2012 Bike Tour of West Virginia
June
9-19
This unsupported bicycle tour of
West Virginia begins on June 9, 2012 at Spready Oak on US 1 east of Conowingo,
MD. Overnights will be in Westminster, MD, Hancock, MD, Frostburg, MD, Parsons,
WV, Buckhannon, WV, Edray (Marlinton), WV, Seneca
Rocks, WV, Shanks, WV, Breezewood, PA, and Hanover, PA. Some of the points of
interest on the tour are: The Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) Bicycle Trail from
Cumberland to Frostburg; The rapids of the Tygart River; the newly paved
Williams River Road – a fishing paradise; Seneca Rocks; the Cass Scenic
Railway; the National Radio Observatory; and the abandoned Pennsylvania
Turnpike with its tunnels beneath Rays Hill and Sidling Hill.
