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. https://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 Calais Waterfront Walkway, Calais, ME 04619, USA |
 | The Longest Continuous Off-Road Section of the East Coast Greenway |
| The Longest Section of the Sunrise Trail Along Route 1 |
| Ellsworth |
| The West Side Trail in Yarmouth The West Side Trail in Yarmouth |
| Another access point where the Sunrise Trail crosses 1a |
 | Where it All Begins - The East Coast Greenway Calais ME |
| Accessing the Sunrise Trail in East Machias & Machias Machias ME |
| When Webster's Dictionary is looking to define "Quaint"....Columbia Falls, ME Columbia Falls ME |
| The Quiet side of Acadia National Park Winter Harbor ME |
| Where the Eastern Trail for Bikes adopts Route One Biddeford ME |
 | Key West Key West, FL 33040, USA |
Calais, a walking start on a flat trail
Calais Waterfront Walkway, Calais, ME 04619, USA
Calais, Maine is the Northern terminus of the East Coast Greenway, an ambitious 30-year-old initiative to provide a continuous bicycle route
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.
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?
Ellsworth
Ellsworth – the Western terminus of the Sunrise Trail, just behind the LL Bean Outlet on Route 1.
The West Side Trail in Yarmouth
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. https://www.mainetrailfinder.com/trails/trail/west-side-trail
Another access point where the Sunrise Trail crosses 1a
Where it All Begins - The East Coast Greenway
Calais ME
Accessing the Sunrise Trail in East Machias & Machias
Machias ME
When Webster's Dictionary is looking to define "Quaint"....Columbia Falls, ME
Columbia Falls ME
The Quiet side of Acadia National Park
Winter Harbor ME
Where the Eastern Trail for Bikes adopts Route One
Biddeford ME
Key West
Key West, FL 33040, USA
Peter Evans ME Calais Feb 11, 2021 Off The Path Trips
Feb 11, 2021
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