Northern Tier - Itinerary - Including Rest



Anacortes Washington to Bar Harbor Maine


This is a rough attempt at an overall itinerary. It’s tough to plan rest days with accuracy. What is shown here is a best guess. It’s safe to say that about every seven days some rest will be needed. My experience on my last two trans-continental tours has been when resting, two days is reasonable, but more could be required depending on overall health and fitness. I’m not as young as I used to be. I was 65 years old on my first trans-con, 68 on my second, now I’m a bit older at 72. All three tours are on different routes. This tour will complete the trans-continental trifecta. Since I haven’t done this route before, it basically comes down to a guess…


Washington

Ride Day Date Start End Miles Daily Miles
1 6/1 Anacortes Sedro Woolley 25 —
1 6/1 Sedro Woolley Marblemount 41 66
2 6/2 Marblemount Mazama 74 74
3 6/3 Mazama Twisp 25 —
3 6/3 Twisp Okanogan 39 64
4 6/4 Okanogan Tonasket 28 —
4 6/4 Tonasket Republic 39 67
5 6/5 Republic Kettle Falls 41 41
6 6/6 Kettle Falls Ione 46 46
7 6/7 Ione Newport 49 49
8 6/8 Newport WA Sandpoint ID 29 29
— 6/9 **Rest** **Rest** — —
— 6/10 **Rest** **Rest** — —

Idaho

Ride Day Date Start End Miles Daily Miles
9 6/11 Sandpoint Clark Fort 28 28
10 6/12 Clark Fort ID Troy MT 61 61

Montana

Ride Day Date Start End Miles Daily Miles
11 6/13 Troy Libby 20 20
12 6/14 Libby Eureka 76 76
13 6/15 Eureka Olney 36 —
13 6/15 Olney Whitefish 21 57
— 6/16 **Rest** **Rest** — —
— 6/17 **Rest** **Rest** — —
14 6/18 Whitefish Apgar 20 —
14 6/18 Apgar Essex 26 46
15 6/19 Essex East Glacier 28 28
16 6/20 East Glacier Browning 12 —
16 6/20 Browning Cut Bank 26 38
17 6/21 Cut Bank Shelby 38 38
— 6/22 **Rest** **Rest** — —
— 6/23 **Rest** **Rest** — —
18 6/24 Shelby Inverness 71 71
19 6/25 Inverness Havre 74 74
20 6/26 Havre Chinook 25 25
21 6/27 Chinook Fort Belknap 30 30
— 6/28 **Rest** **Rest** — —
22 6/29 Fort Belknap Dodson 29 29
23 6/30 Dodson Malta 22 —
23 6/30 Malta Saco 28 50
24 7/1 Saco Glasgow 56 56
25 7/2 Glasgow Frazer 40 40
26 7/3 Frazer Wolf Point 24 24
— 7/4 **Rest** **Rest** — —
27 7/5 Wolf Point VIda 29 29
28 7/6 VIda Circle 43 43
29 7/7 Circle Glendive 63 63
30 7/8 Glendive Wibaux 41 41
31 7/9 Wibaux MT Medora ND 52 52
— 7/10 **Rest** **Rest** — —

North Dakota

Ride Day Date Start End Miles Daily Miles
32 7/11 Medora Dickinson 47 47
33 7/12 Dickinson Hebron 40 —
33 7/12 Hebron Glen Ullin 15 55
34 7/13 Glen Ullin Bismark 64 64
35 7/14 Bismark Moffit 32 —
35 7/14 Moffit Hazelton 14 46
— 7/15 **Rest** **Rest** — —
— 7/16 **Rest** **Rest** — —
36 7/17 Hazelton Napoleon 35 35
37 7/18 Napoleon Gackle 41 41
38 7/19 Gackle Litchville 58 58
39 7/20 Litchville Enderlin 36 —
39 7/20 Enderlin Kindred 32 68
40 7/21 Kindred Fargo 30 30
— 7/22 **Rest** **Rest** — —
— 7/23 **Rest** **Rest** — —

Minnesota

Ride Day Date Start End Miles Daily Miles
41 7/24 Fargo ND Hitterdal MN 32 —
41 7/24 Hatterdal Richwood 25 57
42 7/25 Richwood Two Inlets 36 —
42 7/25 Two Inlets Lake Itasca 23 59
43 7/26 Lake Itasca Bemidji 38 38
44 7/27 Bemidji Walker 32 —
44 7/27 Walker Hackensack 13 45
— 7/28 **Rest** **Rest** — —
— 7/29 **Rest** **Rest** — —
45 7/30 Hackensack Backus 8 —
45 7/30 Backus Pine River 10 —
45 7/30 Pine River Peguot Lakes 10 —
45 7/30 Peguot Lakes Nisswa 6 —
45 7/30 Nisswa Merrifield 7 41
46 7/31 Merrifield Fort Ripley 31 —
46 7/31 Fort Ripley Little Falls 17 —
46 7/31 Little Falls Bowlus 14 62
47 8/1 Bowlus Morrill 31 —
47 8/1 Morrill Milaca 25 56
48 8/2 Milaca Dalbo 19 —
48 8/2 Dalbo Harris 28 47
— 8/3 **Rest** **Rest** — —
— 8/4 **Rest** **Rest** — —

