I am nurturing a new interest in bicycling. It’s an alternative to running that is more fun (because I go faster and see more things?) and probably less hard on my body while still giving me a pretty solid aerobic workout.

For bicycling in New Jersey, there are some amazing resources that should be kept in mind.

New Jersey Bicycle Touring Guides

This is fabulous list of 27 rides that can be sorted by distance. Setting aside that the D&R Canal is listed as 12 miles (?!?), it provides ideas I would love to check off one by one. These rides range from 14mi to 238mi (from High Point to Cape May). The linked rides seem to generally provide detailed guide books for the ride. No gps files, though.

Bicycle Map and Resource Guide

This looks like an amazing resource that I really would like to have in print! It include high resolution maps of: