If you have a hankering to get off the roads and enjoy a premier, long-distance bicycle trail, might I suggest the combination of the C&O Canal and Great Allegheny Passage (GAP).
One of Adventure Cycling Association’s most popular tour offerings follows these routes. Its been so popular in the past that we’ll be featuring three different kinds of trips on the C&O Canal/GAP in 2010: C&O/GAP Event; C&O Family and the new self-contained tour, Georgetown to Steeltown.
Our 2009 adventure was recently featured in USA Today's article "Cyclists hit the rail trail for a recession-resistant getaway" and, in the accompanying video, our very own tour leader, Larry Brock, elaborates on this amazing 330-mile long bike ride.
Let me entice you with a few of the historic features along this trail: Washington D.C.’s National Mall and Memorials, C&O Canal locks, cable-driven White’s Ferry; the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Harper’s Ferry, Antietam National Battlefield, C&O Canal National Historic Park, Fort Frederick State Park, Paw Paw Tunnel, abandoned lines of the Western Maryland Railway and Pittsburgh to Lake Erie Railroad, and Fallingwater, a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Want to know more? Read Michael “Mac” McCoy’s take on this historic ride in the Adventure Cyclist piece entitled "Off-Road from D.C. to Pittsburgh" (PDF) and be sure to check out “The Scoop” sidebar for sage advice on biking this historic off-road route.
photo of the Paw Paw Tunnel by Bikegeezer on Flickr
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CONNECTIONS is posted twice a month by Ginny Sullivan, Adventure Cycling's special projects director and features the cultural, historical, geographical, and human connections created through bike travel. Find out about our award-winning Underground Railroad Bicycle Route.
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