{"id":532,"date":"2011-09-27T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2011\/09\/27\/bike-maps\/"},"modified":"2013-01-05T20:48:01","modified_gmt":"2013-01-05T20:48:01","slug":"bike-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2011\/09\/27\/bike-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Bike Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-islhBRTzVuw\/TmeHSB2Vk9I\/AAAAAAAAAi4\/mH7B6n9S-SU\/s1600\/IMG_2706.JPG\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"263\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-islhBRTzVuw\/TmeHSB2Vk9I\/AAAAAAAAAi4\/mH7B6n9S-SU\/s320\/IMG_2706.JPG\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: \"Arial\",\"sans-serif\"; font-size: 11pt;\">Are you ready to try biking to work or school but you&#8217;re unsure of a decent route?\u00a0 Are you interested in finding new bike trails to explore?\u00a0 Maybe you want to explore a particular part of the state by bike but you&#8217;re not familiar with the area.<\/span> <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: \"Arial\",\"sans-serif\"; font-size: 11pt;\">There&#8217;s a good chance that there&#8217;s a bike map out there that can assist you with planning your routes and adventures.\u00a0 Many of our cities and counties have produced bike maps that show routes commonly used by bicyclists.\u00a0 They can help you find low-traffic streets, streets with bike lanes or shoulders, and local bike trails.\u00a0 There&#8217;s even a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsdot.wa.gov\/bike\/statemap.htm\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\">state bike map<\/b><\/a> produced by WSDOT.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: \"Arial\",\"sans-serif\"; font-size: 11pt;\">Do you live in Vancouver and work in Portland?\u00a0 You&#8217;re in luck!\u00a0 The City of Vancouver has a bike map that includes bike routes in Portland.\u00a0 You can request a hard copy of the bike map or view it online.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofvancouver.us\/bike.asp?menuid=10466&#038;submenuID=23027&#038;itemID=43556\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\">Check here<\/b><\/a> for details.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: \"Arial\",\"sans-serif\"; font-size: 11pt;\">Maybe you&#8217;re a freshman at Western Washington University and you brought your bike to campus but you&#8217;re not familiar with Bellingham area.\u00a0 No worries.\u00a0 Just get your hands on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatcomsmarttrips.org\/pdf\/CityBikeMap.pdf\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\">Bellingham<\/b><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatcomsmarttrips.org\/pdf\/CountyBikeMap.pdf\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\">Whatcom County<\/b><\/a> bike maps.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: \"Arial\",\"sans-serif\"; font-size: 11pt;\">Are you itching to explore the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parks.wa.gov\/parks\/?selectedpark=Iron%20Horse&#038;subject=all\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\">John WayneTrail<\/b><\/a> or the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olympicdiscoverytrail.com\/\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\">Olympic Discovery Trail<\/b><\/a>?\u00a0 Maybe you&#8217;d like to spend time touring the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/ODOT\/HWY\/BIKEPED\/docs\/ColumbiaGorgeBikeMap.pdf?ga=t\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\">Columbia River Gorge<\/b><\/a> or the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wallawalla.org\/biking.cfm\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\">Walla Walla<\/b><\/a> wine country.\u00a0 There are maps to assist you with route finding.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: \"Arial\",\"sans-serif\"; font-size: 11pt;\">A section of the Bicycle Alliance website is dedicated to bike maps.\u00a0 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