Ride the Fault Line: 4 state/6 day bicycle tour June 2-8
Submitted by Brent Hugh on Sun, 04/22/2018 - 12:00pm
Ride the Fault Line: Four states in six days, including Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Illinois.
- Experience this unique Midwestern bicycle tour adventure through four mid-Mississippi valley states along the New Madrid earthquake fault line.
- Visit Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee in six days.
- Ride the Fault is more than a bicycle tour--more than just cycling!
- Nature lovers-have lunch at lakeside restaurants at Reelfoot Lake Wildlife Refuge and scan the trees for nesting bald eagles!
- Paddle a kayak through groves of century old cypress trees!
- History buffs-learn about the past-visiting strategically important early Civil War sites; and look to the future with a stop at the new Discovery Park science center in Tennessee!
- Cross the Mississippi River on an authentic riverboat ferry.
- Beat the heat with a trip to an outdoor water park!
- Enjoy camping outdoors, indoors, or select a motel from our list!
New for 2018:
- New week! Early June promises cooler weather.
- New state-Illinois welcomes you!
- New overnight community-say hello to Cape Girardeau, Missouri!
- New attractions-Shawnee National Forest, Horseshoe Lake wildlife refuge, historic Thebes courthouse, River House winery, Cape Splash water park
- New website-easier to navigate, with more pictures of past tours
More major cross-state bicycle rides in Missouri in 2018
Ride the Fault Line is one of a few major cross-state rides in Missouri in 2018:
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