The terms “desire path” and “line of desire” bring with them a bit of a mystical feeling, as if they were something Indiana Jones would need to find a way to cross to get to the Ark of the Covenant or ...

These man-made trails go by a number of names: cow paths, social trails, desire lines, game trails and buffalo traces. Christopher Coutts, an environmental planning professor at Florida State ...

These unofficial thoroughfares, known as “desire lines” or “paths of desire”, are the marks left by pedestrians rebelling against being told where to walk. Ben Rossiter, executive officer ...