frontcountry
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From front + country, coined to contrast with backcountry.
Noun
[edit]frontcountry (uncountable)
- An area of the countryside that is relatively accessible rather than remote.
- 1995, United States. National Park Service. Denver Service Center, Draft, Frontcountry Development Concept Plan, page I:
- Existing visitor facilities for both frontcountry areas experience crowding during the summer season, when the park receives most of its visitation, […]
- 2014, Andrew Gulliford, Outdoors in the Southwest: An Adventure Anthology, page 54:
- Recreationists use either the frontcountry or the backcountry—or both. The standard definition of “frontcountry” is an area that can be reached in a day. You do not stay out overnight.