All digital routes can be purchased through our Cyclosource Shop.

Once a digital route is purchased through the Shop, customers will receive two automated emails: 1) a receipt/confirmation for their purchase, and 2) a link to the digital route in Ride with GPS.

This link will take customers to a Ride with GPS page, with instructions on how to access the route(s) that were purchased. First, the instructions will have you download the Ride with GPS mobile app for free via the iTunes App Store or Google Play Store.

Then tap Open Shortcut.

Enter your individual key code or scan the QR to the right. You’ll be prompted to download the Digital Route Experience. Tap Download to begin.

Our Digital Routes products aim to replicate the features of our printed map products while adding the navigation features of Ride with GPS.

When you purchase a digital route to use in the Ride with GPS Experience platform, you get a lot more than just a route. Here’s what you can expect:

• Detailed Route Information: This includes turn-by-turn directions to keep you on track.
• Curated Services: You’ll find a list of services (POI’s, or points of interest) along the route, such as campgrounds, water sources, bike shops, restaurants, and other bike-friendly amenities.
• Field Note Guides: Featuring Adventure Cycling guides, you’ll get insights into history, geography, flora and fauna, and climate information of the route.
• Links to Resources: Access websites and resources with route updates from other cyclists.

Ride with GPS Experiences include more than turn-by-turn information, 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. Purchased experiences include turn-by-turn audio cues for in-app navigation.

Our 50,000-mile route network has been created and curated by cartographers and cyclists over the last 50 years. Every route began as an idea with in-house development followed by on-the-ground research. We are committed to maintaining and growing this high-quality route network. Maintaining and creating new routes requires a dedicated staff of trained cartographers to review these routes and services regularly. When we become aware of changing infrastructure, road conditions and natural events, we do our best to develop reroutes and detours, sharing them with our community of cyclists to assist them on their adventures. We not only do our own research but rely on our community to alert us to service closures, route issues – positive and negative – so we can implement them.

The information you get with a Digital Route or paper map product from Adventure Cycling is more than just a route line. It’s cyclist-specific point-of-interest and service information. It’s a guide to the history, geography, flora and fauna, and climate information of the route. It’s detailed turn-by-turn directions. Our staff maintain the best routes so you can ride confidently and have a fantastic experience. We appreciate your support of the Adventure Cycling Route Network.

Using Ride with GPS provides a richer planning and navigational experience thanks to the inclusions mentioned above.

However, yes, you can use your purchase in a different app or Garmin by downloading GPX file from Ride with GPS after your purchase.

GPX files are compatible with a variety of devices like Garmin, Wahoo, Stages, and Bryton.

You can use the routes in your device with turn-by-turn directions but not the other features. To enjoy all the features, including the Guides, you must use the app.

To export individual route GPX files from the Ride with GPS app after you have accessed your Digital Route in the Ride with GPS Experiences platform, follow the steps outlined on the Ride with GPS help site here.

1. When viewing a route, tap the three dots in the upper right
2. Choose Export GPX

Information on using the mobile app is available on the Ride with GPS help site here.

While a Ride with GPS account is required, you can use your product with a free Ride with GPS account for the full product experience.

Yes. The instructions you’ll receive after your Digital Route purchase will have you download the Ride with GPS app so that you can use all the features of the product. You can download the Ride with GPS mobile app for free via the iTunes App Store or Google Play Store.

Digital Routes in Ride with GPS include more than just the route line in a GPX file. They come with detailed guides and curated lists of services, making your ride more enjoyable and informative.

Once you purchase a digital route through the Adventure Cycling Shop, it’s yours to keep. There is no expiration.

Digital Routes are only available for purchase via our Cyclosource Shop to be used in the Ride with GPS app. They are not available as .zip files or other formats. You can export a GPX file of the purchased route from the Ride with GPS app to use in other apps or devices like a Garmin.

Customers can access these links via their My Adventure Cycling Account by logging in and clicking on the access code. If you don’t have an account or haven’t used your My Adventure Cycling Account since March 1, 2024, please create an account by clicking the Sign In button at the top of this page.

If you have questions on how to purchase a digital route, please contact Adventure Cycling: cartography@adventurecycling.org or 406-721-1776.

If you have questions on how to use your Digital Route in Ride with GPS, please check the Ride with GPS support page.

If you’re new to Ride with GPS, please check out the following resources:

• Account info
• Mobile App info
• Manage settings
• Battery saving tips

You can’t import your own GPX file into the Ride with GPS Experience platform. These experiences are a package of associated guides and routes. However, you upload GPX files to your Ride with GPS and use them in your account; it simply won’t have all the features that a purchased Adventure Cycling Digital Route used in Ride with GPS offers. You can also use Ride with GPS to create your own routes independently of a purchased Digital Route.

Yes, if you export it out of the Ride with GPS Experience and into your regular Ride with GPS account.

1. Export GPX
2. Import GPX file into your RWGPS account
3. Edit in Ride with GPS. Please note this is only possible on the web, not in the app. Or use another GPX editing application.
4. Things to note:
   1. Purchased Experiences include in-app audio cues.

Yes, you can use your digital route in Ride with GPS out of cell service or offline. Check out the Ride with GPS support page for more details.

If you notice a difference in elevation gain between the Ride with GPS preview and your actual route, it’s because our routes are generalized to protect proprietary information. Always refer to the detailed route information page (find route information page in side navigation) before purchasing an Experience.

Adventure Cycling is best equipped to provide detailed route information and planning resources. There are numerous companies who are better equipped to provide and maintain navigational technologies. Their expertise in delivering our information on their platforms informed our decision to discontinue the use of the Bicycle Route Navigator Application. Route files will no longer be available on this platform.

If you recently purchased a route in Bicycle Route Navigator, please contact us at cartography@adventurecycling.org for assistance.

Data files may be modified for personal, non-commercial use only. When used on route planning and mapping sites such as, but not limited to, Ride with GPS, Komoot, MapMyRide.com and Google Maps, routes should be tagged as Private. Adventure Cycling Association expressly forbids the distribution of these data files as is or modified without permission.

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