unterhausen

I recall there was a site that tried to document gravel rides in the U.S. Anyone have a link?

Okay, I guess it was gravelmap. Crowd sourced, so not complete. https://gravelmap.com/#@40.764432665...8904,10,hybrid

It doesn't show gravel roads in an area until you do something. Zooming in on an area will make it happen automagically.

unterhausen

agreed. Here in Central Pennsylvania, most of the gravel roads are concentrated in the state lands. Although the county south of here is starting to revert more and more paved roads to gravel, so that might change.

billyymc

Fair enough, and I'll defer to your experience. I guess maybe it's more fair to say there can be gravel riding found in places you don't suspect. If you want a gravel ride without ANY paved roads - yeah that's tough. Yesterday I did a 111 mile ride that was half gravel. Of the other half about 90% of it was quiet country roads, and 10% I had to hit some busier roads (but by no means busy) to get from one area to another. It tied together a bunch of New YOrk State forest lands which was where most (but not all) of the gravel roads were. If you go to the Catskills in NY, about an hour and half from me, there are loads of gravel roads - but again not necessarily uninterrupted by paved roads. Same in the Adirondacks, or really most areas of the state until you get closer to NYC.

If you go to Vermont you can find all manner of dirt and gravel riding. Maine has to have a ton of it - the state is practically empty of people!

dennis336

I'd also recommend the D2R2 which starts in Deerfield, MA and goes into Southern VT. There's several different routes with the longest being up to 180k. Very hilly but beautiful rural gravel roads. If you fly into Boston, it's not very far to drive to the Deerfield area so that could be very convenient for you. Even flying into New York wouldn't have a very long drive although Boston is definitely closer. It runs in August but they have the cue sheets on-line so you could ride on your own if you're so inclined (that's what I've done and pieced together variations of the different routes).

Jakedatc

1 hour from Hartford.. even easier.

dennis336

Agree that Hartford would be the best in terms of driving distance. OP is from the UK so I'm thinking getting flights from the UK to Hartford/Bradley airport would be a pretty big headache and cost much more time in flight transfers than it would save in driving time. But, yeah, driving from Bradley to Deerfield would be a breeze!

Jakedatc

Ahh didn't think international. would have to see about flights it would depend i guess. I might try the 160k next year.. done the 115k last 2 years and its pretty sweet.