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Bike Your Park Day celebrates bicycling, public lands

  • Ron 

Join Association and thousands of others across the country on Sept. 25, 2021, to celebrate and public lands on Bike Your Park Day. Every year on the last Saturday in September, participants are encouraged to explore the nation’s parks and public lands by bicycle, riding for however long they like on roads, paved paths, or singletrack. Your Park Day is being held in conjunction with National Public Lands Day, which is a “fee-free day” for national parks and public lands, providing an opportunity for everyone to enjoy and care for America’s parks, monuments, wildlife refuges, forests, and more.

“Adventure Cycling created Bike Your Park Day to inspire people across America to explore nearby parks and public lands by bike while promoting a healthy, sustainable way to ,” said Carmen Aiken, Bike Overnights Event Coordinator for Adventure Cycling. “This year, rides are planned everywhere between Maine and , and Florida, and even in Hawaii. And those who aren’t comfortable joining a group event can still participate by creating a to do solo, with family, or with a few friends. However you ride, Bike Your Park Day will provide an opportunity to discover the treasured places all around you while connecting with others in your community.”

In the past five years, over 50,000 people have participated in more than 5,000 rides for Bike Your Park Day. Bike Your Park Day is for people of all experience levels, backgrounds, and ages.

What can rides look like? Examples include:

  • A casual mile on a park path with younger family members.
  • A ride using alternative transit like buses, trains, and ferries to expand mileage.
  • A challenging gravel century through forestlands and with friends.
  • A ride with a stewardship focus like removing litter and invasive plants along the way.
  • An educational ride with a park ranger to explain the history and geography of the area.

Hundreds of rides with thousands of participants have already been registered on BikeYourParkDay.org, where an interactive map of all events is available. Everyone who registers to lead a ride or join an existing ride will be entered to win a Co-Motion Americano bike. Volunteer Bike Your Park Day Advisors are available to help plan rides or offer advice about where to go in their local area.

Bike Your Park Day participants are encouraged to promote their ride with a toolkit that includes the Bike Your Park Day logo, sample social media posts and images, a template press release/newsletter article, and a downloadable poster. Social media hashtags for Bike Your Park Day are #BikeYourPark and #AdventureCycling.

National Public Lands Day is America’s largest single-day volunteer event for public lands, organized by the National Environmental Education Foundation. On National Public Lands Day, thousands of volunteers help restore and improve public lands around the country and entrance fees are waived at national parks and other lands, providing an opportunity to show appreciation for these precious resources.

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