Northern Tier - Itinerary - Including Rest

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:38:26 -0700

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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