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If You've Dreamed of a Cross-Country Bike Trip, This 4,000 Mile Trail Could Make That a Reality
By Lyndsey Matthews/ Travel Guides/ United States/ Afar/ afar.com
The Great American Rail-Trail will connect 12 states from coast to coast when it’s finished.
A road trip may be the classic way to traverse the United States, but cyclists will eventually be able to make the cross-country bike trip a reality on a newly created trail system. Once it is completed, the Great American Rail-Trail will connect 4,000 miles of repurposed train routes and multi-use trails—all separate from vehicle traffic—across 12 states from Washington, D.C., to Washington State. Here’s everything we know about it so far.
Where will the route go?
The full route won’t be released until this spring, but in January 2019, the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) revealed the 12 gateway trails that will form the backbone of the coast-to-coast route. Starting in Washington, D.C., cyclists will begin their cross-country journey on the Capital Crescent Trail that begins in Georgetown and crosses into Maryland. From there the trail will be connected to the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park, a 185-mile trail that goes from D.C. to Cumberland, Maryland. Moving westward, the Great American Rail-Trail will then continue along the Panhandle Trail in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, the Ohio to Erie Trail in Ohio, and the Cardinal Greenway in Indiana.
In the Midwest, cyclists can then ride along the Hennepin Canal Parkway in Illinois, the Cedar Valley Nature Trail in Iowa, and the Cowboy Recreation and Nature Trail in Nebraska. Eventually, the route will enter the Casper Rail Trail in Wyoming, before moving along the Headwaters Trail System in Montana, and the Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes in Idaho, before finally ending along the Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail in Washington....."
Courtesy of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy/Milo Bateman
The new coast-to-coast bike route will begin on the Capital Crescent Trail in Washington, D.C.
Richard
By Lyndsey Matthews/ Travel Guides/ United States/ Afar/ afar.com
The Great American Rail-Trail will connect 12 states from coast to coast when it’s finished.
A road trip may be the classic way to traverse the United States, but cyclists will eventually be able to make the cross-country bike trip a reality on a newly created trail system. Once it is completed, the Great American Rail-Trail will connect 4,000 miles of repurposed train routes and multi-use trails—all separate from vehicle traffic—across 12 states from Washington, D.C., to Washington State. Here’s everything we know about it so far.
Where will the route go?
The full route won’t be released until this spring, but in January 2019, the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) revealed the 12 gateway trails that will form the backbone of the coast-to-coast route. Starting in Washington, D.C., cyclists will begin their cross-country journey on the Capital Crescent Trail that begins in Georgetown and crosses into Maryland. From there the trail will be connected to the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park, a 185-mile trail that goes from D.C. to Cumberland, Maryland. Moving westward, the Great American Rail-Trail will then continue along the Panhandle Trail in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, the Ohio to Erie Trail in Ohio, and the Cardinal Greenway in Indiana.
In the Midwest, cyclists can then ride along the Hennepin Canal Parkway in Illinois, the Cedar Valley Nature Trail in Iowa, and the Cowboy Recreation and Nature Trail in Nebraska. Eventually, the route will enter the Casper Rail Trail in Wyoming, before moving along the Headwaters Trail System in Montana, and the Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes in Idaho, before finally ending along the Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail in Washington....."
Courtesy of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy/Milo Bateman
The new coast-to-coast bike route will begin on the Capital Crescent Trail in Washington, D.C.
Richard
