What's your favorite places to ride in the US?

[weisan]

Reading about an interview on Bicycling about a couple who quit their day jobs and traveled around the country riding and hiking. They were asked what were their favorite places to ride in the US so far and they mentioned:

1) Beartooth Highway - Montana-Wyoming
2) Acadia National Park
3) Down East Maine
4) Lost Coast in northern California
5) Shenandoah Valley in Virginia and West Virgiinia
6) Top of the World Highway from Alaska to Dawson City, Yukon

What's yours?



Keep it to your top 5.

[cadence90]

In no particular order:

Where joostx rides.
Where Mzilliox rides.
Where K u r t rides.
Where colker rides.
Where round rides.

[joosttx]

Marin County

[rnhood]

Shenandoah Valley (Monterey VA area in particular)
Western NC
Northwest GA
Clermont Fl
Wherever there is a group ride

[gomango]

Northern Minnesota Arrowhead to the BWCA to the Range.

Lanesboro area in southern Minnesota

Moab/Fruita

Gravel anywhere in Minnesota/Wisconsin

Cuyuna Lakes mtb facility up in the Range

[tiretrax]

Wherever Velotel rides. DONE!

[dem]

I just spent a month riding around the western us:
Mt Harrison, ID
Bear Tooth Pass, MT
Highway 14A, WY
Granite Pass, WY
Trail Ridge Parkway, CO
Mt Evans, CO
Pikes Peak, CO
Guardsman Pass, CO
Big Cottonwood Canyon, CO
Grand Mesa, CO
Colorado National Monument, CO
Mt Spokane, WA
Mt Hood, OR
Mt Shasta, CA

I've motorcycled Lost Coast & Top of the World

Today I bicycled my standard loop in the Bay Area: Old La Honda - Tunitas Creek.

It beats them all.

[cadence90]

Originally Posted by tiretrax

Wherever Velotel rides. DONE!

Winner!

[exapkib]

Originally Posted by dem

I just spent a month riding around the western us:
Guardsman Pass, CO
Big Cottonwood Canyon, CO

I've motorcycled Lost Coast & Top of the World

Today I bicycled my standard loop in the Bay Area: Old La Honda - Tunitas Creek.

It beats them all.

First, let me say that I am extremely jealous of the riding you have done.

Second, let me represent my local scene by pointing out that Guardsman Pass and Big Cottonwood Canyon are in Utah.

I haven't traveled as much as many of you, but my favorites that haven't been mentioned yet:

--Alpine Loop/American Fork, UT
--Southern Utah (Boulder Mountain, Burr Trail, Scenic Highway 12, National Parks . . . )
--Yellowstone before the roads open to cars in the spring
--Country Roads of Vermont
--Huron River Drive and environs (SE Michigan)

(Many of these are favorites for sentimental reasons, which may or may not transfer to other riders.)

[choke]

BLM and Forest Service roads in Wyoming.

[thunderworks]

I've ridden the Going to the Sun Road in Glacier. It was spectacular.

I've ridden in Northern California and Sonoma county. It's wonderful.

But for day in and day out terrific riding, it's really hard to beat Trempeleau County Wisconsin. It's a terrific combination of scenic, quiet, safe, varied and has a multitude of choices.

[jmal]

I really like the Blue Ridge mountains in VA. My riding has been limited to MD, VA, KS, OK, WV, PA, and NM. The abundance of great rural roads in VA/WV is amazing.

[bart998]

Lake Tahoe area. Beautiful lake, mountain passes, even desert. It has it all.

[FlashUNC]

As much as I love Western NC and North Georgia, nothing comes close to Northern California in my experience.

[Ken Robb]

I can't be the only guy here who has had some lovely rides in The Finger Lakes Area in New York. Thanks DBRK for loaning me your Richie Sachs bike.

If you want a relaxing, scenic ride with charming towns every few miles The Erie Canal Tow Path is fun. It would be excellent for new riders and kids too. Most of the towns along the way have cafes, coffee shops, bakeries, and ice cream shops right by the path so you can burn 3,000 calories riding and ingest 4,000 calories having treats.