frontcountry

English

Etymology

front +‎ country, coined to contrast with backcountry.

Noun

frontcountry (uncountable)

  1. 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.
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