U.S. Bicycle Road Tours - Northeast

This page last updated on 3/17/07


These books describe bicycle road tours in the northeastern United States. This includes the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticutt, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania.

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         Item #: B1114
TITLE: 25 Backroad Bicycling on Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket
Author(s): Kevin Jeffrey & Susan Milton
Pages: 208 5.375" x 8.25" pages, maps, photos
Price: $ 16.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 13.56
      The tours listed in this book for Cape Cod, Nantucket, & Martha's Vineyard are all of modest length, allowing time to stop & swim, sample the local cuisine, browse through antique or craft shops, or visit a historic site. The rides are as diverse as the area, & most avoid the Cape's busy roads, taking you along scenic lanes & past quiet harbors.
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         Item #: B0001
TITLE: 25 Bicycle Tours in Maine: Coastal & Inland Rides from Kittery to Caribou
Author(s): Howard Stone
Pages: 176 5.5" x 8.25" pages
Price: $ 14.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 11.96
      Ranging from half-day jaunts to multiday adventures, these tours take you down nearly 2,000 miles of Maine's back roads - through weathered lobster ports, past blueberry barrens & gracious Colonial homes, around remote islands & lakes, up & down scenic hills. Howard Stone concentrates on "the roads less traveled".
     
      "This mile-by-mile guide to touring by cycle includes anything your lungs & legs can manage"
      - DownEast magazine
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         Item #: B0470
TITLE: 25 Bicycle Tours in the Adirondacks
Author(s): B. McKibben, Sue Halpern, M. Hay, B. Lemmel
Pages: 192pp., 5 x 8, maps, photos
Price: $ 13.00 @ 20.0% off = $ 10.40
      The parks six million acres offer diverse terrain for bicycling. All four authors are year-round residents of the area, and they provide detailed directions and maps of each route.
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         Item #: B0006
TITLE: 25 Bicycle Tours in the Hudson Valley
Author(s): Howard Stone
Pages: 176 5.5" x 8.25" pages, photos, maps
Price: $ 15.00 @ 20.0% off = $ 12.00
      All routes have been selected to avoid heavy traffic & give the rider a sense of remoteness & serenity. Cycle your way into an earlier era, as you follow these tours past elegant turn-of-the-century mansions, casinos & watering holes of Saratoga, and the unspoiled vistas along the Hudson River. All tours are within close reach of New York's Capital District.
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         Item #: B0003
TITLE: 25 Bicycle Tours in Vermont
Author(s): John Freidin
Pages: 230 5.5" x 8.25" pages, photos, maps
Price: $ 15.00 @ 20.0% off = $ 12.00
      Features over 1250 miles of sights, delights, & special events in Vermont, avoiding crowded highways. Each tour includes options for country inns & campgrounds. John Freidin's lively notes encourage you to stop & smell the flowers, examine the history, enjoy the swimming holes, or taste the delicacies.
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         Item #: B1030
TITLE: 30 Bicycle Tours in New Jersey
Author(s): Arline Zatz & Joel Zatz
Price: $ 14.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 11.96
      These tours explore historic towns such as Flemington, Hope, & Bridgeton, as well as backwoods settlements such like Basto, Tabernacle, & Loantaka.
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         Item #: B1811
TITLE: Backroad Bicycling in the Finger Lakes Region: 30 Tours for Road & Mountain Bikes
Author(s): Mark Roth & Sally Walters
Pages: 212 5.375" x 8.25" pages, 28 maps, 25 photos
Price: $ 15.96 @ 20.0% off = $ 12.77
      "Paradise" is how many bikers think of upstate New York's Finger Lakes region. Even aside from the lakes themselves - closely grouped, deep, cool "fingers" among the hills - the area features waterfalls & gorges, wineries & museums, cities & farms, all connected by an extensive network of well-maintained paved roads. All this can be visited in a day of leisurely cycling - with time out for a swim.
     
