Adirondack Biking

Cycling in the Adirondacks

Whether you are looking for easy gravel riding or road cycling, we've got mileage for you to cover.

Adirondack Rail Trail

Slated to be finished in its entirety Fall 2025, the Adirondack Rail Trail is a multi-use trail that stretches for 34 miles across some of the most scenic portions of the Adirondack Park. Connecting Tupper Lake with communities like Saranac Lake and Lake Placid, you can plan an entire fall trip around biking this well-graded trail. Whether you're hiking or biking it, use this corridor to visit viewpoints, local eateries, and other local businesses foun along the trail.

Road Cycling

Here, there are almost limitless cycling opportunities, and Tupper Lake is at the crossroads of it all. The village is located at the intersection of the Adirondack (NYS Route 3) and Olympic (NYS Route 30) Scenic Byways. Enjoy everything from multi-day loops to relaxing scenic rides along the region's lakes and rivers. Explore these rides with Ride with GPS!

A screenshot of a map with cycling routes highlighted in red.

Ride with Gratitude 

We invite you to take the Ride with Gratitude pledge and live out the principles that help make our trails accessible and here for good. 

1. Respect this gift

Riding trails on public or private lands is a gift, not a right. That hiker we just passed? She might own the land we’re riding on. With every ride, let’s remember to be grateful for the landowners and others who make it possible.

2. Protect nature

Enjoy nature, don’t ruin it. Keep on the trails. Erosion is our single highest impact when we’re out riding. Skidding causes erosion. Cutting corners can cut off access. Riding muddy trails messes it up for everyone. If we see animals, don’t bother them, remember them. Pick up trash, pack it out, carpool here and back.

3. Care for others 

We share the trails with others, and they have the same rights and responsibilities as each of us. If someone needs help, we help. If someone needs encouragement, we share our enthusiasm. And if it’s going to make the situation better, we dismount. Be nice, yield to others, and give a smile.

4. Be the example

We know our limits, and we ride within them. Beyond the ride, let’s park where we’re supposed to keep the tunes to a dull roar, and leave the IPAs for après somewhere else. Reckless behavior? A simple, polite call out will do.

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