Unveiled in 2017, the newest Adventure Cycling Association Route takes people from Chicago to New York City right through the heart of Dayton and the Miami Valley utilizing the Wolf Creek Trail, Great Miami River Trail, Mad River Trail, and Creekside Trail. Cyclists could also choose to take advantage of the Great Miami Riverway Alternate to explore more of the Miami Valley.

The Chicago to New York City Bicycle Route (1160.3 miles) includes a main route and the Philadelphia Alternate (1172.9) which includes the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP).

The CNYC can be combined with Bicycle Route 66 for riders who wish to continue to or start on the west coast.

USBR 50 was officially designated in Ohio in 2014 with signage installed across the state in 2017. This designated route is one more link in an east to west national bicycle route. In Ohio the route travels 313 miles from near Richmond, Indiana to Steubenville, Ohio utilizing both shared use paved trail and on road infrastructure.

USBR 50 will eventually run from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. and generally follows Adventure Cycling’s Chicago to New York City Bicycle Route (CNYC).

The route travels through the Miami Valley primarily on the Miami Valley Trails including the Great Miami River Trail, Mad River Trail, and Creekside Trail.

See route across Ohio

Dayton region is home to a portion of the North Country Trail—a 4,600-mile National Scenic Trail, the longest in the United States—and the 1,444-mile Buckeye Trail, the nation’s longest circular trail. The BT/NCT share the same path for more than 800 miles, including the miles that run through Taylorsville, Island, Deeds Point, Eastwood and Huffman MetroParks.

These long distance trails are co-aligned through the Dayton area as they are through much of Ohio, locally following the Mad River and Great Miami River paved trails. The trails are marked by 2×6 inch blue blazes along the route.