      A previous edition of this book contained 20 tours. For this edition, members of TNMC, a local outdoor club, have added a route around each of the 10 Finger Lakes.
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         Item #: B2716
TITLE: Backroad Bicycling: Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket
Author(s): Jeffrey & Milton
Pages: 208 pages, photos, maps
Price: $ 16.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 13.56
      Tour Massachusett's Cape Cod, Nantuckett & Martha's Vineyard. Rides are of modest length, & are ideal for families, allowing time to enjoy other activities in the area. Each chapter has a detailed map with info on the area's maritime heritage, natural history & more.
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         Item #: B2717
TITLE: Backroad Bicycling: Eastern Pennsylvania
Author(s): Vance
Pages: 224 pages, photos, maps
Price: $ 16.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 13.56
      Describes 25 rides for road & mountain bikers. The rides range from a 10-mile spin through the row houses of Old City Philly to a 55-mile ramble in the Pocono Mountains.
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         Item #: B2696
TITLE: Bed, Breakfast & Bike Northeast
Author(s): Cynthia Reeder
Pages: 337 5" x 8" pages, maps, b/w photos
Price: $ 17.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 14.36
      Features cue sheets and large, detailed maps with alternate routes. Covers 30 inns in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont & New York. The final chapter provides a selection of recipes from the inns.
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         Item #: B1138
TITLE: Best Bike Paths of New England
Author(s): Williams
Pages: 210 pages
Price: $ 15.00 @ 20.0% off = $ 12.00
      Covers over 45 paved bike paths in MA (including Cape Cod National Seashore), RI, CT, VT, & ME. Each description includes:
      * Total distance
      * Level of difficulty
      * Suitability for children
      * General description
      * Overview of the area
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         Item #: B0154
TITLE: Best Bike Rides in New England
Author(s): Paul Thomas
Pages: 288 5" x 7" pages, 8 photos, 45 maps
Price: $ 12.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 10.36
      Includes 44 tours throughout Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, & Vermont.
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         Item #: B1192
TITLE: Bicycling Coast to Coast: A Complete Route Guide, Virginia to Oregon
Author(s): Donna Lynn Ikenberry
Pages: 320 5.5" x 8.5" pages, 100 photos, 62 maps
Price: $ 16.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 13.56
      This route covers more than 4,000 miles through 10 states: Virginia, Kentucky, Ilinois, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, & Oregon. The trip is divided into 77 daily segments with detailed logs. Also includes:
      * Route descriptions
      * Area maps
      * Mileage logs
      * Campground & lodging availability
      * Equipment recommendations
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         Item #: B0028
TITLE: Bicycling the Atlantic Coast: A Complete Route Guide, Florida to Maine
Author(s): Aitkenhead
Pages: 256 5.5" x 8.5" pages, photos, maps
Price: $ 14.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 11.96
      This book provides information on:
      * Road conditions
      * Where to buy provisions
      * Campsites
      It also includes daily cue sheets and maps.
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         Item #: B1018
TITLE: Bicycling the Connecticut River Valley
Author(s): Robert Immler
Pages: 150 5.5" x 8.5" pages, maps, photos
Price: $ 11.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 9.56
      Features 50 tours (25 road, 25 mountain bike) in the Connecticut River Valley, which winds through New Hampshire, Vermont, & Massachusetts. Trips range from 3 miles in length with 100 feet of elevation gain, to 50 miles and 3,000 feet of elevation gain. Most are about 20 miles in length. Each tour description includes map, mileage, elevation gain, time required, difficulty, & directions to the starting location.
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         Item #: B1120
TITLE: Bike Rides from Beaver Stadium
Author(s): Scott Adams
Pages: 128 6" x 9" pages
Price: $ 9.95
      Each of the 24 rides originates at Penn State's Beaver Stadium. The loops range from 5 to 100 miles in length.
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         Item #: B3048
TITLE: Coasting Along: A Bicycling Guide to the New Jersey Shore, Pine Barrens & Delaware Bay Region
Author(s): Kurt Detwiler
Pages: 240 5.5" x 8.5" pages, b/w photos, spiral bound
Price: $ 14.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 11.96
      Fifty rides take you over barrier islands, through forests, past farms, & within sight of the millions of birds that travel New Jersey's section of the Atlantic flyway.
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         Item #: B1875
TITLE: Cranks from Cooperstown: 50 Bike Rides in Upstate New York
Author(s): Dennis Savoie
Price: $ 19.95
      This unique guide features tear-out cue sheets you can take along on your ride. It is composed of two sections. The first section covers general touring information. The second section tells you where to ride in the Cooperstown area.
     
