All across this land great motorcycle roads are waiting to be explored, just like the road to Lassen Volcanic National Park that my friend Tony discovered quite by accident in northern California.
Motorcycleroads.org gives you links to the information you need to find great roads for your next motorcycle adventure, as well as photos from the journeys of our friends.
Let us know if you have photos to share of one of your rides.
The USA's 10 best motorcycle roads, according to Lonely Planet.
Heading for Sturgis? Consider a ride on Badlands Loop Road, 75 miles east of Rapid City just off I-90. The Ben Reifel Visitor Center is 8 miles south on the NE section of Hwy 240 (download NPS map). See our Sturgis page for more Sturgis area info.
The Blue Ridge Mountains are another favorite place for motorcyclists to ride featuring US129/ "Tail of the Dragon" at Deals Gap, NC, the Blue Ridge Parkway, Cherohala Skyway, the Smoky Mountains NP, and more. Maryville, TN provides a great fly & ride opportunity to enjoy riding the Blue Ridge. See our Smoky Mountains page for more info.
Yosemite National Park, Photo credit: Schick from
morguefile.com
National Park Service Pass http://www.nps.gov/findapark/passes.htm
(From nps.gov June 2014) A pass is your ticket to more than 2,000 federal recreation sites. Each pass covers entrance fees at national parks and national wildlife refuges as well as standard amenity fees at national forests and grasslands, and at lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Reclamation. A pass covers entrance and standard amenity fees for a driver and all passengers in a personal vehicle at per vehicle fee areas (or up to four adults at sites that charge per person). Children age 15 or under are admitted free.
The following passes make up the series:
Annual Pass
Free Annual Pass for U.S. Military
Senior Pass
Access Pass