#bicycle trails

[damonabnormal]

Your in my hut now ... Wissahickon Park, Philadelphia 12.2024

[celineszoges]

November 1914 Bicycle and Automobile Map of Belgium -- back roads and trails

[rjzimmerman]

The dream of building a coast-to-coast scenic bike trail just got real

It will cover 4,000 miles over 12 states — with nary a car in sight.

If you’re in shape and enjoy hopping on your bicycle, I encourage you to consider a long-distance bike trip. It could require camping, but if you don’t care for camping (I don’t), you can arrange to stay at friends’ places, hostels, inexpensive chain hotels, etc. I’ve done the 525 miles from Minneapolis to Chicago several times for the Twin Cities to Chicago AIDS Rides (long ago cancelled), and enjoyed it all, except for the miles and miles and miles and miles of corn in southern Wisconsin......miles and miles and miles........

While it may take decades for this coast-to-coast recreational trail to be fully realized, 'gateway' trails have been identified. (Image: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy)

Excerpt from this story from Mother Nature Network:

Described as the "single greatest trail project in United States history," the in-development Great American Rail-Trail spans nearly 4,000 miles between the nation's park-studded capital and the preternaturally beautiful Evergreen State. Originating in the historic D.C. neighborhood of Georgetown, the multi-use trail, when complete, will pass through 11 states and an array of singularly awe-inspiring landscapes before terminating in the Cascade foothills, not far from Seattle.

In May 2019, the RTC announced its preferred route for the system: It will connect more than 125 existing trails and 90 trail gaps. The announcement came after a 12-month assessment and analysis of more then 34,000 miles of multi-use trails, a review of state and local trail plans, and discussions with hundreds of local trail partners and state agencies along the route.

According to a press release, "The preferred route aligns with RTC’s and its partners’ criteria that specify the Great American be one contiguous route that is initially more than 80 percent, and ultimately entirely, off street and separated from vehicle traffic; comprises existing trails to the extent possible; is the most direct route possible between Washington, D.C., and Washington State; is amenable to the state and local jurisdictions that will host it; and will serve as a catalyst for local economic development, including providing services for long-distance trail travelers."

Worth noting are the dozen established gateway trails that are currently accessible. There might already be one in your own backyard worth exploring.

The are, moving east to west: the Capital Crescent Trail (Washington, D.C., and Maryland, 11 miles), Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park (Washington, D.C. and Maryland,185 miles), the Panhandle Trail (Pennsylvania and West Virginia, 29 miles), the Ohio to Eerie Trail (Ohio, 270 miles), the Cardinal Greenway (Indiana, 61 miles), the Hennepin Canal Parkway (Illinois,100-plus miles), the Cedar Valley Nature Trail (Iowa, 52 miles), the Cowboy Recreation and Nature Trail (Nebraska, 219 miles), the Casper Rail Trail (Wyoming, 6 miles), the Headwaters Trail System (Montana, 12 miles), Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes (Idaho, 72 miles) and, last but not least, Washington's Palouse to Cascades Park Trail, which, at over 200 miles, is one of the longest and most spectacular rail-to-trail conversions in the United States.

[damonabnormal]

Brisk

Wissahickon 12.2024

[celineszoges]

Belgium Bicycle Backroads, WWI 1914

Let's go, let's get out of here.

[michael-massa-micon]

Bike Trail Bridges Lake Red Rock - June 2017 http://michael-massa-micon.tumblr.com There are several very long bicycle trails at Lake Red Rock. Because the terrain is very hilly, there are several bridges over deep gullies. These are modern, wooden bridges with steel supports. They are very functional, yet at the same time they have a certain beauty reminiscent of the old days when highway bridges were also wooden. MWM

[wiredrawingsl]

Lake Varese Pedal Trail, Some Tips to Really Devour Subliminal self

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[bikeworldly]

Bicycle Rotorua

Rotorua, NZ

Rotorua is a geothermal wonderland which sits right on the Pacific Rim of Fire in  the central North Island of New Zealand. Here you will get to observe the incredible forces which formed New Zealand and experience Maori culture. The city, nicknamed the Sulfur City,  is renowned for its mountain bike tracks but with its flat lakeside paths and labyrinth of gently winding trails any…

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