      "The how-to-bike section is simply phenomenal. The instructions are clear, complete, & concise. This book is destined to become bicycling refernce material."
      - Eric Bravin, cyclist
     
      "The 50 tours in this book are beautiful & well-designed. The cue sheets are incredibly detailed, convenient, & easy to use. Though I'm a local resident, the tours bring me on mini-vacations to back roads I've never explored & to points of interest I've never visited."
      - Robert Iverson, cyclist
     
      ".. The road riding here rivals any eastern touring hotspot"
      - Bill Strickland, Bicycling Magazine
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         Item #: B1950
TITLE: Cycling Along the Canals of New York: 500 Miles of Bike Riding along the Erie, Champlain, Cayuga-Seneca, & Oswego Canals
Author(s): Louis Rossi
Pages: 160 6" x 9" pages, 61 photos, 15 maps
Price: $ 15.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 12.76
      Covers overs 500 miles of biking, including over 200 miles on trails atop old towpaths & railbeds. In addition to clear directions & sound cycling advice, this guide features information on geology, history, & points of interest such as:
      * The only highway tunnel under the Erie Canal
      * The lowest gap in the Appalachian chain between Georgia & Maine
      * Iroquois Nation history & sites
      * Highest flight of canal locks in the world
      * Historic sites from the French & Indian War, American Revolution, & War of 1812
      * 20 places to take a canal boat ride
      * The birthplace of the U.S. Navy
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         Item #: B1216
TITLE: Cycling the Back Roads of Southern New Hampshire
Author(s): Linda Chestney
Pages: 192 5.5" x 8.25" pages, maps, photos
Price: $ 12.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 10.36
      Features 30 scenic tours in New Hampshire, from the panoramic views of the distant hills of Bow to the fragrant apple orchards of Hollis & Lyndeboro. Ride lengths vary from 9.5 to 103.8 miles in length, but most are about 20 - 25 miles long. Each ride description includes:
      * Detailed directions
      * Easy-to-read maps
      * Info on interesting historic or scenic attractions
      The rides are categorized as amble, jaunt, or challenge, according to difficulty. Four rides are designed for families with small children.
     
