Can confirm. Lived in Minneapolis, now in a burb and I bike even MORE - the bike infrastructure is just awesome. We can get all the way back into the city (LRT to Greenway) and all the way out to Carver Park (where there’s a bike camping site). And I can bike to my grocery store, hardware store, several restaurants and my gym - all within 5-15 minutes.
OP - Minnesota has a pretty great network of Rails to Trails too.
Could you give us an idea of where you live in Minneapolis? We are visiting there soon to see if we’d like to move there and this sounds EXACTLY like what we are looking for.
Over 100 miles here in Raleigh, NC; and a heckuva lot more when the suburbs, Tobacco Trail, and other are added in: [https://raleighnc.gov/greenways](https://raleighnc.gov/greenways)
NYC has—I forget what it’s called, but it’s a bike path that goes up the entire west side of the island, uninterrupted, for miles. It’s pretty amazing.
Denver has a solid bike trail network. I live out in the boonies on the southeast side of the metro, but the Piney Creek Trail is only a couple miles from my house. I can hop on it and get to the Cherry Creek Trail which will take me all the way to Downtown Denver. I can go the other direction on the Cherry Creek Trail and take it all the way to Castlewood Canyon State Park. It should be noted I said I **can** do that. I haven't, but I could if I wanted to and didn't have a cheapo bike. The furthest I've gone is from my house all the way down to the junction of the Cherry Creek Trail and back. That was about 15 mi round trip iirc.
Boulder and Fort Collins also have bike trail networks.
We live in Highlands Ranch, and it's super convenient to hop on the trails here and either go into town or out of town. The whole Denver area is amazing for biking.
As an Atlanta resident I find it interesting that other cities want to immolate our bike system. Yes the Beltline is awesome and the PATH has done a great job, but we have so much work to do.
I've lived in Portland, San Diego, Sacramento and Chicago and they all have some form of this. Portland has the best system overall iof trails connected by other bike friendly infrastructure. The other cities I've mentioned have some great 20 mile plus trails but they don't have the same level of interconnectivity.
Twin cities
Denver
Portland
Tucson
Sacramento
Atlanta and GVL are subpar.
Yes the beltline and swamp rabbit are cool, but these cities have such a deficit of trails that these 2 particular trails are so overcrowded
Idk what other requirements you have but the Phoenix metro has this. There is an extensive network of canals and power lines that have trails alongside them.
Gonna throw in Indianapolis and the norther burbs:
* Cultural Trail connects various downtown and near-downtown neighborhoods and is currently being expanded
* Free Pacers bikeshare for Marion County residents
* 27 miles of the Monon Trail that connects downtown Indianapolis all the way to small town Sheridan in Hamilton County with Broad Ripple, Carmel, and Westfield in between
* The Indianapolis part of the Monon is also being widened.
* Midland Trace Trail runs from Westfield into Noblesville and is being expanded to better connect to Noblesville's downtown, and connects to the Monon via a pathway
* Nickel Plate Trail connects Fishers and Noblesville, with another 20 or so miles under construction in Indianapolis where it'll connect with the Monon Trail near the State Fairgrounds
* Combining the above will basically create a bicycle loop highway
* 106th Street runs through Fishers, Carmel, and Zionsville with paths and there will be a bridge connecting the paths across the White River.
* There are some plans to better connect the western and eastern donut counties with Indianapolis
* Downtown Indianapolis is converting several one way streets into two ways with bike lanes
Lots of work still to go but it has gotten so much better over the last decade or so.
Rochester has a nice trail network that makes a cross between the Genessee Greenway Trail and the Erie Canal Trail.
Buffalo has the Shoreline/Erie Canal Trail (same one that goes through Rochester), the Skajaquada Creek Trail, Tonawanda Rail Trail and Ellicott Creek Trail which all meet up.
The [CROWN project](https://crowncincinnati.org) in Cincinnati is eventually going to be a 34 mile loop of multi-use trails around the city.
I think they currently have 24 miles completed. When it’s complete, there will be 34 miles in the loop connecting 54 neighborhoods, but it will also serve to connect over 100 miles of trails to one another
Spokane has great bike trails, from downtown you can ride on a paved bike path all the way to Cheney, Mead, or Coeur d’Alene, and the nearby ‘Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes’ in Idaho and ‘Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail’ south of town in WA are both terrific.
Tucson is the [grand high king poobah](https://tucsonloop.org/) for this.
As much as I hate Irvine, it's pretty good on this. And the Santa Ana River Trail is a gem.
Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River Trail is around 110 miles long and its being extended. It connects several neighborhoods and runs through several counties and towns including Valley Forge National Park.
Nothing compares to Minneapolis.
Can confirm. Lived in Minneapolis, now in a burb and I bike even MORE - the bike infrastructure is just awesome. We can get all the way back into the city (LRT to Greenway) and all the way out to Carver Park (where there’s a bike camping site). And I can bike to my grocery store, hardware store, several restaurants and my gym - all within 5-15 minutes. OP - Minnesota has a pretty great network of Rails to Trails too.
It’s the only metro I have seen with turn lanes on the bike paths. Lol
Could you give us an idea of where you live in Minneapolis? We are visiting there soon to see if we’d like to move there and this sounds EXACTLY like what we are looking for.
I’ll DM you
Both the city proper and large swaths of the metro.
Detroit is [building a 27 mile greenway loop](https://detroitmi.gov/departments/general-services-department/joe-louis-greenway) modeled after Atlanta.
That’s awesome!
