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The Adventure Cycling Association’s newest route — the 1,374-mile Parks, Peaks, and Prairies Bicycle Route (PPP) — brings the organization’s total cycling route network …
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The Adventure Cycling Association’s newest route — the 1,374-mile Parks, Peaks, and Prairies Bicycle Route (PPP) — brings the organization’s total cycling route network to 50,000 miles.
Guiding cyclists from Yellowstone National Park, the route traverses iconic terrain. It goes through Wyoming’s plains and Devils Tower National Monument, past the Black Hills, Mount Rushmore and the Badlands of South Dakota, on to the continent’s biggest rivers and some of the 10,000 lakes of Minnesota before finishing in bike-friendly Minneapolis.
“Our newest route takes in some of our country’s most beautiful natural wonders and national landmarks between the Rocky Mountains and the Midwest, and it brings our route network to a total of 50,000 miles,” said Carla Majernik, director of routes and mapping. Majernik rode across the country in 1976 with Bikecentennial and has helmed Adventure Cycling’s Routes & Mapping department for decades.
“... we never imagined the challenges of traveling this summer as we designed it,” she said. “So while 2020 might not be the ideal time to ride the full Parks, Peaks, and Prairies route, it’s a great time to tackle smaller sections if you live nearby or to plan for riding in 2021 and beyond.”
The route also offers a connecting option between the TransAmerica Trail and the Northern Tier bicycle routes, as well as crossing over the Lewis & Clark Trail near the new route’s midpoint.
Like all Adventure Cycling routes, the new Parks, Peaks, and Prairies Route was researched by volunteers and the organization’s cartography staff before being distilled into cyclist-specific maps in print and digital form.
Beginning with the TransAmerica Trail in 1976, Adventure Cycling Association has steadily grown its route network to crisscross the country in every direction, plus a number of loop routes in some of the continent’s most compelling landscapes. The Adventure Cycling Route Network includes the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, four east-west corridors, four more north-south routes and loops in Arkansas, Idaho, Texas, New York and others. For more information, visit www.adventurecycling.org.
