Disclaimer: These route maps include a combination of quiet trails, back roads, and in some cases very busy highways. This is not an easy route and anyone biking these routes, and using these maps, does so at their own risk. The September 11 National Memorial Trail alliance, and the various organizations and units of government responsible for each segment of the route, bear no responsibility for injuries incurred.
Day | From / To | Map | Distance | Elevation | Points of Interest | Comments |
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1 |
Pentagon → Lockhouse #28
(#28 is just past Point of Rocks) |
RideWithGPS | 52.2 mi | 661 ft |
National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial
C&O Towpath Mile 0 Great Falls, MD White's Ferry |
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2 |
Lockhouse #28 → Lockhouse #49
(#49 is past Williamsport) |
RideWithGPS | 60.6 mi | 1,004 ft |
Brunswick, MD
Harper's Ferry, WV Sharpsburg, MD Williamsport, MD |
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3 | Lockhouse #49 → Cumberland, MD | RideWithGPS | 75.9 mi | 1,140 ft |
Hancock, MD
Little Orleans, MD OldTown, MD Cumberland, MD |
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4 | Cumberland, MD → Berlin, PA | RideWithGPS | 44.9 mi | 3,278 ft |
Frostburg, MD
Mason-Dixon Line Eastern Continental Divide Meyersdale, PA Garrett, PA |
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5 | Berlin, PA → Johnstown, PA | RideWithGPS | 43.9 mi | 2,474 ft |
Flight 93 Memorial
Lincoln Cafe Johnstown Inclined Plane Johnstown Flood Museum |
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6 | Johnstown, PA → Hollidaysburg, PA | RideWithGPS | 39.7 mi | 2,072 ft |
Staple Bend Trail
Path of the Flood Trail Allegheny Portage Railroad & Incline Trail 6 to 10 Trail Portage Railroad Museum Cassandra Overlook |
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7 | Hollidaysburg, PA → Huntingdon, PA | RideWithGPS | 36.4 mi | 1,187 ft |
Canal Basin Park
Lower Trail Pulpit Rocks |
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8 | Huntingdon, PA → Mifflintown, PA | RideWithGPS | 55.3 mi | 2,712 ft |
1,000 Steps
Mt Union, PA Lewistown, PA |
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9 | Mifflintown, PA → Harrisburg, PA | RideWithGPS | 55.9 mi | 2,621 ft |
state gamelands passthrough
Rockville Bridge |
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10 | Harrisburg, PA → Reading, PA | RideWithGPS | 66.8 mi | 2,141 ft |
Three Mile Island
Mt Gretna, PA |
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11 | Reading, PA → Jim Thorpe, PA | RideWithGPS | 78.2 mi | 3,646 ft |
Hamburg, PA
Pottsville, PA |
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12 | Jim Thorpe, PA → Easton, PA | RideWithGPS | 47.7 mi | 1,059 ft |
Delaware & Lehigh Trail
Bethlehem, PA SteelStacks Easton, PA Crayola Factory confluence of Delaware & Lehigh Rivers |
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13 | Easton, PA → Andover, NJ | RideWithGPS | 61.7 mi | 3,366 ft |
Tatamy
Delaware Water Gap Portland / Columbia Bridge |
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14 | Andover, NJ → Morristown, NJ | RideWithGPS | 40.9 mi | 2,685 ft |
Waterloo Village
Jockey Hollow Morristown September 11 Memorial |
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15 | Morristown, NJ → Liberty State Park | RideWithGPS | 39.6 mi | 1,471 ft |
Eagle Rock
Liberty State Park Empty Sky Memorial World Trade Center 9/11 Memorial O'Hara's |
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16 | Newark, NJ → Princeton Junction, NJ | RideWithGPS | 67.0 mi | 1,182 ft |
Rahway River Park
Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park |
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17 | Princeton Junction, NJ → Doylestown, PA | RideWithGPS | 42.8 mi | 1,043 ft |
Washington Crossing
Delaware Canal Towpath New Hope, PA |
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18 | Doylestown, PA → Wayne, PA | RideWithGPS | 26.1 mi | 1,125 ft |
Norristown Farm Park
Schuylkill River Trail Valley Forge |
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19 | Wayne, PA → Philadelphia, PA | RideWithGPS | 21.2 mi | 485 ft |
Conshohocken Brewery
Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia 9/11 Memorial |
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20 | Philadelphia, PA → Newark, DE | RideWithGPS | 59.6 mi | 1,962 ft |
Bartram's Garden
John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge Wilmington, DE New Castle, DE Newark, DE |
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21 |
Newark, DE → Perryville, MD
(then MARC from Perryville to Baltimore) |
RideWithGPS | 24.0 mi | 924 ft |
Charlestown, MD
Perryville, MD |
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22 | Baltimore, MD → Annapolis, MD | RideWithGPS | 31.1 mi | 1,092 ft |
Handlebar Cafe
Inner Harbor Baltimore & Annapolis Trail Maryland World War II Memorial Annapolis City Dock |
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23 | Annapolis, MD → Pentagon | RideWithGPS | 42.8 mi | 1,464 ft |
WB & A Trail
Easternmost Boundary Stone, DC REI-NoMa National Mall National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial |
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Total | 1,114.3 mi | 40,794 ft |
Wayne Clark