With the establishment of the national park system, the construction of China’s natural protected area system has entered a new pattern, while the increasing demand for outdoor recreation experience of the people poses new challenges to the protection of natural resources integration. Based on the mature experience of American national trails construction, the framework system of scenic trails origin, plan elements, service function, the establishment of ecological properties are analyzed. From four aspects of principle, planning, management and operation, together with the present situation of part of Chinese road system, the paper puts forward the future domestic scenic trails planning strategy: maximize the choice of outdoor recreation experience with minimal intervention, segmental planning under unified construction standards, “cooperative” overall management with hierarchical collaboration and limited development strategy with natural balance. Connecting the existing core natural landscape resource areas in China, providing planning and integration of natural resource channels, so as to promote the introduction of the scenic trail system and local sustainable construction and development, and build a large-scale linear space for outdoor development to meet the needs of the national scenic trail.