Trails with a Trail Type of rail-trail

Tammany Trace trail

Tammany Trace Trail in Louisiana crosses lake pontchartrain

Tammany for nothin’ and your bikes for free. Okay, so it’s a terrible interpretation of the Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler lyrics; but wait until you get to the end of this description for an even worse lyrical massacre. However, if you want to skip the beginning and end of the article, you’ll find what’s in the …

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Trail of the Coeur d’ Alenes

This perfectly paved piece of peaceful paradise is a powerful path to plenty. Let’s list its assets: It’s long, smooth, scenic, uncrowded, plenty wide, accessible by numerous forms of human-powered transportation, set amidst forests, rivers, and a huge lake, and is planned to connect with numerous other incredible trails including the amazingRoute of the Hiawatha. …

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Route of the Hiawatha Bike Trail

Route of the Hiawatha Bike Trail

This is the one that started it all. (Not the moose, the trail) This was my first rail-trail. My daughter was a mere one-year-old and I pulled her behind my bike on a trailer. If I remember right, they didn’t have a shuttle then, or if they did, we didn’t use it. Hiawatha Bike Trail …

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New Santa Fe Regional Trail

A fairly short drive from Denver brings you to the town of Palmer Lake. Palmer Lake was named after General William Jackson Palmer. General Palmer was one of those men who seemed to accomplish more in one year than most people do in a lifetime. His early interest in railroading led him to a long …

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Withlacoochee State Trail

What’s not to love about this trail? It’s great for any kind of bike and any type of rider. It makes an especially good recumbent bike trail. We tried our first tandem recumbent bike on the Withlacoochee trail. Talk about relaxing and fun. I highly recommend this trail if you are visiting Disney World or …

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Silver Comet Trail

I felt like a Hell’s Angel sitting on my low-slung, bad-boy Harley. I looked like a dork. (See 4th picture on carousel for proof.) I didn’t care. The bike I rode was a recumbent, and I probably didn’t ever exceed twenty mph. But that’s okay. The weather was perfect; the trail was incredible. According to …

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