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Crickey, there are a lot of ways to map your bike route! This list focuses on freely available versions. I’ve caught a lot of them, but I’m sure there are more. If you notice that I missed your favorite free bike route mapping tool, drop it in the comments!

There are plenty of places that’ll sell you a bike map, but I’m mainly interested in maps that are offered for free. And, amazingly, these aren’t all variations on (the excellent) Google Maps. This list is broken into two sections, with only the vaguest notions of organization. The first section are resources that are more global in nature. The second section are more location-specific maps.

• ByCycle Good planner, might be dying. Could use help.
• TopoRoute standard G-map overlay
• Veloroutes G-maps, but with user-created routes
• Bikelypopular option…G-maps with user created routes
• RouteSlip some social options, with training log, etc
• G-Map Pedometer basic G-map, with GPX output option
• Klimb not web-based, but multi-platform interactive map builder
• Pedaling.com lots of options for finding routes…some work
• Bikemap.de based on G-maps with user routes
• MapMyRide lotsa routes, weird interface
• BikeRadar routes and then some
• Trail Central offroad trails in several states
• MapItPronto heavy GPS and training focus
• Microsoft Mapcruncher lotta routes, but don’t try this with the Safari browser!
• Cyclist Nexus free membership req’d
• Cool Tools post several long distance North American maps

Regional or city maps

• Portland Online (Portland, OR)
• Bicycle Transportation Alliance (various Oregon maps as PDFs)
• Portland Online (Portland to the beach)
• Seattle.gov (Seattle, WA)
• Metro King County (King County, Washington)
• BBTC (offroad in Washington)
• Some Geocities page (more Washington offroad)
• Amarpai (San Francisco)
• Bicycling 511 (Bay Area)
• Bikemapper (Bay Area)
• VTA.org (Santa Clara County)
• LA Bikepaths (Los Angeles)
• BikeMetro (Los Angeles)
• Mike Bentley (Illinois)
• Wisconsin.gov (Wisconsin)
• Ride Boldly (Twin Cities)
• St Paul.gov (St. Paul (scroll down))
• Ohio.gov (Ohio)
• The Right Ride (Boston)
• Austin Bike Routes (Austin, TX)
• Delaware.gov (Delaware)
• RecTeck (NYC)
• NYC Bike Maps (NYC)
• NYC.gov (NYC (pdf))
• City of Chicago (Chicago)
• Andrei Scheinkman (Chicago)
• NJ Bike Map (New Jersey)
• WashCycle (Washington, DC)
• Atlanta Bike (Atlanta)
• Squamish Mountain Bike (Squamish, BC)
• CycleMaps.net (England)
• Journey Planner (London)
• Route Planner (Dutch)
• BB Bike (Berlin)
• Critical Map (Italy)
• Virtual Bike (Australia)
• BikePaths (Victoria and NSW, Australia)
• BV.com.au (Victoria, Australia)
• Go For Your Life (Melbourne, Australia)
• VeloTourism (uh, Russia?)

If you’re in the U.S. and considering a really long roadtrip, or you think printed maps are more reliable than free online maps, or your money is burning a hole in your pocket, take a look at Adventure Cycling Associations collection of maps. They’ll probably satisfy your itch.

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