

Bike Tripping off Route One in Maine
These are some of the big opportunities to get out from behind the wheel, hang on to your handlebars, put on your helmet and get some needed exercise after a long road trip. Seeing the country by bike is great for several reasons; you’re not spending for gas or adding to greenhouse emissions, you take in so much more at a slower speed, without being enveloped in your car. You can smell what’s going on, too. I find that connecting to people is much easier, too. “Where did you ride from?” is usually what I get asked right up front. People know you’ve had a much more interesting experience having ridden your bike than having driven a car. They’re inquisitive because you’re different. I mean yikes! Just look at those bike shorts, right? Most of these trails allow you to get away from vehicular traffic, sometimes into some wild and beautiful areas. Most of the trails in this Trip are part of, or connected to the East Coast Greenway, a 30 year old initiative to connect the entire eastern seaboard by bike trail. www.greenway.org/ There’s also US Bicycle Route 1, overseen by AASHTO, the American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials, which makes things pretty confusing. For this trip, I’ll try to point out the connections to the Greenway and leave Bicycle Route 1 for another day.
Itinerary

![]() | Calais, a walking start on a flat trail |
![]() | Where it All Begins - The East Coast Greenway |
![]() | The Longest Continuous Off-Road Section of the East Coast Greenway |
![]() | Accessing the Sunrise Trail in East Machias & Machias |
![]() | Another access point where the Sunrise Trail crosses 1a |
![]() | When Webster's Dictionary is looking to define "Quaint"....Columbia Falls, ME |
![]() | The Longest Section of the Sunrise Trail Along Route 1 |
![]() | The Quiet side of Acadia National Park |
![]() | Ellsworth |
![]() | The West Side Trail in Yarmouth |
![]() | Where the Eastern Trail for Bikes adopts Route One |
![]() | Key West |

Calais, a walking start on a flat trail
Calais, Maine is the Northern terminus of the East Coast Greenway, an ambitious 30-year-old initiative to provide a continuous bicycle route
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Where it All Begins - The East Coast Greenway
Where it All Begins - The East Coast Greenway See this View on the map 
The Longest Continuous Off-Road Section of the East Coast Greenway
Perry, Maine is the Northeast terminus of the Sunrise Trail, a 87-mile multi-use rail-to-trail route that is the longest continuous off-road section of the East Coast Greenway.
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Accessing the Sunrise Trail in East Machias & Machias
Accessing the Sunrise Trail in East Machias & Machias See this View on the map 
Another access point where the Sunrise Trail crosses 1a
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When Webster's Dictionary is looking to define "Quaint"....Columbia Falls, ME
When Webster's Dictionary is looking to define "Quaint".... See this View on the map 
The Longest Section of the Sunrise Trail Along Route 1
Harrington to Cherryfield has the longest section of the Sunrise Trail running directly along Route 1. Don’t forget to stop for blueberries when they’re in season, since Cherryfield is the self-proclaimed “wild blueberry capital of the world”, but doesn’t that name make their claim just a bit confusing?
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The Quiet side of Acadia National Park
The Quiet side of Acadia National Park See this View on the map 
Ellsworth
Ellsworth – the Western terminus of the Sunrise Trail, just behind the LL Bean Outlet on Route 1.
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The West Side Trail in Yarmouth
For those looking for some single track off-road dirt on their Route 1 biking adventure, you may want to try the 8.2 mile West Side Trail in Yarmouth. It has a bit of an urban flavor, since it follows I-295 for while, but it has enough in the way of hills to keep the riding interesting. www.mainetrailfinder.com/trails/trail/west-side-trail
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Where the Eastern Trail for Bikes adopts Route One
Where the Eastern Trail for Bikes adopts Route One See this View on the map 
Key West
See this stop on the map Peter Evans Feb 11, 2021 Off The Path Trips
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