User error?
I’m confused. This app is a great way to research trails, but does not have a navigation feature once you’re at the trail you want to ride? I’m an unlimited user, and downloaded the map. I’m using the TrailLink app on an iPhone. For example, I’m trying to decide what portion of the Oak Leaf Trail we want to ride today. So far this week we’ve done the Capital City, the Elroy-Sparta, and the Ozaukee, all of which have a matching map in the AllTrails app that I used for navigation. The Oak Leaf only has small portions in All Trails. Please advise.
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Better than we expected
Gorgeous with interesting historical component with commentary about Lewis and Clark journey. Close to shore and pounding waves yet accessible to a commercial area if you want to buy lunch. Some sharp blind curves with tall salt grasses that hide oncoming bikes and peds. Ideal for moderately paced, low stress rides.
We parked at Beard’s Hollow trailhead and accidentally started over the wooden bridge and up the dirt path. Steep and slippery. Ideal for MTB but not our gravel bikes. When we came back to the parking lot we chose the asphalt trail which featured a relatively flat asphalt surface through the tall grasses and pines. After riding to the end of the trail (Lewis & Clark carved tree) we rode back through Beards Hollow parking lot and cycled up to the North Head lighthouse. Great spin through a dense forest. Well designed and maintained trail.
If we lived here, we’d do this trail ALOT.
We parked at Beard’s Hollow trailhead and accidentally started over the wooden bridge and up the dirt path. Steep and slippery. Ideal for MTB but not our gravel bikes. When we came back to the parking lot we chose the asphalt trail which featured a relatively flat asphalt surface through the tall grasses and pines. After riding to the end of the trail (Lewis & Clark carved tree) we rode back through Beards Hollow parking lot and cycled up to the North Head lighthouse. Great spin through a dense forest. Well designed and maintained trail.
If we lived here, we’d do this trail ALOT.
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Great collection of trails in one place
The app has lots of potential but comes with a few annoyances. I have not purchased the yearly subscription so some of these issues may be resolved if you do so. 1) the search feature isn’t very helpful. Even if you type in the name of the trail that trail won’t be the first one in the list that pops up. 2) the app doesn’t alway show you the icons for parking and trail heads etc. oddly, if you login to the website version the icons will display. As it stands now the website is actually more helpful than the app.
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Mileage
As depicted - just a comment regarding the mileage stated in the description/when you click on the map of the trail. This is 22 miles one way, from Shore Drive to General Booth Blvd. And I can’t agree more with the comment about being careful at the intersection with VB Blvd. I’ve written the city to find out why there is no crosswalk whatsoever. There is one if you cross over to the west side of Great Neck Rd, go down VB Blvd a short way and cross over at a stop light there, then head east again to London Bridge Rd heading south. The problem with that is then you have to cross over London Bridge Rd again to get back on the multi-use path!
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Always beautiful.
I rode this trail once again, 8/6/21, and it did not disappoint.
Since I rode it last, from Rupert to Granville, it has been resurfaced with crushed rock. It is consistent, and allows for a wider pathway than the former surface, two narrow ruts between a center gas’s strip.
I wouldn’t recommend a skinny tire bike, but my hybrid with wider tires was a comfortable ride.
The diverse scenery- swamp with birds and cattails, pastures with cut hay, old factories slowly settling into oblivion, lots of running water next to the trail - always captivates me. I find this southern portion of the D&H is a very special, quiet, remote place. Always beautiful, whatever the season.
Since I rode it last, from Rupert to Granville, it has been resurfaced with crushed rock. It is consistent, and allows for a wider pathway than the former surface, two narrow ruts between a center gas’s strip.
I wouldn’t recommend a skinny tire bike, but my hybrid with wider tires was a comfortable ride.
The diverse scenery- swamp with birds and cattails, pastures with cut hay, old factories slowly settling into oblivion, lots of running water next to the trail - always captivates me. I find this southern portion of the D&H is a very special, quiet, remote place. Always beautiful, whatever the season.
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So helpful! motivating and inspiring!
Great for finding local trails - but also for planning biking options while traveling! Plus fun for dreaming/planning for a future ride of the Great American Rail Trail. Inspiring to see all the wonderful and beautiful trails to tackle in my future! The one upgrade I’d love would be of the trail icons for the trails to be included in the Great American Rail Trail has a different colored icon so it would be easier to pick them out when scrolling around the country.
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Awesome ride
I recently moved here from Long Island. I take my bike to Poughkeepsie and ride across the bridge. It’s on a slight upward angle as you’re driving across but on the return it’s very fast and you’re coasting a lot of the ride. There are water fountains and small areas where you can sit and have picnics if you like. It’s a very easy ride, and the views are spectacular. Whenever I have family or guest visiting I usually take them there to see the beautiful Hudson Valley from above. I highly recommend it if you’re not from the Hudson in Valley area. 🚴♀️
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A worthy cause
This nonprofit is one of the best. You get to see all of that money go into these beautiful Broadway is that they put in to make bicyclist safe. As an avid cyclist who has almost been hit by cars hundreds of times and successfully twice, this is very important to our community. And not just a cyclist back to Walker’s, skate boarders, hikers and who ever else wants to use the trail. So please find it in your heart to donate to this Conservancy group.
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Trout Run Trail
Stayed in Decorah Iowa on way home to Missouri. The town is very quaint with restaurants and breweries nearby. The trail is a 11 mile loop and we enjoyed it a lot. We went both ways on the trail for extra miles and enjoyed the change of direction Countryside scenery for the most part although there is a couple miles that went by businesses and rock quarry but the trail is still well worth it. Very hilly in sections but we were on our ebikes in first assist gear and it was easy. Would have been a little challenging but doable for me on my road bike. We stayed at Hotel Winneshiek which is an old historic place and found it very nice. Stopped at Toppling Goliath Brewery for a beer and snack. Pretty cool place with big selection. Ate dinner at La Rana Bistro, also excellent. All in all a good day
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Cross Island & Terrapin Beach Park was amazing
Found this gem on Trail Link! We parked at Terrapin Beach Park and took the cross island trail. It was so serene, flat, and smooth! I’ve only been biking for a few days so I would highly recommend this for other beginners as well. We were not able to do the full trail (we wanted to reserve some energy for the beach) so we turned around near the end. We rode 9.38miles round trip then we headed to the beach by bike. It was so easy to social distance on the trail and on the beach. Everything was beautiful and calming.
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