http://www.poplarware.com/biketrails Searchable List of Bicycling Trails Sat, 31 May 2008 04:17:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Paul Bunyan Trail runs more than 100 miles through a lake-filled area from Brainerd/Baxter, Minnesota, to Lavinia, Minnesota. It appears that they are planning to pave the entire trail; currently, 80 miles of it is paved (the unpaved section is from Walker to Bemidji; I'm not sure if this ... http://www.poplarware.com/biketrails/2008/paul-bunyan-mn/ The Farmington Canal Heritage Greenway will eventually run approximately 84 miles from New Haven, Connecticut, to Northampton, Massachusetts, along the route of a historic canal and railway line. About half of it is apparently finished. The longest section (I think) is a paved 21-mile section from Farmington, Connecticut, to Suffield, ... http://www.poplarware.com/biketrails/2008/farmington-canal-ct/ I've just added some new Google Maps features to the site: physical terrain maps, an index/overview map in the lower right corner, Local Search (find restaurants, hotels, etc. nearby), and driving directions. I'll be releasing a new version of the Routes WordPress Plugin later today so that anyone else using ... http://www.poplarware.com/biketrails/2008/new-map-features/ The George S. Mickelson Trail runs 109 miles through the Black Hills of South Dakota, from Deadwood to Edgemont. It is a converted railroad, and includes railroad bridges and tunnels. The official South Dakota Parks web site (see link above) includes maps and lots of information. http://www.poplarware.com/biketrails/2007/mickelson-sd/ The Sacajawea Heritage Trail runs for 23 miles along both sides of the Columbia River, in Richland, Pasco, and Kennewick, Washington. The Tri-Cities Visitor and Convention Bureau publishes a map of the trail. Jeff King recommends the route as a nice ride. http://www.poplarware.com/biketrails/2007/sacajawea-wa/ The Alameda Creek Regional Trail, part of the East Bay Regional Park District, based in Oakland, California, follows ALameda Creek 12 miles between Fremont, California, and San Francisco Bay. There's an unpaved trail on the north side of the creek, and a paved trail on the south side, and the ... http://www.poplarware.com/biketrails/2007/alameda-creek-ca/ The Delta de Anza Regional Trail, part of the East Bay Regional Park District, based in Oakland, California, currently runs 15 miles from Concord, California, to Oakley, California. They plan to extend it to 25 miles, eventually, and they have a detailed map available. http://www.poplarware.com/biketrails/2007/delta-de-anza-ca/ The Jedediah Smith Memorial Trail is part of a park called the American River Parkway. It is a 32-mile trail that runs along the American River from Folsom, California, to Sacramento, California, with lots of parks and recreation sites along the way. Here are some resources: American River Parkway web site, ... http://www.poplarware.com/biketrails/2007/american-river-ca/ The Routes WordPress plugin used to create this site can now import GPX files, which I think most (or at least many) GPS devices can save. It imports latitude, longitude, and elevation. So, if you want to create your own site with geographical information, you have another way to input the ... http://www.poplarware.com/biketrails/2007/gps-import/ I just added elevation profiles to all the trails in the database. They are all approximate, based on looking up the latitude/longitude of the trail points in a USGS elevation database, but they at least show the approximate profile of each trail. Enjoy! http://www.poplarware.com/biketrails/2007/elevation/