Bikepacking Across America -- Planning My Route (with lots of tips & links)
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Published 2023-05-02
— Public Radio Atlas: publicradioatlas.org/
— National Park Maps: www.nps.gov/subjects/gisandmapping/nps-maps.htm#!/…
— Yellowstone: www.nps.gov/yell/index.htm
— Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, the Book: amzn.to/422Fcvv
— Wounded Knee, the Massacre and Site: www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/wou…
— Illinois Bike Trail Map: rideillinois.org/maps/state-and-city-bike-maps/
— Ohio-to-Erie Bike Trail: www.ohiotoerietrail.org/
— East Coast Greenway: www.greenway.org/
— Allegheny Gap Trail (Great Allegheny Passage): gaptrail.org/
— C&O Canal Towpath: www.canaltrust.org/plan/co-canal-towpath/
— Warm Showers: www.warmshowers.org/
— Adventure Cycling: www.adventurecycling.org/
— Rails-to-Trails: www.railstotrails.org/
— Ride with GPS: ridewithgps.com/
— Komoot: www.komoot.com/
— Google:
— Maps: maps.google.com/?entry=yt
— Street View: www.google.com/streetview/
— Earth VR: vr.google.com/earth/
All Comments (20)
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Thank you for this video, and great links, resources. enjoy your trip, wish you well.
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As I comment here, you may already be into the first week of your tour. I hope you have a great time. It’s pretty easy to become addicted to bike travel and to vlogs about it. I’ll be on the C&O, GAP, and the O2E in August, but likely the timing won’t permit our meeting in person. Too bad. The best part about touring is connecting with people—especially other touring cyclists. Happy trails!
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As far as animated maps you might ask Roland whose site Roland and Julianna bicycle tourists makes wonderful maps of their travels. I bet he would help you with it.
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I remember that gas stations always had maps I always bought them when on the road trips. Now it's so easy to navigate. If I would do the similar across country ride I would choose the northern route too. Great planning video. Good luck I subbed 😊
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Btw when in Florence OR def stop into the small museum and watch the video on the exploding whale, worth the trip -)
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Hello Mark, you asked about the route from Florence, OR to Eugene, OR. I rode this route in July 2021. The route (Oregon 126) from Florence to Mapleton (about 15 miles) has a wide shoulder. Traffic was moderate. At Mapleton I do not recommend continuing on OR 126. The traffic becomes moderate to heavy with fast speeds. And, you do not want to go through that tunnel. The alternate route I took, and recommend, is at Mapleton turn left onto Oregon 36. This will take you up to Triangle Lake on a two lane country road. Traffic was light to moderate. Continue east on OR36 until Lawrence Road where I turned right and continued to Eugene. Happy Trails!
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Mark, this is excellent advice. Thank you for sharing.
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Found your channel today… sounds like a wonderful trip. Will subscribe and watch your progress
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I love this, Mark!
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ponderosa cyclery in omaha! safe travels. this is going to be amazing!!! Best of Luck!!
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I've enjoyed the first two. sub
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My tip is while in South Dakota do the Mickelson trail. visit Mt. Rushmore and surely the Crazy Horse monument. A must do in my opinion.
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Nice , looking forward to watching these videos Mark from Maryland
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I would suggest for east of Bend Oregon check the following resources; Oregon Scenic Bikeways and Travel Oregon/cycling. Oregon has some great resources for bike travel in many areas of the state, including the more rural parts (eastern Oregon isn’t quite a desolate desert). Hope you find some useful information… Matthew
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Interesting video. The coast to coast is also on my bucket list. I would be interested in your actual route. Can I find your gpx file somewhere? Thanks. Erik (Belgium)
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They have portable camping showers "bags"...
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Im doing my first bike tour from WI to CA June of 2024. I also got recent maps from each state. I went online for each state I'm going through order a state map and if they had bike state map I ordered that too. I komoot to export the rout to Google map.
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Your presentation is very exciting. Would love to do this ride. Would you be able to provide the route in Ride with GPS?
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Thank you for the overview. By chance do you have a copy of the route you actually took? My wife and I are planning to tour from Kansas City to DC in 2024. Starting with the KATY and ending with the GAP/C&O. But we need to connect some of the dots in between. Like you, we prefer quieter side roads and gravel tracks/rail trails. Any favorites or tips for that section would be welcomed.
