ITHACA BICYCLE MAP BIKESuggestions RIDE Visitors Centers Bike-Friendly Events Other Local Biking Resources Finger Lakes Cycling Club What’s the best way to travel and enjoy your time in Bicycle Rentals East Shore Visitors Center Cue sheets for these suggested routes (800)284-8422 Ithaca and Tompkins County? By bike, of course! Check Contact the Visitors Center for information. and more available online at FLCycling.org 904 E. Shore Dr., Ithaca out all of these events around town that are bike-friendly and get ready for a fun filled ride around some of the city’s Cornell Bicycle and Pedestrian Website Our flagship visitors center is best music events, food festivals, fundraisers, and more! www.bike.cornell.edu, and the bike map is at your one-stop source for travel For complete event information, head to transportation.fs.cornell.edu/file/Bike_map_web-10.pdf information, activities, and events http://www.VisitIthaca.com Two Gorges in Ithaca, Tompkins County, the Bombers Bikes (Ithaca College) Finger Lakes Region and Spring www.ithaca.edu/orgs/bbikes Start: Taughannock State Park surrounding New York State. The self-service lobby, open Mileage: 28 miles Ithaca-Tompkins County 24/7, is stocked with maps and key information on accom- Streets Alive - StreetsAliveIthaca.com Way2Go www. www.ccetompkins.org/community/way2go Transportation Council modations, attractions and activities. Open year-round, Ithaca Festival - http://www.IthacaFestival.org Description: Moderate 121 East Court Street 6-7 days per week. Hours vary by season. Mountain Bike Information Summer This ride connects two of the outdoor jewels of our area Ithaca, New York 14850 Shindagin Hollow State Forest Phone: (607) 274-5570 Downtown Visitors Center –– Taughannock Falls State Park and Robert H. Treman (607) 273-7482 http://www1.dec.state.ny.us/lands/64136.html Fax: (607) 274-5578 Ithaca Farmers Market - www.ithacamarket.com Hammond Hill State Forest: State Park. (A third state park, Buttermilk Falls, is also tompkins-co.org/itctc Local Farmers Markets - http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/8204.html very much worth visiting). Each of the parks deserves a Located on the Ithaca Commons, the downtown visitors ccetompkins.org/agriculture/buy-local/ center specializes in shopping, dining, activity and event http://www. separate visit, and you may want to spend time at either farmers-markets Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival - Ithaca / Tompkins County information for the city and surrounding area. Open year- or both as part of this ride. Provided here, though, is just Convention & Visitors Bureau http://www.GrassrootsFest.org Cayuga Lake Triathlon - round, 7 days per week. Hours vary by season. the route between the upper 904 East Shore Dr., www.IthacaTriathlonClub.org The New Bike Boulevard Network! ends of the two parks. Ithaca, NY 14850 Taughannock Falls Overlook Visitors Center Ithaca’s bike boulevard network connects about three Map Design: Phone (607) 272-1313 Fall miles of low-traffic and traffic-calmed streets to Steve Spindler http://www.visitIthaca.com Situated at the highest waterfall east of the Rocky downtown schools, community centers, and parks. Mountain bikers, we have Mountains. Information on trails, waterfalls, outdoor Cover photo: AIDS Ride for Life – http://www.AIDSRideForLife.org Though these routes are intended to be “family friendly”, trails! Download trail Funded by US Dept of Transportation activities, and local knowledge of the Trumansburg and cyclists must share the travel lanes with motor vehicles Armin Heurich Ithaca area. Days and hours vary by season. Porchfest – http://www.Porchfest.org maps for Hammond Hill and Federal Highway Administration http://www.DowntownIthaca.com/Ithaca-events/ and need to use caution when crossing busy streets. Shindagin Hollow Federal Transit Administration index.html Online at http://www.VisitIthaca.com & Facebook.com/ A link to the city’s bike boulevard map can be found at: State Forests at: VisitIthaca, or call 1-800-28-ITHACA (Chili Cook-Off, Apple Harvest Festival, and more) Request maps or suggest corrections www.tompkinscountyny.gov/itctc/projects Cycle-CNY.com by emailing [email protected]. Winter Ice Wars Ice Carving Competition – DowntownIthaca.com Cass Park to Taughannock Tompkins County The Parkway Scenic Overlook CITY OF ITHACAByway 13 C a y Start: Cass Park u g a d R H t CAYUGA w s Mileage: 22 miles a R h d s Iroquois Rd n Scenic a Byway LAKE H Description: Moderate/Difficult Hillside Cayuga Lake Access Road Sunset Dr Rd Dr ark P Renwick Dr te Pleasant Grove Rd h i This ride connects Cass Park to Taughannock Falls Candlewyck Allan H.Treman Stewart W Dr Park Rd Scenic T H Oak Hill Rd Byway rumansburg Rdil Marine State Park State Park. 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The ratings on this map may Elm St Pro St E Clinton St St S Geneva St be used as a guide for selecting routes to travel between different W Clinton St S Albany St Pleasant Cherry St Cecil A Malone Dr Charles Rd La Clover St Pl y points. The roads have been color-coded to represent how suitable N T Cottage St lle Start: Brooktondale Post Office l Columbia St Pl a Strawberry P S T alentine V Cir J itus A V the conditions for bicycling are on a particular stretch of roadway for e a Center St S Plain St g itus A r Fields a k r Renzetti ll e ve e i Elmcrest Reuben St T S Mileage: 12 miles an average bicyclist.