ROUTES & MAPS
Our most important program. |
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Adventure Cycling Route Network: An overview of the routes including 40,974 miles we've developed and mapped. |
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U.S. Bicycle Route System: Adventure Cycling Association is colloaborating with AASHTO and other organizations to develop a national interstate cycling route system. When complete, it will be the largest official network on the planet, with over 50,000 miles of cycling routes! |
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Addenda: Monthly map updates on a section-by-section basis; be sure to download the addenda for your route before departure! |
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GPS Information: Download waypoints for routes for use with a handheld GPS unit. |
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Map Correction Form: Send us your map corrections by submitting this form. |
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About Our Maps: Details about our maps, which are geared specifically for cyclists. |
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Route Network Group on Flickr: View and share photos from cyclists traveling on Adventure Cycling's routes. |
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Routes & Maps FAQs: Frequently asked questions about our routes and maps. |
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GUIDED TOURS |
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Tours Matrix: Gives an overview of all the details of our upcoming tours. Sort tours by each variable by clicking the column header. |
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Self-Contained: Traditional self-contained tours have a single leader and around 14 participants who share cooking duties and camp for the vast majority of overnights (on longer tours, roughly 1 indoor night per 10 riding days is budgeted). On inn-to-inn self-contained trips, riders carry their gear, but there’s a lot less of it because participants stay in hotels and eat in restaurants every night (no camping or group cooking gear needs to be carried). |
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Supported Tours: Fully-supported tours are larger groups (typically between 40 and 120 riders) who will camp together and enjoy catered meals, whereas our van-supported tours have an average of two leaders and 13 riders who camp on most nights and share rotating cooking duties, akin to a self-contained trip but with the security and simplicity of van support. |
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Education: We offer two courses. Intro to Touring, designed to teach self-contained touring for the beginner, and a
three-day Leadership Training Course (LTC) for those who wishing to lead trips or improve their leadership skills. |
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Sign Up Online: Use our secure online tour application to sign up for your tour or download the form. |
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Guided Tours Group on Flickr: View and share photos from Adventure Cycling's Guided Tours. |
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Tours FAQs: Frequently asked questions about our tours. |
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ADVENTURE CYCLIST MAGAZINE
The one magazine truly dedicated to bicycle travel and our number one member benefit. Join today to receive 9 issues per year. |
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Free Sample Issue Request: Test-ride Adventure Cyclist! |
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Features: Recent features from the pages of Adventure Cyclist. |
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Publications Archive: Past articles, features, and columns from as far back as 1994, also includes past issues of Bike Bits. |
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Submissions/Guidelines for Contributors: Info on submitting articles and images to Adventure Cyclist. |
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Advertise: Info on placing your ad in Adventure Cyclist and on our website and blog. |
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Companions Wanted: Find trip partners for your bike adventure. |
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Touring Bike Buyers' Guide: Our annual review of bikes for touring and travel, includes past articles starting from 1996. |
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How-To Department: Articles, websites, and books, offering advice on trip planning. |
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Adventure Cyclist FAQs: Frequently asked questions about the magazine. |
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THE CYCLISTS' YELLOW PAGES
Our bicycle-travel trip planning guide.
