trail head vs beginning

trail head and beginning both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
trail head	Yes	No	No	No
beginning	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, beginning is a hypernym of trail head; that is, beginning is a word with a broader meaning than trail head:

Other hypernyms of trail head include origin, root, rootage, source.

trail head (noun)	beginning (noun)
the beginning of a trail	the act of starting something
	the first part or section of something
	the event consisting of the start of something
	the place where something begins, where it springs into being
	the time at which something is supposed to begin

trail head (adjective)	beginning (adjective)
	serving to begin