      Linda Chestney is a longtime resident of Auburn, New Hampshire. The first tours she mapped for this book were in the Auburn area. She covered about 2,000 miles as she added rides in the seacoast, Merrimack Valley, & Monadnock regions.
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         Item #: B1333
TITLE: Erie Canal Bicyclist & Hiker Route Guide
Author(s): Harvey Botzman
Pages: 200 5.5" x 8.5" pages, maps, photos, spiral bound
Price: $ 20.00
      Cyclotour along the famous Erie Canal tow path. Walk on the original hand hewn stone locks. Visit Revolutionary War battle sites. This is a 625 mi. (1005 km.) romp on the tow paths and parallel rural roads of the Erie, Lake Champlain, Seneca/Cayuga, and Oswego Canals in NYS; and the Chambly Canal in Quebec. From Niagara Falls, NY to Montreal, QC.
      Side Trips: 80 mi. (130 km.) Top O' the Finger Lakes; 70 mi. (110 km.) round trip to Lake Ontario via the Oswego Canal; and 156 mi. (251 km.) Vermont side of Lake Champlain. The New York side of Lake Champlain is included in the main route to Montreal.
      Approximately 25% of the Erie Canal tow path is best traversed on Mt. bikes. Perfect for Mt. bikepackers! Have no fear road cyclists! This Guide is complete. The route provides road cyclotourists with lightly trafficked parallel rural roads to glide upon when the tow path has a dirt or rough gravel surface. You'll easily return to the tow path when it has a paved or stone dust surface.
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         Item #: B1231
TITLE: Exploring In & Around Boston on Bike & Foot
Author(s): Lee Sinai
Pages: 352 5.5" x 8.5" pages, maps, photos, illustrations
Price: $ 14.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 11.96
      A collection of 19 nature walks & 21 bike rides (on back roads & off-road). Features detailed maps & beautiful illustrations. Also includes information on route services:
      * Food & drink
      * Restrooms
      * Fees
      * Directions to each tour by public & private transportation
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         Item #: B1203
TITLE: Exploring Martha's Vineyard on Bike & on Foot
Author(s): Lee Sinai
Pages: 187 5.375" x 8.375", maps, line drawings
Price: $ 9.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 7.96
      Features 14 bike rides & 19 walks guiding vistitors to the most captivating places on Martha's Vineyard:
      * Historic towns & quaint villages
      * Wildlife sanctuaries & nature preserves
      * Forests, meadows, & wetlands
      * Miles & miles of beaches
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         Item #: B2565
TITLE: Rails-To-Trails ME/NH/VT/MA/RI/CT
Author(s): Mascott
Pages: 256 pages, photos, maps
Price: $ 14.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 11.96
      Covers all rail trails in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, & Connecticutt for bicycling, hiking, horseback riding, in-line skating, & cross-country skiing.
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         Item #: B2719
TITLE: Rails-To-Trails: New York
Author(s): Sexton & Della Penna
Pages: 256 pages, maps, photos
Price: $ 14.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 11.96
      Comprehensive guide to 49 of New York state's multi-use rail-trails.
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         Item #: B0136
TITLE: Ride Guide: Central Jersey
Author(s): Dan Goldfischer
Pages: 160 5.25" x 8.25" pages, maps
Price: $ 14.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 11.96
      Describes 26 bicycle routes in the area between Far Hills, Island Beach, & the Delaware River near New Hope, Pennsylvania. Includes 4 hybrid tours for riders who want to get off the beaten track.
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         Item #: B1639
TITLE: Ride Guide: Hudson Valley, New Paltz to Staten Island
Author(s): Dan Goldfischer
Pages: 168 5.25" x 8.25" pages, illustrations, maps
Price: $ 10.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 8.76
      Features 29 rides in the New York, New Jersey, & Connecticut area. 3 rides begin in New Jersey, & 4 begin in Connecticut, plus 4 off-road rides. For New York City dwellers without cars, directions to the routes using the Metro-North are included.
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         Item #: B0135
TITLE: Ride Guide: North Jersey
Author(s): Dan Goldfischer
Pages: 168 5.25" x 8.25" pages, maps
Price: $ 14.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 11.96
      Covers the area from Basking Ridge north to the New York border. Includes 25 road routes & 5 off-road trails.
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         Item #: B2160
TITLE: 'Round Lake Erie: A Bicyclist's Tour Guide
Author(s): Harvey Botzman
Pages: 155 5.5" x 8.5" pages, maps, photos, spiral bound
Price: $ 24.95
      Provides cue sheets & maps for circumnavigating Lake Erie (854 miles or 1374 kilometers). Optional side trips to islands in Lake Erie are also discussed. The author has traveled this route unsupported, & provides information on campgrounds, groceries, & restaurants, bike shops, & bank machines. He also includes information on museums & other points of interest. Sources are also provided for more detailed maps & tourist information.
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         Item #: B3049
TITLE: 'Round Lake Huron
Author(s): Harvey Botzman
Pages: 200 5.25" x 8.25" pages, b/w photos, maps
Price: $ 24.95
      All the information you need for a successful bicycle tour (fully loaded with camping gear or unloaded) of Lake Huron, Georgian Bay & Manitoulin Island are included in this guide.
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         Item #: B1292
TITLE: 'Round Lake Ontario: A Bicyclist's Tour Guide
Author(s): Harvey Botzman
Pages: 152 5.5" x 8.5" pages, maps, photos, spiral bound
Price: $ 24.95
      This guide provides maps & cue sheets for circumnavigating Lake Ontario. The author suggests making this a two-week tour with daily mileage ranging from 20-75 miles. The author knows this route well, having toured around Lake Ontario 4 times by bicycle himself. He provides importants details about motels, campgrounds, grocery stores, local weather, and crossing from the U.S. into Canada (and Canada into the U.S.). The routes have been designed to pass by parks and other points of interest you will not want to miss (such as Niagra Falls).
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         Item #: B0581
TITLE: Short Bike Rides in & Around Philadelphia
Author(s): Joe Surkiewicz & Anne Lembo
Pages: 160 5" x 7" pages, 25 maps, 20 photos
Price: $ 10.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 8.76
      Contains 20 tours in the Philadelphia area.
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         Item #: B0149
TITLE: Short Bike Rides in Connecticut
Author(s): Edwin Mullen & Jane Griffith
Pages: 144 5" x 7" pages, 37 maps, 38 photos
Price: $ 11.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 9.56
      Features 35 rides in Connecticut, ranging from 8 to 47 miles in length.
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         Item #: B0583
TITLE: Short Bike Rides in Eastern Massachusetts
Author(s): Howard Stone
Pages: 400 5" x 7" pages, 70 maps, 26 photos
Price: $ 14.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 11.96
      Presents 76 tours in the Boston area, including the North & South Shores, and other suburbs.
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         Item #: B0144
TITLE: Short Bike Rides in Eastern Pennsylvania
Author(s): William Simpson
Pages: 192 5" x 7" pages, 38 maps, 38 photos
Price: $ 10.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 8.76
      38 tours ranging from 6 to 47 miles throughout the eastern half of Pennsylvania.
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         Item #: B0147
TITLE: Short Bike Rides in New Jersey
Author(s): Robert Santelli
Pages: 192 5" x 7" pages, 30 maps, 30 photos
Price: $ 12.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 10.36
      Contains 30 bike rides which cover the best of New Jersey's landscape.
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         Item #: B0148
TITLE: Short Bike Rides in Rhode Island
Author(s): Howard Stone
Pages: 240 5" x 7" pages, 42 maps, 25 photos
Price: $ 11.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 9.56
      Contains 42 rides. Most have a short (average 15 miles) & a long (25 to 30 miles) option.
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         Item #: B1781
TITLE: Short Bike Rides in Vermont
Author(s): Sandy Duling
Pages: 224 5" x 7" pages, 38 photos, 39 maps
Price: $ 11.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 9.56
     
