FREE TOUR TICKET FOR ALL OF YOU WONDERFUL MEETUP MEMBERS

Use Promo Code PHILLYNATI0NFREER1DE to get your free ticket with the smart-guide route at Valley Forge National Historical Park Bikeways - Smart-guided Selfie Tour

You can do the tour solo/with your favorite peeps or try to generate a group ride* of Meetup CycleNuts by RSVPing here and posting the day and time you are interested in others joining you. Either way, have fun on your memory-making adventure, and thank you for being a CycleNut!

About this Event

### Valley Forge National Historical Park Bikeways

#### - Smart-guided Selfie Tour

Along with American history buffs, cycle tourists will enjoy touring this national treasure chock full of scenic vistas, and great bikeways.

The 3,500-acre Valley Forge National Historical Park is amazing to explore, especially on a bike tour! Visitors can peek into American history with General George Washington's headquarters and an encampment of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

This is also home to the National Memorial Arch, modeled after Rome's Arch of Titus. Dedicated in 1917, this grand structure memorializes the triumphant arrival of General Washington and the Continental Army during the winter of 1777-78.

Natural beauty also adorns the tour route. Along with the scenic park grounds the Schuylkill River and Perkiomen Creek provide ample waterside vistas to take in along the way. The tour also visits Lower Perkiomen Valley Park, a popular 107-acre area for nature lovers and outdoor enthusiasts.

The tour comes in two lengths - 15-miles and 31-miles. Both options explore Valley Forge National Historical Park. The longer tour is more in-depth and travels further along the Schuylkill River Bikeway.

A tasty spot towards the end of the tour is included, which is friendly to furry friends if you happen to be touring with yours (found on Bring Fido). Details are included with the tour links.

The route follows the lay of the land which is mostly flat with only 400' of climbing over 15 miles on the Short tour and 885' of climbing over 31 miles on the Long tour. Both tours are an 83% bikeway loop mostly on paved bikeways with some crushed stone segments, and about 50% shaded. In some short segments the route shares the road with motor vehicles. As usual, the tour comes with the CycleNuts 50% downhill guarantee. There are a few segments where you might use your bike gears, but nothing to work up too much of a sweat about. Speaking of sweating - it's optional. You set your pace, starting time, and touring agenda with CycleNuts' smart-guided tour.

Points of Interest:

• Artillery Park -
• Schuylkill River -
• Perkiomen Creek -
• Muhlenberg Brigade -
• National Memorial Arch -
• Valley Forge Train Station -
• John James Audubon Center -
• Lower Perkiomen Valley Park -
• Visitor Center at Valley Forge -
• Valley Forge National Historical Park -
• General Washington's Headquarters -

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The Meetup plan = Show up, Rally with whoever else shows up, and Roll following the smart-guided instructions. This is a repeating event on the calendar but the date and time do not necessarily need to be what is posted. This Smart-guided tour route can be used any day or time, solo or with others.

It is posted with a repeating set time and date with a tour leader to fit the Meetup format and encourage you to get out and ride. The actual leader of the tour is you or whoever shows up to ride with a smartphone.

*Generating a group ride - If you are going to ride and would like the company of others, RSVP and post in the comments the date and time you are planning for. If you are interested in riding solo or with your private group of friends, then don't RSVP or post your plans

Take pictures/videos and post them here on Meetup, or not. Have fun!

The mission of this format is to create a catalog of free group tour routes available for CycleNuts to ride as a group, or solo, in an area spanning several states.

The goal is to get people out cycling either in groups or solo.

The vision is a cycling community with resources available for bike tours, bike talk, and a format for lives experienced at the speed of bike.

We wish you a funtastic memory-making adventure!