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 gap into Pittsburgh won't be finished for another year or two, 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 Third Edition (Aug 2007) is 48 pages and includes all of the information in the previous editions and more. The table of B&B, motels, restaurants and grocery stores has been updated. Several shorter itineraries have been added. In addition a mile by mile mileage table showing each mile and associated town has been added.
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This is the essential book if you're planning a trip along the Pittsburgh-DC trailway, or any segment. Well written, this is like a visit with an experienced tour guide. The book offers options for various experience levels. You can't go wrong with this! --A reader
A good pamphlet if your planning the trip. It provides a good deal of useful information on routes and places to stay. It is great that they have produced an updated version of Linking Up since the previous edition was getting out of date with all the new trail construction and new B&B since 2002. --Another reader
A good pamphlet if your planning the trip. It provides a good deal of useful information on routes and places to stay. It is great that they have produced an updated version of Linking Up since the previous edition was getting out of date with all the new trail construction and new B&B since 2002. --Another reader
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Mary Shaw and Roy Weil have canoed, biked, hiked, and XC-skied Western Pennsylvania for over 40 years. Many people have introduced them to trails, and they return the favor by writing guide books. They wrote Linking Up to encourage people to make extended trips on the trail between Pittsburgh and Washington. They also wrote FreeWheeling Easy in Western Pennsylvania. This guidebook covers the easy traffic-free bicycling and walking trails in and around Pennsylvania west of US219. All of the trails in this 244 page guidebook are free of automobile traffic. Most are on wide smooth gentle paths, rather than rough, steep, undeveloped trails. There are trails for short family outings and trails for multi-day touring. They also edited the definitive Canoeing Guide to Western Pennsylvania. The guides covers the canoeable waters that run westward out of Pennsylvania via the Ohio River. It includes some streams from neighboring areas, as well, The guide is the result of volunteer effort over the past 30 years by many, many canoeists, working through the Pittsburgh Council, American Youth Hostels . It is currently in its eighth edition, covering about 3000 miles of rivers in 470 pages.
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The only guide you'll need for the GAP and C&O Canel bike trails,
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Everywhere I read, this book was recommended. It is the Bible for this ride and I would recommend it to anyone. We carried it with us at all times. We used it for pre-planning, on the ride and after. My only recommendation would be for the authors to charge a little more so a website could be created where trail users can share their own recommendations.
In short, if you're going to go all 320 miles, you need this book. Don't leave home without it.
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This is an excellent source of practical information for anyone planning to ride the Great Allegheny Passage and C&O Canal towpath from Pittsburgh to Washington DC. It lists mileages, bike shops, accommodation and loads of other practical information. There are also suggestions on planning the trip and on how to break it down into shorter sections.
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Perfect guide for a daytrip or a through trip by foot or bike!,
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I'm planning a bicycle trip and there is very little written on the Great Allegany Passage. This booklet; check out the pages not very many, is full of great information on both the Passage and the C & O Canal trail.
I was skeptical about buying this guide. It looked amateurish and I was afraid it would be hokey and lame. IT IS THE OPPOSITE! I have read it cover to cover more than once and will tote it in my saddlebags on the trip this summer.
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