Camping
Tour Links
- National
Bicycle Tour Directors Association: This
site features links to tours of three days or longer in the United
States, Canada, Mexico and France.
- Around
Illinois Back Roads: This weeklong bicycle tour takes you to some
of Illinois' best scenery and provides definitive proof Illinois is
not flat.
- Atlantic
Canada Cycling: This organization offers camping tours in the Canadian
provinces of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland, and
it also offers cycling information about the province of New Brunswick.
- BicyclingWorld.com: A
definitive guide to bike tours for all ages and abilities. Search the
world's largest collection of road and mountain bike tours and find the
trip of a lifetime.
- Bicycle
Illinois: A weeklong ride from Cairo to Chicago.
- Bike
Florida: A seven-day bicycle tour through Florida that will celebrate
its 10th anniversary in 2003 and was named a Best Biking in America
event by the League of American Bicyclists.
- Bike
Virginia: This multiday
tour covers the prettiest sections of Virginia. This site also has
links to other multiday trips in Virginia.
- Biking
Across Kansas: This weeklong trip actually has three routes that
run at the same time.
- The
Bon Ton Roulet: A 7-day ride of more than 300 miles through
the Finger Lakes Region of New York.
- BRAG: The
Bicycle Ride Across Georgia draws about 2,000 cyclists every year.
- Bubba's
Pampered Pedalers: Longtime cycling friend Bubba Barron has started
a business designed to make it easier for people who go on camping
trips like these. Cyclists can look forward to having a tent and an
air matress ready when they arrive in camp each night.
- BubbaFest: Bubba's annual tour of the Florida Keys.
- Cycle
Across Missouri: The Gateway Council of Hostelling International
sponsors Cycle Across Missouri (CAM), a weeklong trip through Missouri.
It is the successor to the Cycle Across Missouri Parks ride.
- Cycle
America: A
company that leads a series of rides across America and other rides
such as Pedal the Peaks and national park tours.
- Cycle
Canada: This Canadian company leads the 4,600-mile Tour du Canada
from Vancouver, British Columbia, to St. John's, Newfoundland. In addition,
it does longer camping tours, including Tour Great Lakes and the Old
Dominion Tour.
- Cycle
Louisiana Main Street: Cyclists
can get in all the sights, sounds and tastes of Louisiana on this weeklong
ride.
- Cycle
North Carolina: This weeklong tour from the Blue Ridge Mountains
to the Atlantic Ocean is held in October.
- Cycle
Oregon: This ride definitely will challenge you with its terrain,
but the organizers say you will be well-rewarded with good food and
great entertainment.
- Cycle
South Carolina: A
weeklong tour through the Southern state.
- Cycle
Zydeco: A
four-day ride through Cajun country in Louisiana that promises great
cycling and great food.
- DALMAC: The
Dick Allen Lansing to Mackinac tour starts in Lansing and climaxes with
a ride across the five-mile long Mackinac Bridge. There are five- and
four-day options, and the brave souls can do century rides on four consecutive
days.
- Florida
Bicycle Safari: This
springtime ride has three- and six-day options, and friends of mine
who have done this ride say the food is really good!
- GABA: The
Great Arizona Bicycle Adventure often goes from the Grand Canyon to Nogales,
on the Mexican border, but the route can change from year to year.
- GRABAAWR
and SAGBRAW: The Great Annual Bicycle Adventure Along the Wisconsin
River and Sprocket’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Wisconsin
are the two largest weeklong rides in Wisconsin.
- Grand
Illinois Trail and Parks ride: This weeklong ride, which made
its debut in 2003, takes advantage of the Grand Illinois Trail and
other rural roads in Northern Illinois.
- Great
Ohio Bicycle Adventure: This weeklong trip draws up to 3,000 cyclists
annually.
- Hilly
Hundred: This a two-day ride in the beautiful — and hilly — region
surrounding Bloomington, Ind. About 5,000 people take part in the annual
mid-October ride. Routes of 30 and 50 miles per day are available.
- Horsey
Hundred: A
two-day ride in the rolling horse farm country near Lexington, Ky.
Routes range from 30-100 miles. Accommodations in air-conditioned college
dorms are available.
- Illinois
Great River Ride: A
new weeklong, 400-mile tour along the Rock and Mississippi rivers in
Illinois.
- In
Motion Events: This northeastern U.S. group offers trips such
as the Adirondacks and Finger Lakes bicycles tours. Can-Am Wheelers,
which operates MOOSA and the Nova Scotia Lighthouse Tour, is associated
with this group.
- Katy
Trail Bicycle Ride: A
five-day, four-night ride on America's longest developed rail-trail
sponsored by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
- Martha's
Miles: A
five-day bicycle ride from St. Louis to Chicago to raise money for
the National Children’s Cancer Society.
- MOOSA: Maine's
Original Outstanding Super Adventure normally goes through the mountains
of Maine to Quebec. You also can learn more about the Lighthouse Tour,
a weeklong trip through Nova Scotia, at this site.
- Moose
Tour: A multiday ride
in Maine. The ride is taking a hiatus in 2006, but it will resume in
2007.
- Oklahoma
FreeWheel: An
organized, weeklong cross-state trip through Oklahoma.
- Padre's Pedal Inn: A friend of Bubba Barron has created
a similar service for people on multiday bicycle tours in which his crew
sets up tents and provides refreshments for customers.
- POWWOW
Bicycle Tours: This
company offers several multiday tours in Wisconsin.
- RAGBRAI: This
seven-day ride is the granddaddy of all the cross-state rides.
- Ride
the Rockies: This
annual ride sponsored by the Denver Post hits many of the high spots
of the Rocky Mountains. It's important to apply early because registration
is done on a lottery basis.
- Sierra
to the Sea: A
challenging eight-day, 420-mile tour of northern California that starts
in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and finishes in San Francisco.
- TRIRI: The
Bloomington Bicycle Club has two versions of this ride, one in June and
one in September.
- West
Shoreline Tour: This ride goes
along the western shoreline of Michigan. The League of Michigan Bicyclists
also sponsors the MUP Tour, which travels through the Upper Peninsula
of Michigan, and the Bow-Tie Tour, which touches three of the Great
Lakes.
- XOBA: Another
weeklong camping trip in Ohio.
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