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This is the main website. The Minuteman BikewayIt basically follows the path of Col. Francis Smith's march from Boston/Cambridge to Lexington GreenCheck out other maps (if you use Google maps, click the bicycling box) to see what else this bike trail passes through: Concord, Arlington, Lexington, including Lexington Battleground, plus Pilgrim and Colonial areas of interest, etc, etc. I really appreciate living this close to Boston!
You title tricked me. I thought you were going to point out one of the oldest bike trails around and that the bike trail itself was historic because of its age. But the trail you do mention sounds pretty cool. I had the chance to visit Lexington two years ago before I moved to Germany, I sometimes envy you living where you do but then I remember how many Liberals you have surrounding you and it goes aaway. ;D
but then I remember how many Liberals you have surrounding you and it goes aaway. ;D
If I just wear my God and Country t-shirt when I go there, then the liberals go away from me. ;D Boston's not as liberal as one might think. It's western Mass that has all the extreme Leftists and whacko environmentalists.
Good. I liked Boston even when I thought it was full of light pink commies that it is not makes me like it even more. It is kind of painful to think the place where the revolution started had started to turn its back on the liberty their ancestors fought for.
You title tricked me. I thought you were going to point out one of the oldest bike trails around and that the bike trail itself was historic because of its age.
Actually, that's an interesting point. I have to imagine the oldest bike trail in the U.S. (i.e. a trail designed specifically for bikes, rather than for pedestrians/motor vehicles) probably only dates back to the 1970s, or so I guess. So in that sense, it probably wouldn't be much to write home about.
I would bet there are ones that date back to the 1890's or so although I would not where to look. I can imagine that purpose-built bike trails showed up almost as soon as the bike itself did. I would guess that the oldest in the world is in Europe, they are in love with bikes and they are very practical in European cities.Research begins...Ok, this is a surprisingly difficult subject to find out anything historical about. I did find a reference to a toll Cycle-Way in LA in 1897, but that is in Wikipedia, which I generally distrust.Here is another source that claims the first dedicated bike trailes were built in the Netherlands in the 1890's.
Interesting. I know bikes would have been popular in the 19th century, but I would have thought that bikers would have been forced to share the road with buggies or automobiles or pedestrians. Goes to show that people were more “forward” looking back then than I realized. 😮http://www.nycbikemaps.com/spokes/ocean-parkway-bike-path/
