Bicycle Route 66
# Bicycle Route 66

Bicycle Route 66 is a bicycle touring route, developed and mapped by Adventure Cycling Association, that largely parallels the original U.S. Route 66, also known as the Mother Road, from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California.

## Route

At 2,485.7 miles (4,000.3 km), Bicycle Route 66 largely follows the original U.S. Route 66, which now exists in sections as Historic Route 66.

## Terrain

Bicycle Route 66 varies in terrain from flat prairie, to rolling hills, to vast expanses of desert.

## States

Bicycle Route 66 takes riders through the following states:

* Illinois
* Missouri
* Kansas
* Oklahoma
* Texas
* New Mexico
* Arizona
* California
