Bicycle Route Navigator

3.8
227 reviews
10K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

The Bicycle Route Navigator app features over 54,000 miles of awe-inspiring, well-established bicycle routes and 100+ maps to choose from. You can purchase the route sections you need from within the app. No subscriptions or complex file conversions are necessary — just download the app, purchase a route section, and start riding with confidence.

PLAN YOUR PERFECT BICYCLE ADVENTURE

If you are craving a long distance 4,200-mile cross-country bicycle route like the TransAmerica Bicycle Trail or a shorter 256-mile mostly gravel adventure along a portion of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, this is the app for you. Travel confidently with at-your-fingertips cycling-specific info like elevation profiles, distance, riding conditions, location of bike shops, sources for food, and listings of overnight accommodations including camping facilities, small hotels, and cyclists-only lodging.

REAL-TIME WIND AND WEATHER

The app includes wind and weather data along the routes and severe weather warnings that include thunderstorm, flood, and fire information.

GPS NAVIGATION

Follow the highlighted path on the map to your destination. The map moves as you ride so you always know where you are and where you're going.

PROVIDE FEEDBACK

Is a restaurant closed or has the location of a motel changed? Has an existing service ramped up their amenities to be especially accommodating to bike travelers? Submit this feedback directly in the app so that it can be entered into ACA's database system ASAP and other cyclists can start reaping the benefits!

TAP TO CALL

One tap to call ahead for a campsite, check lodging availability or connect with a nearby bike shop. Use embedded OpenStreetMap search for even more services.

NO CELL COVERAGE? NO PROBLEM

Download the basemap to your device so it’s available offline without a cell signal.

PLAN YOUR OWN UNIQUE AND AUTHENTIC ADVENTURE

Detailed route descriptions and service layers reveal all the beauty you’ll encounter along the way. You can plan each day to include various excursions and scenic stops such as waterfalls, hot springs, lakes, or local art museums.

BEST LONG AND SHORT-DISTANCE BICYCLE ROUTES AVAILABLE

Adventure Cycling develops the best cross-country, loop, coastal, and inland cycling routes available. This app serves as an excellent companion to our paper maps. The Adventure Cycling Route Network features rural and low-traffic established bicycling routes through some of the most scenic and historically significant terrain in North America. Adventure Cycling’s Routes & Mapping department is constantly working on research and development of new routes as well as the maintenance of the over 54,000 miles of existing routes.
Updated on
5 Oct 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, App activity and App info and performance
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.8
213 reviews
A Google user
18 March 2019
This app is not good for planning a ride. The map has no scale displayed so there is no way to visually judge distances. The interface to find the distance between 2 spots on route is clunky, and for loop routes only works in one direction (e.g. 2 spots 40 miles apart in the non-preferred direction on a 300 mile loop are listed as 260 miles apart). There should be a way to specify direction of travel. No information on how a route is typically broken up over different days is provided. I can't even find the total route length in the app for a purchased route (have to go back to the route catalog to find that). I plan to do the Texas Hill Country Loop and gave up using this app to plan the ride (too frustrating, especially on a phone screen). I tried loading the app on my Chromebook to have a larger screen, but could not get it to work. I ended up ordering the paper map. I'm hoping the app will be useful for following the route, but for ride planning it blows chunks.
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Adventure Cycling Association
18 March 2019
Thanks for providing feedback on the app. It will help us to improve the app over time. Can you let me know the two locations that you are having issues with when using the distance/elevation profile tool? In my tests, I am able to measure in either direction. Also, were you able to install the app on your Chromebook and then ran into issues?
A Google user
6 January 2019
I'm planning on biking a part of the Southern Tier route and can't seem to get this app to work on my phone. When I press the position button in the upper right hand corner it does not take me to my current position. Also how do you use this for navigating while riding? Do you keep the blue dot on the bike route? Why not introduce turn by turn navigation as well as allow for trip planning by breaking the route down for distances you want to travel each day? I'm planning on riding from Deridder, LA to Baton Rouge, LA and can't seem to figure out how far that is if I follow this route. How do I use this app to plan how many days it will take me based on distance and elevation data? The only thing I can figure out is to manually enter the route into Google Maps then to share that to my phone. Why can't that be automated from the app?
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Adventure Cycling Association
7 January 2019
Make sure that you have enabled GPS location on your device and it should move the map to your current location. Instructions for determining distance along the route is available in the "Using this app" option in the main menu. This section includes instructions on how to use all the features of the app.
A Google user
6 November 2019
It's a nice idea, but the execution is not so good. The idea is to allow the rider to download segments of purchased maps. Unfortunately, current technology has outstripped the static map format. I would suggest that Adventure cycling consider integrating their map with Google Maps. Perhaps they could work collaboratively with Google Maps and the makers of the Transit app with the goal of making a fully integrated, real time map for those who choose to travel as cyclists/strap-hangers.
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What's new

Three routes are now available via Ride with GPS: TransAm, Southern Tier, and Arkansas High Country. Information is on the Using this App page.