frontcountry en · NOUN
Etymology
From front + country, coined to contrast with backcountry.
Meanings
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(uncountable) An area of the countryside that is relatively accessible rather than remote.
Existing visitor facilities for both frontcountry areas experience crowding during the summer season, when the park receives most of its visitation, […]
1995, United States. National Park Service. Denver Service Center, Draft, Frontcountry Development Concept Plan, page I: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.
2014, Andrew Gulliford, Outdoors in the Southwest: An Adventure Anthology, page 54:
Antonyms
upcountry · hinterland · backcountry