Random Facts and Figures

Adventure Cycling has bicycle travel route maps that traverse 44 states and the District of Columbia. (Can you name the six that we don't?)

The map section with the most miles is Northern Tier, Section #3. (A whopping 591.5 miles!)

Our home state of Montana holds the most miles in the network, 3,436 miles (from five routes -- Great Divide, Great Parks North, Lewis & Clark, Northern Tier, and TransAmerica).

While a near neighbor of ours, Nebraska, has the fewest -- 72 miles -- all on the Lewis & Clark route.

For the folks worrying about weight, our maps weigh in at a measly 1.6 oz. Well, except for the Great Divide maps, they are a not-quite-hefty 2.7 oz.

And if you wonder what you should do with your maps after you return home, our maps are printed on PolyArt paper and are recyclable (category 2 HDPE) so you may dispose of them without environmental guilt. (Of course, who gets rid of their maps after a tour? They are almost as good as pictures for reliving the miles pedaled!)

(Answer to missing states: Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Oklahoma and Rhode Island. If you want to see more bike route miles in these states, consider this your invitation to join our U.S. Bicycle Route forum discussion and add your suggestions and volunteer to get involved at the state level. Also be sure to get the scoop on what's stirring at the USBRS home page.)

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GeoPoints Bulletin is written by Jennifer 'Jenn' Milyko, an Adventure Cycling cartographer, and appears weekly, highlighting curious facts, figures and persons from Adventure Cycling's route network with tips and hints for personal route creation thrown in for good measure.