Ask an Adventure Cycling Tour Leader: How to Pick Your Dream Route

Which route do I take across the country? How do I decide? I have so little time in life for a big adventure, and this feels like my one shot. How do I make the most of it?

Eastern Express Connector Section 2 Digital Route

A highlight of this route is the historic Katy Trail, the country’s longest recreational rail trail. Now a state park, the crushed-limestone trail is built on the former corridor of ...

Eastern Express Connector Digital Route Set

The Eastern Express Connector connects the TransAmerica Trail in the west to the Chicago to New York City Bicycle Route in the east. Designed to be a quicker (and easier) ...

Abbreviations

Key to Abbreviations To keep our route information succinct on our digital and paper maps, we often use abbreviations. For example, you’ll notice EB or WB listed before navigation cues. ...

October/November 2017

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Watch the Eclipse from Your Bicycle

An estimated about 21 million people traveled to another city to view the eclipse of 2017. Why compete with the crowds this year? Bike camping is the perfect way to ...

“We’re All in This Together:” A Documentary About Relying on the Kindness of Strangers on a 7,000-Mile Journey

Cycling across the United States is an accomplishment on its own, and doing so without bringing any food or money — relying solely on the kindness of strangers — adds a whole other ...

Current Map Versions

Adventure Cycling route maps are updated and reprinted on a regular basis. Individual map sections are updated individually approximately every three years. All map sections of a route are rarely ...

Ten Best Rail Trails For Cyclists

Rail trails are flat or gently sloping paths open to people but not cars. They follow the lines of old, abandoned railroad tracks, and often connect interesting towns and historical ...

Spring on the Great Allegheny Passage with My Boys

Mist rising from the waterfall shimmers in the late afternoon sunbeams that cut through the forest. As I look up at the ravine wall we’ve descended to stand next to ...