Best Restaurants on the Great Allegheny Passage One of the best things about bike touring is eating food. Lots and lots of it, without consequence! The Great Allegheny Passage (a 150-mile continuous rail-trail from Pittsburgh to Cumberland) is one of the best touring routes because it...
The historic Great Allegheny Passage isn’t just a path through the woods. The 10-foot-wide multipurpose trail is built on railroad corridors constructed to heavy-duty standards of gentle grades, sweeping curves and major bridges and tunnels that take you through the mountains, not over them. Along...
Bike touring is just as much about experiencing historical places as it is about clocking mileage and elevation gain. Our tours pass through over 90 National Historic Districts nationwide, helping you understand your part in the American story while touring its countryside. Authorized by the National...
The GAP is built on the abandoned Western Maryland Railroad (WMRR) right-of-way. The section of the WMRR between Cumberland, MD and Connellsville, PA was built between 1910 and 1912. It operated until 1975. The bridges and tunnels that were designed to move freight between Pittsburgh and...
Bike the best car-free bike path in the Eastern U.S.! Spanning 150 miles through the Allegheny Mountains, the Great Allegheny Passage Trail is the crown jewel of Mid-Atlantic Rail Trails. So much so, that the national leader on rail-trail authority, the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, inducted the GAP Trail first...
What a great tour! It exceeded my expectations in terms of great scenery, great cycling, and exploring in each location. I thoroughly enjoyed riding through fields, and along the Missouri River. Our guides, James and Teri, were outstanding. They are masters at attending to every...
LIme Kiln Lighthouse is one of the most drmatic landscapes in the San Juan Islands, and the best location for land based whale spotting....
Our San Juan Islands Bike Tour travels around this gorgeous archipelago in Washington state. The San Juans are known for their iconic Pacific Northwest landscapes and wildlife. The horseshoe-shaped Orcas Island, one of the main isles, is home to Moran State Park's old-growth forest and...
Come to Idaho for some of the most incredible rail trail riding in the country: The famous Route of the Hiawatha and the Trail of the Coeur d’Alene. You’ll get to check these two Rail-to-Trail Conservancy’s Hall of Fame trails off of your bucket list! The Hiawatha treats...
Our Washington San Juan Islands bike tour is one of our favorite new trips of 2018! Here's a trip review from one of our happy guests this year: The San Juan Islands are in our backyard as we live near Seattle. In our 20+ years of...