FreeWheeling Easy in Western Pennsylvania is a guidebook to easy traffic-free bicycling and walking trails in Pennsylvania west of US219. If you like to bicycle but you don't like to ride in automobile traffic or on rough, steep, undeveloped trails, this book is for you. If you like to walk on wide smooth gentle paths, this book is for you. You will find trails for short family outings and trails for multi-day touring. The book provides information on over 51 trails and 1184 miles of routes that are easy to ride or walk, off-limits to automobile traffic, and reasonably level. Each write-up for a trail covers 5 to 8 pages and includes the following information: · Location map: Approximate location of the trail on a miniature state map · Detail map: Trail route and trailheads (access points) · Summary: Basic information about trail · Description: Character of the scenery and the trail · Trailheads: First, a starting point in the vicinity, usually a major intersection. Then detailed directions to each trailhead from the starting point · Amenities: Brief information on services near the trail, including rest rooms, water, bike shops, food, camping or other lodging for bicycle touring, and swimming · Trail organization: trail development organization or manager. · Maps and guides that tell you more about the trail or the area

FreeWheeling Easy in Western Pennsylvania

Shaw, Mary M

Weil, Roy R

Travel

Shaw-Weil Associates

<p>Rail-Trails, Greenways, towpaths, and Other Motor-Free Bicycle-Touring Paths north and east of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. i.e. the Allegheny and Kiskiminetas River Basins</p>

Free-Wheeling Easy in and Around Western Pennsylvania: Motor-Free Trails for Cyclists, Walkers, and Cross-Country Skier : Rail-Trails, Greenways, ... Other Motor-Free Bicycle Touring Routes in

Mary Shaw

Roy Weil

Specialty Travel

The trails of the Allegheny Trail Alliance connect with the C&O Canal Towpath at Cumberland, creating a traffic-free route between Pittsburgh and Washington DC. Although the final 1 mile gap into Pittsburgh won't be finished till spring 2013, the distance of 335 continuous miles on the ground make an outstanding bike trip. To help you plan this trip -- or a shorter trip along this route -- this book has brought together most of the information that you will need to plan your trip. This Fourth Edition (Apr 2012) is 48 pages and includes all of the information in the previous editions and more. The table of B&B, motels, campgrounds, restaurants,grocery stores, bike shops, and outfitters has been updated. Several shorter itineraries have been added. The book starts with the four BIG decisions: Luxury, Support, Distance, Direction. Followed by The Planning Checklist, Trail Surface and Terrain, Logistics, Preparation, Sample Itineraries, and more. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. From the Introduction So you re thinking about a bike ride between Pittsburgh PA and Washington DC, and you don t want to ride in traffic? That s great! The C&O Canal Towpath has long been a favorite route, especially nice for bicycle camping. Now that the connection to the rail-trails of the Great Allegheny Passage between Cumberland MD and Pittsburgh PA is within reach, the route is even better. We begin with answers to the questions that people most often ask as they start to think about the trip, followed by suggestions about things to think about as you plan and ideas about itineraries. At the end, we list some of the services and amenities you may find helpful and give a table of distances between towns. With a few exceptions, we include all the services we know about that are within reasonable cycling distance of the trail. If you have a support car you can range farther afield, but other guides provide better coverage of those larger areas than we can possibly hope to.  Trail construction continues, so if you re looking ahead to 2013 the final gaps may be completed.

Linking Up: Planning Your Traffic-Free Bike Trip Between Pittsburgh PA and Washington DC

Sports & Outdoors

Shaw, Mary

Weil, Roy

Individual Sports

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