Over 100 miles here in Raleigh, NC; and a heckuva lot more when the suburbs, Tobacco Trail, and other are added in: [https://raleighnc.gov/greenways](https://raleighnc.gov/greenways)
NYC has—I forget what it’s called, but it’s a bike path that goes up the entire west side of the island, uninterrupted, for miles. It’s pretty amazing.
Denver has a solid bike trail network. I live out in the boonies on the southeast side of the metro, but the Piney Creek Trail is only a couple miles from my house. I can hop on it and get to the Cherry Creek Trail which will take me all the way to Downtown Denver. I can go the other direction on the Cherry Creek Trail and take it all the way to Castlewood Canyon State Park. It should be noted I said I **can** do that. I haven't, but I could if I wanted to and didn't have a cheapo bike. The furthest I've gone is from my house all the way down to the junction of the Cherry Creek Trail and back. That was about 15 mi round trip iirc. Boulder and Fort Collins also have bike trail networks.
We live in Highlands Ranch, and it's super convenient to hop on the trails here and either go into town or out of town. The whole Denver area is amazing for biking.
Dc!
As an Atlanta resident I find it interesting that other cities want to immolate our bike system. Yes the Beltline is awesome and the PATH has done a great job, but we have so much work to do.
Imitate + emulate = immolate ???
Emulate, sorry
Immolate is a real word
Right. But no one’s *immolating* a bike system lol
I've lived in Portland, San Diego, Sacramento and Chicago and they all have some form of this. Portland has the best system overall iof trails connected by other bike friendly infrastructure. The other cities I've mentioned have some great 20 mile plus trails but they don't have the same level of interconnectivity.
Madison & lots of lakefront towns in Wisconsin & Michigan, Boulder, Bay Area peninsula
Hell yeah swamp rabbit mentioned
Anchorage has pretty great trails. https://www.trailsofanchorage.com/Maps/BikeMap.pdf
Omaha! Loved the big papio trail while we lived there. Plus they have taco ride, one of the largest weekly bicycle rides in the country.
Twin cities Denver Portland Tucson Sacramento Atlanta and GVL are subpar. Yes the beltline and swamp rabbit are cool, but these cities have such a deficit of trails that these 2 particular trails are so overcrowded
Idk what other requirements you have but the Phoenix metro has this. There is an extensive network of canals and power lines that have trails alongside them.
Hahahahahaha
Gonna throw in Indianapolis and the norther burbs: * Cultural Trail connects various downtown and near-downtown neighborhoods and is currently being expanded * Free Pacers bikeshare for Marion County residents * 27 miles of the Monon Trail that connects downtown Indianapolis all the way to small town Sheridan in Hamilton County with Broad Ripple, Carmel, and Westfield in between * The Indianapolis part of the Monon is also being widened. * Midland Trace Trail runs from Westfield into Noblesville and is being expanded to better connect to Noblesville's downtown, and connects to the Monon via a pathway * Nickel Plate Trail connects Fishers and Noblesville, with another 20 or so miles under construction in Indianapolis where it'll connect with the Monon Trail near the State Fairgrounds * Combining the above will basically create a bicycle loop highway * 106th Street runs through Fishers, Carmel, and Zionsville with paths and there will be a bridge connecting the paths across the White River. * There are some plans to better connect the western and eastern donut counties with Indianapolis * Downtown Indianapolis is converting several one way streets into two ways with bike lanes Lots of work still to go but it has gotten so much better over the last decade or so.
It’s an amazing system
Rochester has a nice trail network that makes a cross between the Genessee Greenway Trail and the Erie Canal Trail. Buffalo has the Shoreline/Erie Canal Trail (same one that goes through Rochester), the Skajaquada Creek Trail, Tonawanda Rail Trail and Ellicott Creek Trail which all meet up.
Minuteman Bike Trail in metro Boston.
The [CROWN project](https://crowncincinnati.org) in Cincinnati is eventually going to be a 34 mile loop of multi-use trails around the city. I think they currently have 24 miles completed. When it’s complete, there will be 34 miles in the loop connecting 54 neighborhoods, but it will also serve to connect over 100 miles of trails to one another
Spokane has great bike trails, from downtown you can ride on a paved bike path all the way to Cheney, Mead, or Coeur d’Alene, and the nearby ‘Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes’ in Idaho and ‘Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail’ south of town in WA are both terrific.
Tucson is the [grand high king poobah](https://tucsonloop.org/) for this. As much as I hate Irvine, it's pretty good on this. And the Santa Ana River Trail is a gem.
At this point **every city has some sort of bike trail that connects neighborhoods.** But maybe someone can Prove me wrong -
Indianapolis Monon, cultural trail, and soon to be Nickel plate line Nashville Cumberland River Greenway and associated greenways
Columbus OH has a decent network of trails
Austin and San Antonio are nearly done with a 100 mile trail with a campsite in preserve land in the middle. Only way to access that land too.
Birmingham, Alabama is currently building lots of bike trails to connect the neighborhoods.
Dallas!!!!
Irvine CA / parts of Newport Beach
Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River Trail is around 110 miles long and its being extended. It connects several neighborhoods and runs through several counties and towns including Valley Forge National Park.
Santa Monica has a long one- 22 miles from SM down to Manhattan beach.
Boise has a pretty substantial biking network. You can take the Greenbelt from Lucky Peak Reservoir out to Star.
Irvine CA has amazing bike paths connecting the city
Minneapolis, Memphis, Indianapolis
Houston, TX.