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 → Spring Gap103 m up · approx. 2:44 h43 km
- Spring Gap → Little Orleans152 m up · approx. 3:28 h53 km
- Little Orleans → Clear Spring137 m up · approx. 3:27 h54 km
- Clear Spring → Sharpsburg140 m up · approx. 3:18 h51 km
- Sharpsburg → Brunswick96 m up · approx. 2:17 h35 km
- Brunswick → Travilah114 m up · approx. 3:40 h59 km
- Travilah → Washington95 m up · approx. 1:56 h29 km
Ø 50 km per day550 km · 2,564 Hm