School Bike Trips
Build your own bike tour!
Bring your classroom or youth group on a bike trip with Teen Treks! Maybe you have an educational focus in mind for a trip and would like a bicycle component to your travels. Teen Treks’ will plan and organize the travel plans and customize a trip according to the dates, location, and educational interest for your group. Our experienced bike tour guides will lead your group with our Teen Treks’ bike touring programming, incorporating your unique goal for the trip!
How it Works:
- Choose from one of our suggested destinations and dates below
- Pitch your own destination, trip idea and/or date that works for you.
School Bike Trips
School or youth group trips, anytime of the year, customized to your group’s interest
Great Allegheny Passage/C&O Canal
Bike a portion or all of the Great Allegheny Passage (150 mi.) and C&O Canal Towpath (184.5 mi.) from Pittsburgh- Washington D.C. and take a trip through history. Retrace the development of America's westward expansion. You will travel through viaducts where railroads once cut across valleys and bike through towns where coal was once prominent. These two historic trails make up 350 miles of biker-friendly gravel paths, free from car-traffic with easily accessible campsites along the entire route. There are opportunities along the trail to visit Civil War-era sites at Antietam Battlefield and Harpers Ferry, ride a 19th century canal boat, and spend 2 days in our nation’s capital.
Natchez Trace Trail
One of the oldest transportation routes in North America, the Natchez Trace Parkway spans 444 miles between Natchez, Mississippi and Nashville, Tennessee. Today, you can bike the path American Indians once travelled and traded. The corridor connects the homelands of the Natchez Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations. The entire parkway is designated as a bike route by the National Park Service, with commercial traffic prohibited. There are numerous historical and natural sights to stop and explore the Old Southwest, Civil War era-sites, and remnants on the Old Trace with historical markers to narrate the way. Groups can bike a portion or all of the Nathez Trace Parkway and take a tour through native and Civil War history.
Erie Canalway Trail
With over 350 miles of trail crossing almost the entire state of New York, the historic Erie Canalway offers ample opportunity to discover an iconic American route. The Erie Canal runs east-west from Albany-Buffalo, passing through major upstate New York cities including Rochester, Syracuse and Utica. The Canalway is mostly flat, with predominately off-road gravel paths, occasionally utilizing local roads. Bicyclists of all abilities and levels can enjoy riding the Erie Canalway, with plenty of stops through small towns to break up the route. As the longest manmade waterway and greatest public works project in North America, traveling along the Erie Canalway provides plenty of educational opportunities. Discover how the Erie Canal put New York state on the map as the leader of industry and economic strength and opened a doorway for trade and settlement opportunities in inland North America. Bike through history as you travel through impressive aqueducts and lock systems, with opportunities to explore canal museums and heritage sights. Take a canal cruise, paddle the water trail, explore canalside villages and more can be experienced along the Erie Canalway Bike Trail!
Trip Options
Trip Options
Trip Options
- Full GAP/ C&O Canal Trip -- 16 Days
- Shortened GAP/ C&O Canal Trip -- 10 Days
- GAP Trip Only-- 7 Days
- C&O Canal Trip Only --9 Days
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Full Natchez Trace Parkway: (Either North to South- Nashville to Natchez, or South to North- Natchez-Nashville), 444 Miles -- 2 Weeks
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Northern Section: Nashville- North Tupelo, 176 Miles --- 8 Days
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Central Section: S. Tupelo- Ridgeland, M, 156 Miles -- 7 Days
- Southern Sections: Raymond, MS- Natchez, MA, 79 Miles -- 5 Days
- Full Erie Canalway Trip, 350 Miles -- 10 Days
- Buffalo- Rochester, 92 Miles -- 4 Days
- Rochester- Seneca Falls, 52 Miles -- 3 Days
- Seneca Falls- Either Syracuse or Rochester, About 50 Miles -- 3 Days
- Syracuse- Albany, 190 Miles -- 7 Days
Potential Dates
Potential Dates
Potential Dates
April, 2025
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Trip Highlights
Trip Highlights
Trip Highlights
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Bike off-road from Pittsburgh, PA, to Washington, DC –– over 340 miles
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Whitewater rafting on PA’s Youghiogheny River
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Visit Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater house
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Tour Historic Harpers Ferry
- Take shady bike paths free of automotive traffic
- Entire parkway designated as a bike route by the National Park Service, closed to commercial traffic
- Natural and historic spots making for scenic stops along the way
- Side trails for exploring antebellum and Victorian home, sunken roads, civil war battlefields and southern towns
- Discover up-close New York's State's canal system internationally known as an engineering marvel
- Visit canal museums and heritage sights along the route
- Stop in canalside villages to explore and enjoy festivals and events at different times of the year
- Paddle the water trail
- Take a historic canal cruise
- View locks, lock bridges, aqueducts, moveable dams and hydroelectric plants.
- Bike along part of the Great American Rail Trail
Learn More About Our Treks
Want to explore more about what a day in the life of a Teen Treks bike trip is like? Check out our frequently asked questions or contact us for more information. We love talking all about bike touring!
