surface=rock

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  Natural rock, with nearly no processing used to pave a mountainous path. Probably best tagged as highway=path surface=rock

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  Rock covered trail surface on the Ole Ranger Trail at Patapsco Valley State Park

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  Trail going through exposed rock, surface=rock on highway=path is a proper tagging here

External links

• Tagging mailing list thread
• Failed proposal to tag surface of mountainous trails paved with rock as unhewn_cobblestone