Jones Falls Trail Selfie Cycle Tour - Baltimore, Maryland

A gem of a trail in the heart of Baltimore's historic Jones Falls Valley and a scenic short segment of the growing East Coast Greenway.

This 15-mile bikeway tour will take you through the most scenic segments of the Jones Falls Valley in Baltimore, Maryland. The majority of the route is on the Jones Falls Trail. There are some segments where you will be sharing the road with motor vehicles. A midway tasty spot is en route where you can grab a bite, a beverage, or just a rest moment before continuing the tour. There are also several other tasty options in the area.

The route follows the topography of Jones Falls Valley which has a hilly character. There are a couple of segments where you might use a bit of bike gear, but nothing to work up too much of a sweat over. Speaking of sweating - it's optional. You set the pace, starting time, and touring agenda with CycleNuts' expert smart-guided cycle tour pattern.

Besides the adventure of the bike trail itself, there are several other things along the way to make this tour a memorable event. Check out the following points of interest on the route:

Druid Hill Park - Druid Hill Park is one of the first large public parks in America and Baltimore’s first large municipal park. It is the third oldest established park in the United States.

Jones Falls Trail - The Jones Falls trail is a 10-mile hiking and bicycling trail that runs mostly along the length of its namesake The Jones Falls, a major north-south stream in and north of the city that has long acted as a major transportation corridor for the city.

Jones Falls Stream - Beginning as a small stream near Garrison, Maryland, and descending more than 250 feet over its course, Jones Falls traces a path of nearly eighteen miles through the landscape before flowing into the Inner Harbor. Because of its central location near the port and the hydraulic power that it lent to the many mills built along its banks, this waterway played a pivotal role in Baltimore’s growth into a hub of industry.

East Coast Greenway - The East Coast Greenway connects 15 states and 450 cities and towns for 3,000 miles from Maine to Florida. We are fostering a safe walking and biking route through the country’s most populated corridor.

George Washington Statue - The statue of George Washington, originally commissioned for the Washington Building in downtown Baltimore in 1858, was moved to the Park’s Madison Avenue entrance at Swann Drive in the late 19th century.

The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore - The Maryland Zoo, formerly known as the Baltimore Zoo, was created by an act of the Maryland state legislature on April 7, 1876. Its origins in Druid Hill Park date to the early 1860s, well before its formal founding, when the Park Superintendent first began caring for a small collection of animals donated by City residents.

Cylburn Mansion and Arboretum - The Cylburn Arboretum was originally the private estate of businessman Jesse Tyson, who started construction of Cylburn Mansion in 1863 as a summer home for himself and his widowed mother. Today Cylburn is Baltimore's largest public garden!

HERE'S THE PLAN: You bring a bike and a smartphone. CycleNuts provides the smart-tour guide! Via an email, you receive an expertly designed tour route. Click the emailed link and follow the Selfie Tour route using your smartphone as your smart-tour guide for the Voice and Map guided turn-by-turn instructions.

From your location click on link 1 provided by CycleNuts (using your cell phone) and follow the Google Maps directions to the starting spot. Unload your bike (if you transported it to the starting spot), or if you rode to the starting spot, you are good to go. Click on link 2 provided by CycleNuts and begin the tour (for more complex tours there may also be a link 3 or 4 to click on along the way and additional instructions).

ARE YOU READY TO ROLL? GREAT... LET'S HIT THE TRAILS!

GET YOUR TICKET TODAY! - the tour starting and ending times on the ticket are only a general guideline to give you an idea of how much time the tour may take at the minimum. Your time in the saddle, on the trail, and starting times are your call - it's your tour. One ticket equals fun for all! Bring as many people as you wish on your tour. Ticket purchase is for the CycleNuts Selfie Smart-guided route only. Attractions, lodgings, food, bike rental, etc. are not included in the ticket purchase.

CycleNuts Selfie Tours tie together fun, interesting, scenic, historic, tasty, and refreshing points of interest along a bikeway-focused tour route where you ride at your pace and pleasure. You are the tour boss. You pick the date and time - the ticket is good for any day or time - dates/times listed only as a guideline to give you an idea of how long the tour normally takes.

With these smart-guided bikeway cycling adventures, you bring the bike and smartphone, and CycleNuts provides the Smart Guide. The Smart Guide gives voice and visual turn-by-turn instructions along an expertly designed and tested tour route.

Do the tour solo or bring along your crew. 1 ticket = fun for all! Easily stop anywhere along the way to visit attractions or refreshments and the Smart Guide will continue the route from wherever you are when you are ready to roll.

Why choose a Smart-guided Selfie Cycle Tour? You get all the benefits of a guided tour without the drawbacks of a tour guide, other tourists, time restrictions, and a rigid tour agenda. With this smart-guided tour, you can go when you want, at your speed, and hang out at a spot as long as you wish. You can even wander off the planned route and the smart guide will get you back on track when you are ready.

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