Wisconsin

Ride Day Date Start End Miles Daily Miles
49 8/5 Harris Osceola WI 40 40
50 8/6 Osceola Stillwater 33 —
50 8/6 Stillwater Minnespolix 29 62
51 8/7 Minnespolix Hager City 78 78
52 8/8 Hager City Maiden Rock 14 —
52 8/8 Maiden Rock Alma 32 46
— 8/9 **Rest** **Rest** — —
53 8/10 Alma Trempealeau 37 —
53 8/10 Trempealeau La Crosse 27 64
54 8/11 La Crosse Lansing IA 36 36

Iowa

Ride Day Date Start End Miles Daily Miles
55 8/12 Lansing Elkader 43 43
56 8/13 Elkader Dyersville 42 —
56 8/13 Dyersville Cascade 20 62
57 8/14 Cascade Muscatine 74 74
— 8/15 **Rest** **Rest** — —

Illinois

Ride Day Date Start End Miles Daily Miles
58 8/16 Muscatine Cambridge 54 54
56 8/17 Cambridge Henry 57 57
57 8/18 Henry Wenona 22 —
57 8/18 Wenona Odell 35 57
58 8/19 Odell Rensselaer IN 84 84
— 8/20 **Rest** **Rest** — —
— 8/21 **Rest** **Rest** — —

Indiana

Ride Day Date Start End Miles Daily Miles
59 8/22 Rensselaer Buffalo 28 —
59 8/22 Buffalo Denver 45 73
60 8/23 Denver Monroeville 77 77
61 8/24 Monroeville Defiance (OH) 45 45
— 8/25 **Rest** **Rest** — —

Ohio

Ride Day Date Start End Miles Daily Miles
62 8/26 Defiance Bowling Green 46 46
63 8/27 Bowling Green Fremont 38 38
64 8/28 Fremont Huron 46 46
65 8/29 Huron Cleveland 50 50
— 8/30 **Rest** **Rest** — —
— 8/31 **Rest** **Rest** — —
66 9/1 Cleveland Painesville 33 —
66 9/1 Painesville Conneaut 47 80
67 9/2 Conneaut OH Erie PA 33 —
67 9/2 Erie PA Westfield NY 31 64
— 9/3 **Rest** **Rest** — —

Note: I’m hoping to take in a Guardians game in Cleveland.


New York

Ride Day Date Start End Miles Daily Miles
68 9/4 Westfield Dunkirk 19 —
68 9/4 Dunkirk Orchard Park 46 65
69 9/5 Orchard Park Buffalo 12 —
69 9/5 Buffalo Lockport 31 —
69 9/5 Lockport Albion 28 71
70 9/6 Albion Rochester 34 34
70 9/7 Rochester Wolcott 63 63
— 9/8 **Rest** **Rest** — —
— 9/9 **Rest** **Rest** — —
71 9/10 Wolcott Pulaski 54 54
72 9/11 Pulaski Osceola 27 —
72 9/11 Osceola Boonville 24 51
73 9/12 Boonville Long Lake 75 75
74 9/13 Long Lake Toconderoga 60 60
— 9/14 **Rest** **Rest** — —
— 9/15 **Rest** **Rest** — —

Vermont and New Hampshire

Ride Day Date Start End Miles Daily Miles
75 9/16 Toconderoga NY Sharoo VT 71 71
76 9/17 Sharoo Haverhill NH 35 35
77 9/18 Haverhill NH Conway NH 76 76
— 9/19 **Rest** **Rest** — —

Maine

Ride Day Date Start End Miles Daily Miles
78 9/20 Conway NH Lewiston ME 65 65
79 9/21 Lewiston Brunswick 23 —
79 9/21 Brunswick Waldoboro 42 65
80 9/22 Waldoboro Rockport 20 —
80 9/22 Rockport Bucksport 39 59
81 9/23 Bucksport Bar Harbor 42 42

SUMMARY

Ride Days Rest Days Start Date End Date Miles / Avg Elev/ A vg
81 30 6/1 9/20 4,517 / 55 191,000 / 2,500

Averages are per/day.


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