If you know of a trail that you think should be included in this site, please leave a comment below. Give as much information as possible about the trail: name, location, URL, and a brief description would be very helpful. Thanks!
If you know of a trail that you think should be included in this site, please leave a comment below. Give as much information as possible about the trail: name, location, URL, and a brief description would be very helpful. Thanks!
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Hello: I would like to suggest you include the Yelm to Tenino Trail, in Washington.. I can write a review of it if you decide to list it. Here is a link for you with information:
http://www.co.thurston.wa.us/parks/Trails/yt-trail.htm This train hooks up with the Chahalis Western Trail. It is rural, paved, solitary. Only drawback are those small narrow gates that seem to be present in Thurston County. Please contact if you need additional information.
Thanks — actually, it’s already on the site:
http://www.poplarware.com/biketrails/2007/yelm-wa/
Cheers,
Jennifer
Hi Jennifer,
if you would like to include the John Wayne Pioneer Trail, I think I can help. I have GPS traces for:
(1) Snoqualmie and Upper Snoqualmie trails:
Duvall, Wash., to Rattlesnake Lake
(2) Iron Horse State Park:
Rattlesnake Lake to Vantage, Wash.
(3) Milwaukee Road Corridor:
Vantage, Wash. to Tekoa, Wash. (and
Ida. border)
(4) Milwaukee Road Corridor:
Ida. border (Plummer Junction, Ida.) to
Pearson, Ida., via St. Joseph valley.
(5) Hiawatha Trail (part of Milwaukee
Road Corridor):
Pearson, Ida. to East Portal, Mont., and
I-90 on the Montana side
(6) Union Pacific Corridor a/k/a Coeur
d’Alenes Trail:
Plummer Junction, Ida., to Mullan, Ida.,
and on to Lookout Pass and East Portal
For the above segments I have GPS traces (manually cleaned up, specify GPX or KML or Topo! files). These include detours where required (note that these may change from time to time). For segments 1 and 6, I also have trailhead coordinates (scribbled on map, later entered in computer).
Later this year, I plan to ride the route again and set GPS markers for trailheads and trail conditions and such, with notes on the state of the trail and available facilities and campgrounds — but I don’t have that yet.
I also have the flyers for those trails, where available: Segments 2, 3, 4, 6. I have contact information and web sites for segments 4, 5, 6.
Segments 3 and 4 require permits; #3 is from WA State and free (camping extra), #4 is from Potlatch Corp, $10 for a bicyclist.
Segment 3 requires keys to a few gates. They are sent with the permit. It also requires a few detours on roads (longest ~46mi, total ~80mi).
Segment 5 is operated by a concessionaire who charges a fee ($20 or so). Beautiful ride, though. To avoid, use segment 6 instead of segments 4+5.
Anyway, if you are interested, let me know. I can also provide a somewhat better GPS trace for the Columbia Plateau Trail, which you already have in your list.
Cheers,
Felix.
Felix,
I am interested in hiking those trails #1 - #6 and the Columbia Plateau Trail. I think that your GPS information would be helpful to me. Are you willing to share it with me?
Thank you.
Felix does have some GPS info that he is willing to share. I will put you in touch with him.
Jennifer
Jennifer, could you also put me in touch with Felix? I certainly would love to have any maps or GPS coordinates for Vantage to Tekoa near Idaho border following the John Wayne Trail if possible. Thanks.
Sam
Done!
Jennifer
The province of Quebec has hundreds of miles of bike trails, many on old rail lines. Please visit: http://www.routeverte.com/ang/ for maps and information for all the bike paths. The P’tit Train du Nord (translated roughly as The Little Northern Train) has almost 120 miles of paved path north of Montreal in the beautiful Laurentian area. The island of Montreal is very cycle-friendly, and offers paths along the historic Lachine Canal and along the park on the edge of the magnificent St. Lawrence River. Great times to visit are May-October.
Thanks, Wendy! The Route Verte of Quebec is on my list to check out already (I just haven’t yet put it on the site). It takes some time to research and enter a route…
–Jennifer
Farmington Canal Greenway in CT should be listed
http://www.farmingtoncanal.org/
I’ve put this trail on the site (or at least, part of it): http://www.poplarware.com/biketrails/2008/farmington-canal-ct/
–Jennifer
Hello Jennifer,
Thanks for the great website. I love to get in contact with Felix regarding the John Wayne pioneer Trail.
Any help would be appreciated.
THX