Bike Tourism
Cycle Oregon Connections
We launched our Community of Giving membership program by saying this, “2021 begins the journey of developing a more comprehensive and impactful Cycle Oregon.” We’ve been at work on a number of new efforts in addition to our events that will benefit Oregon communities and we are excited to share one here – Connections.
Cycle Oregon Connections was developed to highlight the diversity of Oregon through inclusive history and experiences as shared by local communities. We understand how close to a community you can get by bike and through Connections we introduce and elevate a range of rural voices who share the lesser known, and often lesser told, histories and heritages of where they call home. There is no better way, in our opinion, to experience and understand the where and why of a community than by bicycle.
Our first Connections feature includes routes for road and gravel from 1.5 miles to 40+ miles that will take riders through the communities of Wallowa, Enterprise, Lostine, and Joseph, Oregon. In partnership with the Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center and the Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland, Connections reveals the early history of Black and Indigenous people in Eastern Oregon and elevates rural voices that have often gone unheard. Connections includes a guide to Travel Oregon’s Bike Friendly Businesses along with a focus on Women & BIPOC owned local businesses on Connections routes. Click here to view Connections – Wallowa County
Oregon Scenic Bikeways
Scenic Bikeway routes are some of the best bike rides in Oregon. They showcase beautiful scenery, state history and local communities. They run past state parks on paved paths and roads, cross mountain passes and high desert plains, and meander through lush farmlands and covered bridges over sparkling streams. The Oregon Scenic Bikeway program is the first of its kind in the country, with official state-designated routes, printable maps and on-road signage.
Thanks to our friends at Oregon State Parks who manage the Scenic Bikeway program. View the entire map here and browse by difficulty below.
Ride With GPS Ambassadors
Riders the world over post and share their treasured routes to this easy-to-use platform that also happens to be an Oregon-based business. We are proud to be a Ride With GPS Ambassador (with an additional Area Ambassador designation) and offer a selection of our favorite rides across the state. Our most recent is the C2C, (Corvallis to the Sea), a 60-mile route from the Willamette Valley to the Pacific Ocean. Few experiences capture the magic and beauty of Oregon’s Coast Range like riding the C2C, check it out and make plans for 2022!