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Search - Browse: Find descriptions, contact info, and links to the most useful bike-travel resources. |
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How-To Article: Several articles offering advice on trip planning. |
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CYP FAQs: Frequently asked questions about the CYP. |
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OUTREACH AND EDUCATION |
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Awards: Our national bicycle-travel awards are our way of saying a big thank you to people and organizations that go above and beyond to improve bicycle travel. |
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Become an Ambassador: What better way to impact the world in a positive way than to share your love for two-wheeled adventure? |
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Building Bike Tourism: Is your community located on an Adventure Cycling route, or near other routes frequented by cyclists? Wondering how your town could welcome (and attract) cyclists that pass through? Learn how to become a bicycle-travel friendly community and build bike tourism! |
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ABOUT US
Overview of Adventure Cycling Association, including history and current projects. |
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Mission and Programs: Adventure Cycling's mission and current programs. |
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Campaigns & Projects: Our strategic plan campaigns and related projects. |
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Annual Report: Highlights from our current annual report and access to PDF versions of annual reports back to 2002. |
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Our History: The roots of Adventure Cycling. |
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Our Supporters: Members, donors, businesses, and more! |
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Visiting Missoula: Information about our hometown and visiting our headquarters. |
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Organization FAQs: Questions and answers about the organization. |
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Quick Facts: PDF document listing some quick facts about Adventure Cycling. |
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Staff: Listing of Adventure Cycling staff. |
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Board of Directors: Listing of our board members. |
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Employment: Listing of positions at Adventure Cycling.. |
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Media Room: For the media, press releases and other resources. |
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JOIN OR RENEW
Links for our Membership Department. Learn about the benefits of membership and why you should join Adventure Cycling. |
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Overview of Membership: Overview of various membership options and benefits. |
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Join: Secure online form. |
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Renew: Renew your membership. Secure online form. |
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Club Memberships: Resources and membership info for bicycle clubs. |
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Shop Memberships: Resources and membership info for bicycle shops. |
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Life Membership: Life members provide vital support to sustain Adventure Cycling Association. |
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Gift Membership: Promote cycling by giving a gift membership and inspiring a special person in your life to travel by bicycle. |
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Adopt a Library: Share the excitement of Adventure Cycling with others by sponsoring a subscription to a local library. |
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Corporate Membership: For businesses that serve cyclists. |
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Our Supporters: Members, donors, businesses, and more! |
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Why Support Us?: Supporters directly impact efforts to enrich lives and connect communities through bicycle travel. |
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Membership FAQs: Frequently asked questions about membership. |
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Annual Survey: Summarized results from our Annual Membership Survey. |
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Privacy Policy: Our policy regarding use of member information. |
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SUPPORT ADVENTURE CYCLING
Outlines supporting Adventure Cycling Association, its benefits, how it helps, and why you should support the organization and its mission. |
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Make a Donation: Support our mission and programs to inspire people of all ages to travel by bicycle. |
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Sponsor a Mile: Sponsor a mile on the TransAmerica Trail, Pacific Coast Bicycle Route, Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, or our Lewis & Clark Trail. |
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Monthly Giving: Giving smaller, monthly gifts of $5, $10, $20 -- or any amount you choose -- is a simple, affordable way to contribute toward the mission of Adventure Cycling Association year-round. |
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Matching Gifts: If your company is one of thousands that match employee contributions to charitable and nonprofit organizations, you could double or triple your gift to Adventure Cycling. |
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Planned Giving: You can make a charitable donation by naming Adventure Cycling as a beneficiary in your will. |
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Gifts of Stock: A way to transfer funds with tax benefits. |
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Join the Thomas Stevens Society: Help ensure a long-term base of support for key programs such as route development and mapping. |
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Annual Report: Highlights from our current annual report and access to PDF versions of annual reports back to 2002. |
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Our Supporters: Members, donors, businesses, and more! |
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Why Support Us?: Supporters directly impact efforts to enrich lives and connect communities through bicycle travel. |
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Donation FAQs : Frequently asked questions about our development program. |
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ONLINE STORE
Our online Cyclosource store offers maps, books, and gear for bicycle travel. |
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What's New: The latest additions to our catalog. |
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Closeouts: Discounted items from our catalog. |
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Route Maps: Purchase Adventure Cycling route maps here. |
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Clothing: Get your Adventure Cycling brand clothing and more. |
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Books: Guidebooks, travel accounts, educational, bike maintenance, and more. |
