I found gravelmaps website is a good way to achieve this, if people append photos of the gravel segments you can get a good feel for the land.
On Sat, Sep 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM Stephen Edmondson < [email protected]> wrote: > I'm looking for things like: tree cover, natural beauty, rolling hills, > country roads and stops along the way for great snacks/coffee/adventures. > > RideWithGPS and Strava don't have a filter/metric for *scenic*. > Heatmaps only tell you a route is trafficked, not the *quality*. > Local cycling clubs only publish group ride routes (not what I'm after). > > What's worked for me so far is sticking to dedicated cycling paths, using > google earth on RideWithGPS and my local knowledge of fun stops - but this > seems hard to replicate outside of your own city. > > I'd love to ride in an adjacent town or take a trip a few hours away for a > fun ride, but I haven't found a resource that's big, searchable list of > *scenic* rides across the US or globe. > > RideWithGPS offers Ride Reports <https://ridewithgps.com/ride_reports>. > This feels *almost* what I'm looking for except there's no way to filter > by location, length or type of ride. > > Has anyone found a better option? > > - Stephen in Dallas > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b1c327ce-ab3e-4f37-8e2c-05970bb5c378n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b1c327ce-ab3e-4f37-8e2c-05970bb5c378n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAEQur2Xo2Tz6-f7vvN2rnT8oFy2F14zP7kPjDqfqgciq7QMa4g%40mail.gmail.com.
