GART OVERVIEW

TED'S GREAT AMERICAN RAILS TO TRAIL RIDE

SUMMARY

Entire GART Route

Ted’s Great American Rails to Trails adventure (see railstotrails.org)

Interactive map (RailToTrails) (RideWithGPS)

La Push, Washington to Washington DC

June 5, 1988, to TBD 12, 20TBD – TBD years, TBD months and TBD days

Here is a link to the entire route I am mostly following from ridewithgps.com (The trail is only about 55% done, this route tries to fill in the blanks as well as use the existing parts of the route)

Journey Summary: (TBD – Not done yet, estimates final total, biked, ground and boat miles)
3905.6 miles – Total miles
3885.6 miles (99.5%) – Miles – logged on a Bicycle
0 miles (0 %) – Miles – estimated ground transportation (based on mapped miles, GPS recordings and google maps)
20 miles (0.5 %) – Miles – estimated on a boat (based on mapped miles, GPS recordings and google maps)

Percent Complete = 46% (1789 miles)

To
From

Year

Bike Miles (BK)
Ground Miles (GD)
Boat Miles (BT)

Leg Map/ Book

La Push, Washington
Port Angeles, Washington

TBD

BK = ~80 (per Google bike route)
GD = 0
BT = 0

Go Bike ride icon/ Logo

Port Angeles, Washington to Sequim, Washington

June 19, 2020

BK = 19.6
GD = 0
BT = 0

Sequim, Washington to Discovery Bay, Washington

December 28, 2020
I drove to Discovery Bay. Then I cycled to Sequim and then back to Discovery Bay.

 

BK = 18.7
GD = 0
BT = 0

Discovery Bay, Washington to Bremerton, Washington

October 29-30, 2020

BK = 43
GD = 0
BT = 0

Bremerton, Washington to Seattle, Washington 

August 7, 1988

BK = 5
GD = 0
BT = ~20

Seattle, Washington to Missoula, Montana

August 6-14, 2024 

BK = 689.4
GD = 0
BT = 0

Missoula, Montana to TBD Jackson Hole or Norris Geyser Basin, Wyoming

June 5-13, 1988

BK = 623.3
GD = 0
BT = 0

Norris Gyser Basin, Wyoming to Omaha, Nebraska

August 25, 2025

BK = 975.4
GD = 0
BT = 0

Omaha, Nebraska to Chicago, Illinois

TBD

BK = ~532 (per Google bike route)
GD = 0
BT = 0

Chicago, Illinois to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

TBD

BK = ~509 (per Google bike route)
GD = 0
BT = 0

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Washington, DC

May 8-15, 2025

BK = 390.2
GD = 0
BT = 0