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Equipment: Bicycle-travel gear. |
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Bike Packing: Gear specifically for bike packing including frame bags. |
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BIKE BITS
Sign up for our twice-monthly enewsletter featuring brief and interesting tidbits about bike travel and cycling, including items on advocacy, art, cool rides, interesting videos, and other fun. |
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Manage Your Bike Bits: Update your Bike Bits subscription or unsubscribe. |
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Publications Archive: Read past issues of Bike Bits. |
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PORTRAIT GALLERY
Adventure Cycling's National Bicycle Touring Portrait Gallery photographed and documented by Greg Siple. |
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PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Adventure Cycling's ongoing photo contest where you can be the winner for the week. |
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FORUMS
All our ongoing forums related to bike travel. |
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General Discussion: Ask questions about anything related to bike travel here. |
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Routes: Discussion regarding bicycle routes in the United States and abroad. |
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Connecting ACA Routes: Share your routing to connect Adventure Cycling routes, or discuss alternates along a route. |
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Temporary ACA Route Road Closures: The most current information on road closures found on Adventure Cycling Routes. |
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GPS Discussion: Created for the discussion of GPS waypoint data for the National Bicycle Route Network. We encourage users to share tips, tools and other resources related to using GPS receivers while bicycle touring. |
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Gear Talk: Share your experience or get feedback from others. |
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Bikecentennial: A discussion area for participants of the original BikeCentennial ’76 ride to reconnect, share stories, and reminisce about their adventure. |
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Youth Bicyle Travel: Chat about planning and leading multi-day youth bicycle adventures. Share your questions, ideas, and experiences. |
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Urban Cycling:Share your favorite bicycle-friendly city or town here. |
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Classifieds: Post ads for your private items relating to bicycle travel. Bikes, riding gear, panniers, trailers, etc. |
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Underground Railroad: This is the place to discuss anything related to the development of the Underground Railroad Bicycle Route. |
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U.S. Bicycle Route System - Be A Volunteer and Build Alliances: Do you want to help establish U.S. Bike Routes in your state? This is the place to get involved: volunteer or post a request for volunteers and build alliances and work groups that will help the State DOT designate routes. |
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U.S. Bicycle Route System - Corridor Plan Updates & Routing Within Corridors: Tell us about good roads, trails, and communities (including historic points and scenic areas) that should be part of the U.S. Bicycle Route System. Have a proposed route? Show us the map by posting a link to Google Maps or your website. |
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Bike Clubs: Confer with your peers from across the country on the joys and challenges of your local bike club. Share questions, ideas and inspirations. |
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Cycling Events: Share ideas and resources for all things related to cycling events. Includes planning ideas, logistical issues, event reviews and more. |
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Regional Discussion Areas: Discuss bike touring and cycling with others from your region or state. |
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RIDE REGISTRY
Record your overnight bike trips for statistics and for other cyclists to enjoy. |
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Review Rides: Links to all kinds of bike-travel journals, travelogs, and personal experiences. |
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Register Your Ride: Fill in our form to record your tour. |
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MEDIA ROOM
Read Adventure Cycling news, join our press list, find story ideas, or contact our media director. |
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News: Adventure Cycling press releases on organizational news and bike-travel trends. |
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Media FAQs: Frequently asked questions from media professionals about Adventure Cycling and bike travel. |
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Digital Press Kits: A quick overview of some of our current newsworthy projects and initiatives, with links to recent news coverage of these items, press photos, and contact information. |
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Story Ideas & Angles: This page lists a smattering of timely, relevant bicycle travel story ideas. These are broad, interconnected topics ripe for topical or regional spin. |
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Logos & Icons: Adventure Cycling logos for web and print use. |
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CONTACT US
Get our contact information or find out how to get more help. |
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Request Information: We can send you the info you are looking for. |
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Site Feedback: Let us know what you like or what you wish was better about our website. |
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Program Feedback: Let us know what you like or what you wish was better about our programs. |
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Report Technical Problems: Email webmaster when things go wrong. |
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SOCIAL MEDIA CONNECTIONS
Find out all the ways that you can connect with other cyclists and Adventure Cycling through social media sites! |
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Our Blog: Read daily updates and fun bike-travel stories. |
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Facebook: We're on Facebook! Follow us at Facebook.com/adventurecycling. You can also follow the U.S. Bicycle Route System on Facebook at Facebook.com/usbrs. |
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Flickr: Share your photos with one of our Flickr groups and check out out photostream! |
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YouTube: Watch and share videos from Adventure Cycling |
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Twitter: Follow Adventure Cycling on Twitter (@advcyclingassoc)! You can also follow our Routes & Mapping departent (@acaroutes), the U.S. Bicycle Route System (@usbicycleroutes), our sales team (@acagear) and our tours team (@acatours)! |
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