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Acadia Carriage Roads

Old 01-23-12, 06:30 PM
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Acadia Carriage Roads

The recumbent-riding, touring cyclists who write BicycleTouringOnCarFreePaths have added the carriage roads of Acadia National Park to the non-commercial website -- information on the paths, why you'd want to ride them, and how to plan for the trip.

https://bicycletouringoncarfreepaths.org/

The Great Allegheny Trail, C&O Canal, Pine Creek Trail, Greenbrier River Trail, P'tit Train du Nord, and Mickelson Trail are also covered in detail on the website.

If you ridden any of the paths, and want to tell other touring cyclists about the best beer and ice cream, campsites, and lodging possibilities, hope you'll add your recommendations -- or disrecommendations, as the case may be -- to the Riders Suggestion pages for all of the trips.

It's getting to be touring season, right?

Jeff

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Old 01-24-12, 06:18 AM
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I'm done the GAP, C&O, and P'tit Train du Nord trails as point to point rides over a few days and while I spend 2 weeks each summer in Bar Harbor riding the carriage roads as part of our family vacation, I don't consider them really "touring" trails. The former as all linear trails providing off road paths between towns and distance points. The carriage paths are wonderful riding, but are loops within a very narrow geographic area. You can cover most of the trails in a day and surely everything within 2 days. Nice riding, just not what I thiink of as touring.
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Old 01-24-12, 06:23 AM
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Agreed. They're recreational riding for a day or two (or after work--I live near the trails), or could be a tiny part of a tour, but they're not a tour in themselves.

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Old 01-24-12, 11:56 AM
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Jeff,

Thanks for posting the link to https://bicycletouringoncarfreepaths.org/. It's a wonderful resource.
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