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Every route here leads somewhere worth pedaling. Let's find your somewhere.
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Short RoutesLink six Susquehanna River towns by quiet roads and covered bridges. River views, farm country, and an old-school amusement park shape the loop.
Susquehanna River Valley Towns
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Short RoutesEscape downtown Austin for the fragrant pine woods of Bastrop, then roll south through ranch country to a courthouse town famous for barbecue.
Central Texas Parks Loop
- Southeast
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Short RoutesRoll north from the islands and harbors of Casco Bay through historic villages and rolling coastal countryside, with bakeries, bookshops, and ocean views along the way.
Portland to Brunswick Maine Coastal Ride: East Coast Greenway Alliance
- Northeast
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U.S. Bicycle Route SystemFrom the San Juan Islands ferry dock over the North Cascades to Idaho's lake country, plus a separate ride along Lake Michigan's northern shore.
U.S. Bicycle Route 10
- Midwest, Pacific
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U.S. Bicycle Route SystemFrom the Soo Locks along Lake Michigan's shore, across the Straits of Mackinac, and down through Indiana's farm country to the Ohio River, a long north–south ride through the heart of the Midwest.
U.S. Bicycle Route 35
- Midwest
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Short RoutesRoll from the Texas State Capitol along shaded lakeside paths to camp beside limestone falls and swimming holes, then loop home through East Austin.
Capitol to McKinney Falls & Back
- Southwest
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U.S. Bicycle Route SystemCross the Wisconsin River when the ferry isn't running, or trade inland miles for waves, beaches, and lake breezes along Ohio's Lake Erie shore.
U.S. Bicycle Route 230
- Midwest
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Short RoutesFollow historic canals along the Delaware River through New Jersey and Pennsylvania, rolling past old locks and river towns before riding the rails home.
NJ & PA Canal Towpaths along the East Coast Greenway
- Northeast
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Short RoutesTrace the Maine and New Hampshire coasts past salt marshes, sandy beaches, and working harbors, then roll into Massachusetts for a celebratory finish in a historic seaport.
Portland, ME to Newburyport, MA on the East Coast Greenway
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Short RoutesTrace Northern Virginia’s greenways from wooded suburbs to the Potomac River, with a loop linking trails, historic sites, and communities within easy reach of D.C.
NoVa Loop
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U.S. Bicycle Route SystemRoll through Maryland's horse country, cross the Susquehanna, and follow trails past colonial New Castle and Wilmington's riverfront toward Pennsylvania.
U.S. Bicycle Route 201
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U.S. Bicycle Route SystemPrairie roads, rail trails through Wisconsin's farm country, and the breezy shore of Lake Erie, on three separate slices of a developing northern corridor.
U.S. Bicycle Route 30
- Midwest, Northeast
Ride the Longest Off-pavement Route in the World
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Four years of flying in Alaska was extremely fulfilling as well as challenging, but I was definitely burnt out, so that is what led me to the trails of the Great Divide. There are many miles still ahead of me as I ride south, but I’m already viewing this ride as my favorite with respect to all the other touring I have done.
John Myers, airline pilot
About our Networks
Adventure Cycling manages three separate route networks, each built for a different kind of ride. The Adventure Cycling Route Network, our flagship product tracing back to 1976, is designed for long-distance touring and bikepacking, meticulously researched and tested. The U.S. Bicycle Route System connects the country state by state on paved backroads. And Short Routes gives riders adventure on a smaller scale, submitted by cyclists in their own communities.
A Promise in Every Route
Adventure Cycling is a nonprofit backed by a simple mission: inspire and empower people to travel by bike. We spend most of our time mapping routes and making sure we get them right. Good routes, like the rides themselves, take real effort. Every route we publish has earned its place through months of work, all in the name of providing information you can trust and an experience you’ll never forget. For more than 50 years, members and donors have supported that mission, ensuring you have great routes to ride. Join us in that mission today.
Frequently Asked Questions
We’re a national nonprofit based in Missoula, Montana, working to inspire, empower, and connect people to travel by bike. Every route we create, manage, or host exists because our members and donors believe travel by bike should be something anyone can do.
Route mapping is one of the core programs of our nonprofit mission. Since 1976, we’ve researched, built, and maintained bike routes across the country. Today, we manage three distinct route networks, each built differently and for a different kind of ride, so between them you can find anything from a weekend trip near home to a summer spent crossing the country. We offer both paved touring routes and gravel bikepacking routes.
Adventure Cycling Route Network — our flagship, staff-built routes. Every one is researched and ground-truthed by our team and comes with detailed logistics, terrain, camping and lodging info, and points of interest. This is a premium network.
U.S. Bicycle Route System (USBRS) — the official, nationally numbered bike route system, developed state by state and approved by AASHTO, with Adventure Cycling serving as technical expert since 2003. It’s free to ride.
Short Routes Network — shorter routes (one to five nights) submitted by cyclists or organizations in their own communities and reviewed by our team before publishing. It’s free and the most community-built of the three.
If you’re new to bike travel or only have a few days, Short Routes is a great low-commitment place to start. If you want a route we’ve personally scouted end to end, with services, camping, and terrain notes built in, look at the Adventure Cycling Route Network. If you’re piecing together an officially designated, state-to-state corridor, the U.S. Bicycle Route System is the resource to use. Many trips can also mix and match, since the networks overlap in a lot of places.
No. Routes in the U.S. Bicycle Route System and the Short Routes Network are free. Adventure Cycling Route Network routes are a paid, premium product. The price supports the research, on-the-ground testing, and ongoing maintenance that goes into every one of those routes.
Every network’s routes are available digitally through Ride with GPS, but how you get them and use them depends on the network. If you purchase an Adventure Cycling Route Network route, you’ll get an email with a link to unlock it inside the free Ride with GPS app; U.S. Bicycle Routes and Short Routes can be accessed directly on Ride with GPS, no purchase needed. Once a route is in your account, you can navigate it with turn-by-turn voice directions right in the app, download it for 100% offline use, or export it as a GPX file to load onto a Garmin, Wahoo, or other GPS device. You don’t need a paid Ride with GPS subscription for basic navigation, though some extras (like syncing custom points of interest) are part of their premium plan.
If you’re using Ride With GPS, they offer extensive resources and a staffed customer support team that can respond to questions. Ride With GPS Help.
It depends on the network and what sort of experience might not yet be represented in that network, but every route goes through some form of vetting before it’s published. Adventure Cycling Route Network routes are researched and ground-truthed by staff and cyclists. U.S. Bicycle Routes are proposed by state departments of transportation and approved by AASHTO. Short Routes are submitted by cyclists or organizations but reviewed by our team for safety and accuracy, checking things like traffic speed, shoulder width, and whether services are realistically spaced along the way.
Yes. Bikecentennial is who we used to be. We became Adventure Cycling Association in 1993 to reflect an ongoing mission of inspiring, empowering, and connecting people to travel by bike.