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         Item #: B1808
TITLE: Short Bike Rides in Western Massachusetts
Author(s): Howard Stone
Pages: 240 5" x 7" pages, 44 maps, 10 photos
Price: $ 12.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 10.36
      This guide features 42 tours in the central & western Massachusetts, including 6 through the beautiful Berkshire mountains.
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         Item #: B0145
TITLE: Short Bike Rides New York City
Author(s): Phil & Wendy Harrington
Pages: 192 5" x 7" pages, 30 maps, 30 photos
Price: $ 11.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 9.56
      Contains 30 tours, covering New York's five boroughs and Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, & Orange counties. They vary in length from 5 to 35 miles.
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         Item #: B0151
TITLE: Short Bike Rides on Cape Cod, Nantucket, & the Vineyard
Author(s): Edwin Mullen & Jane Griffith
Pages: 160 5" x 7" pages, 20 photos, 37 maps
Price: $ 10.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 8.76
      34 rides, 7 to 27 miles in length, cover each section of the Cape & the islands on routes away from heavy traffic. Includes a list of bike rental places.
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         Item #: B0146
TITLE: Short Bike Rides on Long Island
Author(s): Phil Angelillo
Pages: 176 5" x 7" pages, 34 maps, 24 photos
Price: $ 12.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 10.36
      25 meticulously detailed routes take you past grand estates & commercial fishing fleets.
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         Item #: B2405
TITLE: Take Your Bike! Family Rides in the Finger Lakes & Genesee Valley Region
Pages: 232 5.5" x 8.5" pages, 39 maps, 34 photos, 11 illustrations
Price: $ 16.95
      The 40 trails include paved bike paths, converted railroad beds, canal towpaths, and woods trails, all legal for bicycling throughout central and western New York State. Each of the trails is mapped and rated for difficulty, type of terrain, and described by length and estimated time required.
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         Item #: B2404
TITLE: Take Your Bike! Family Rides in the Rochester (NY) Area
Pages: 216 5.5" x 8.5" pages, 29 maps, 34 photos
Price: $ 18.95
      The 30 trails include paved bike paths, converted railroad beds, canal towpaths, and woods trails, all legal for bicycling in Monroe and surrounding counties. Each of the trails is mapped and rated for difficulty, type of terrain, and described by length and estimated time required.
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         Item #: B1073
TITLE: The Vermont Outdoor Adventure Guide
Author(s): Flip Brown
Pages: 218 6" x 9" pages, photos, charts
Price: $ 14.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 11.96
      Covers 34 different activities (Archery to Windsurfing) in Vermont. Features excellent information on outdoor-related businesses, organizations, events, equipments suppliers, and additional books & videos.
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         Item #: B0099
TITLE: Touring New England by Bicycle
Author(s): Pete Powers
Pages: 174 pages, 3.25 x 6.5
Price: $ 10.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 8.76
      Features 40 rides in Vermont, Maine, & the Cape Islands. The unique Terragraphics maps give a 3D view of the landscape.
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         Item #: B0097
TITLE: Touring the Pennsylvania Countryside by Bicycle
Author(s): Powers
Pages: 174 pages, 3.25 x 6.5
Price: $ 12.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 10.36
      34 routes show you the best of cycling in southeastern Pennsylvania & western New Jersey. The unique 3D Terragraphics maps portray the nature of the landscape.
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