When you don’t have time to go on a big overseas trip you can still perfect your travel skills when planning out an enjoyable bike ride. It’s a bit of an adventure as trail maps are more vague than street maps.
Like that section of Cedar Lake Pkwy as it slides up next to Hwy 394. I’m not convinced that it is a straight easy shot into downtown. But it might be. The Midtown Greenway is an old rail bed and that one I know is all paved and free from road crossings.
The thing you don’t get off of maps like this is the elevation changes. A general sense of the mileage is helpful in deciding how far a treck you want to tackle. But the energy exertion is significantly impacted by hills and valleys.
There are several extra benefits to biking: the views, the variety of terrain and the exercise of course!
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