Bicycling the Northern Tier
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Washington
- The Beginning - Anacortes
- Day 1 - Anacortes to Rockport
- Day 2 - Rockport to Winthrop (Detour)
- Day 3 - Winthrop to Omak
- Day 4 - Omak to Republic
- Day 5 - Republic to Kettle Falls
- Day 6 - Kettle Falls to Ione
- Day 7 - Ione to Newport
- Day 8 - Newport to Sandpoint, ID
Idaho
Montana
- Day 12 - Troy to Libby
- Day 13 - Libby to Rocky Gulch
- Day 14 - Rocky Gulch to Eureka
- Day 15 - Eureka to Whitefish
- Day 16 - Whitefish (Rest Day)
- Day 17 - Whitefish to Devil’s Creek
- Day 18 - Devil’s Creek to Cut Bank
- Day 19 - Cut Bank to Lake Shel-Oole
- Day 20 - Lake Shel-Oole to Joplin
- Day 21 - Joplin to Havre
- Day 22 - Havre (Rest Day)
- Day 23 - Havre to Malta
- Day 24 - Malta to Glasgow
- Day 25 - Glasgow to Wolf Point
- Day 26 - Wolf Point (Rest Day)
- Day 26 - Wolf Point (Supplemental)
- Day 27 - Wolf Point to Circle
- Day 28 - Circle to Glendive
- Day 29 - Glendive to Wibaux
- Day 30 - Wilbaux to Medora ND
North Dakota
- Day 31 - Medora to Dickinson
- Day 32 - Dickinson (Rest Day)
- Day 33 - Dickinson to Glen Ullin
- Day 34 - Glen Ullin to Bismark
- Day 35 - Bismark (Rest Day)
- Day 36 - Bismark (Rest Day)
- Day 37 - Bismark to Hazelton
- Day 38 - Hazelton to Gackle
- Day 39 - Gackle to Enderlin
- Day 40 - Enderlin to Fargo
- Day 41 - Fargo to Barnsville, MN
Minnesota
- Day 42 - Barnsville to Fergus Falls
- Day 43 - Fergus Falls to Osakis
- Day 44 - Osakis to Saint Cloud
- Day 45 - Saint Cloud (Rest Day)
- Day 46 - Saint Cloud to Plymouth
- Day 47 - Plymouth (Rest Day)
- Day 48 - Plymouth to Fairbault
- Day 49 - Fairbault (Rest Day)
- Day 50 - Fairbault (Rest Day)
- Day 50 - Fairbault (Supplemental)
- Day 51 - Fairbault to Rochester
- Day 52 - Rochester to Winona
- Day 53 - Winona to La Crosse, WI
Wisconsin
Iowa
- Day 55 - Marquette to Elkader IA
- Day 56 - Elkader to Cascade
- Day 57 - Cascade to Muscatine
- Day 58 - Muscatine (Rest Day)
- Day 59 - Muscatine to Bradford IL
Illinois
- Day 60 - Bradford to Odell:
- Day 61 - Odell to Iroquois
- Day 62 - Iroquois (Rest Day)
- Day 63 - Iroquois to Rensselaer, IN
Indiana
- Day 64 - Rensselaer to Fletcher Lake
- Day 65 - Fletcher Lake to Salomonie River
- Day 66 - Salomonie River to Monroeville
- Day 67 - Monroeville (Rest Day)
- Day 68 - Monroeville to Napoleon, OH
Ohio
- Day 69 - Napoleon to Grand Rapids
- Day 70 - Grand Rapids to Bowling Green
- Day 71 - Bowling Green to Fremont
- Day 72 - Fremont to Huron
- Day 73 - Huron to Cleveland
- Day 74 - Cleveland (Rest Day)
- Day 75 - Cleveland (Rest Day)
- Day 76 - Cleveland to Painesville, PA
Pennsylvania
New York
- Day 79 - Dunkirk to Buffalo
- Day 80 - Amherst (Rest Day)
- Day 81 - Amherst to Erie Canal Trail
- Day 82 - Erie Canal Trail
- Day 83 - Erie Canal Trail
- Day 84 - Erie Canal Trail
- Day 85 - Amsterdam to Champlain Valley Trail
- Day 86 - Champlain Valley Trail
- Day 87 - Ticonderoga (Rest Day)
- Day 88 - Ticonderoga to Rochester, VT
Vermont
New Hampshire
- Day 90 - South Royalton to Orford
- Day 91 - Orford to Lincoln
- Day 92 - Lincoln (Rest Day)
- Day 93 - Lincoln to Conway
- Day 94 - Conway to Naples, ME
Maine
- Day 95 - Naples to Brunswick
- Day 96 - Brunswick (Rest Day)
- Day 97 - Brunswick to Waldoboro
- Day 98 - Waldoboro to Rockland
- Day 99 - Rockland to Searsport
- Day 100 - Searsport to Trenton
- Day 101 - Trenton to Bar Harbor
- Final Entry - Bar Harbor
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