Biketrip Planner Great Allegheny Passage
550 km cycle route.
550km
8-13days
easyDifficulty
2,554 mClimbing
yesE-bike friendly
The route at a glance
The Great Allegheny Passage, or GAP, is a car-free trail of about 150 miles (around 241 km) linking Cumberland, Maryland, with Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It runs through historic railroad tunnels, over viaducts and old railway bridges, through deep forest and along the Youghiogheny River. Grades are gentle, and information boards along the way explain the local nature and history. You stop overnight in towns such as Ohiopyle, Connellsville and McKeesport, often in bed and breakfasts, before rolling into Pittsburgh.
Example stages
A suggestion with overnight stops in towns along the way. Adjust it to your pace in the planner.
- Pittsburgh → West Newton326 m up · approx. 4:12 h56 km
- West Newton → Dunbar Township249 m up · approx. 3:14 h43 km
- Dunbar Township → Lower Turkeyfoot Township663 m up · approx. 4:56 h49 km
- Lower Turkeyfoot Township → Frostburg489 m up · approx. 5:55 h77 km
- Frostburg → Oldtown130 m up · approx. 3:27 h54 km
- Oldtown → Hancock235 m up · approx. 4:35 h68 km
- Hancock → Williamsport74 m up · approx. 2:33 h42 km
- Williamsport → Brunswick191 m up · approx. 4:39 h72 km
- Brunswick → Washington209 m up · approx. 5:36 h88 km
Ø 61 km per day550 km · 2,566 Hm