Thank you again for your observations.

I am quite content to consider how the various sections and stages that Empire State Trails use should be shown.

I continue to look at how the Empire State Trails are signed.  So far the dominant sign appears to be the orange rondel.  This is often supplemented by an arrow showing direction.

At Green Island, for those approaching from Albany, the supplementary signage is the word west or north under a rondel at the point of divergence.

Occassionally, when the EST website inidcates stage point I see a supplementary sign using the word trailhead.

I am not sure these would qualify for use with the key name=*

I have also look at the the terminology shown on the cycling pages for EST EC.

There I note a code number from 1 to 4.
I also note the names for each intermediate section (Fair Ground and Dewitt) do not seem to be names in the EST website as section or stage names.

I would appreciate your comments on how the names used for cycling along the Erie Canal relate to the EST website.