Adventure Cycling Association

Adventure Cycling has partnered with Ride with GPS to offer riders a new and enhanced way to navigate Adventure Cycling routes on a platform many of our members already use for their bike travel. An increasing number of people want to use digital means to navigate, and Ride with GPS offers tools that cyclists want, like audio turn cues and the ability to download GPX files for use on bike computers like Garmin and Wahoo. This partnership is a key strategic initiative to making Adventure Cycling routes more accessible to more people, some of whom may first hear about Adventure Cycling Association through Ride with GPS.

As part of our soft launch, riders can purchase three Adventure Cycling digital routes and guides to use in Ride with GPS: TransAmerica Trail, Arkansas High Country Route, and Southern Tier Route. In a few months, we’ll have all our routes on the platform, and you can ride the most curated routes in the U.S. with a first-rate planning and navigation tool. All digital routes can be purchased through our online Cyclosource Store.

Adventure Cycling Routes will be available as Ride with GPS Experiences, with detailed service listings including bike shops, restaurants, and cyclist-friendly hostels and campgrounds. Detailed guides describe route conditions, provide historical information, climate, and link to route updates from other cyclists, in addition to the turn-by-turn audio cues for in-app navigation. Every purchased Adventure Cycling Digital Route in Ride with GPS Experiences will all be available offline, 100% usable with your phone in airplane mode.

While it is possible to use our route Experiences without a paid Ride with GPS account, having an account allows cyclists to save their own routes. Adventure Cycling members receive a 20% discount when activating a new premium yearly subscription to Ride With GPS. Existing Ride with GPS Premium subscribers will receive an ongoing 10% discount. See your Member Discounts for details.

Once we have all our Digital Routes available through Ride with GPS Experiences in early 2025, we will no longer sell GPX Data in our store. This partnership will allow us to focus on what we do best: mapping routes, rather than putting our resources and attention of updating, maintaining, and providing customer service for an app.

With the support of our members, we’ve mapped over 50,000 miles of our Adventure Cycling Route Network, created a growing collection of Short Routes, and advocated for the expansion of U.S. Bicycle Route System. Our Short Routes and the USBRS routes are already available free on Ride with GPS. Your donation to Adventure Cycling Association is an investment in more routes across the U.S., increasing the opportunity for adventure for everyone.