StayDirtyMyFriends
Adventurer
Can the trail be run from West to East? I'll be down at Overland Expo East in October and I have the following week off work too. I wanted to get on somewhere in North Carolina and head east on the TAT for a few days.
Trans-America Trail
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RememberTheFallen
Explorer
It can be ran reversed but it stops in Tennessee so nowhere to run east of there!
The "West to East" question was the whole reason that I started looking for info other than Sam's website(Sam told me that it wasn't possible to do in reverse) Also, the GPSKevin website has additional trails all the way to the coast. I would have gladly paid Sam for the info that I got for free from Kevin, unfortunately Sam didn't have what I was looking for. There is a lot that Sam could do to both make info more available, and further capitalize on his hard work, and I would support him with my purchases. I also appreciate the hard work that goes into mapping out trails and supplying them for free like www.graveltravel.ca and GPSKevin.
From the GPSKevin website:
History of the Trans America Trail: The Trans-Am Trail was first organized by Sam Correro some time in the early 1990's Sam conceived and organized the route from Tennessee to Oregon and built roll charts and maps to enable Dual Sport Motorcycle riders to navigate the route. You can still buy Roll Charts and original maps from him at his web site: http://www.transamtrail.com Thanks to Sam for starting a great route. Since the beginning, the route has expanded to complete the Coast to Coast desire by starting out in the Atlantic Ocean in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and continuing to Oregon. The route now includes many improvements and options for likely issues that people encounter along the way, like alternate routes around mud holes, snow in the Rockies, frustrated farmers, high water river crossings, and improved gas stops. In 2014 new trail sections were added to allow riders to select a route between New York and Los Angeles. These routes turned out to be equally spectacular.
and this
About Sharing the TAT: I believe in an open source ride world, so I give away all the info to share the ride, in the hopes that others will do the same with other great rides. I have ridden the entire Trans America Trail, and studied it greatly and collected feedback from many sources and refined it. But it will be an adventure because things do change from year to year. gpsKevin
History of the Trans America Trail: The Trans-Am Trail was first organized by Sam Correro some time in the early 1990's Sam conceived and organized the route from Tennessee to Oregon and built roll charts and maps to enable Dual Sport Motorcycle riders to navigate the route. You can still buy Roll Charts and original maps from him at his web site: http://www.transamtrail.com Thanks to Sam for starting a great route. Since the beginning, the route has expanded to complete the Coast to Coast desire by starting out in the Atlantic Ocean in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and continuing to Oregon. The route now includes many improvements and options for likely issues that people encounter along the way, like alternate routes around mud holes, snow in the Rockies, frustrated farmers, high water river crossings, and improved gas stops. In 2014 new trail sections were added to allow riders to select a route between New York and Los Angeles. These routes turned out to be equally spectacular.
and this
About Sharing the TAT: I believe in an open source ride world, so I give away all the info to share the ride, in the hopes that others will do the same with other great rides. I have ridden the entire Trans America Trail, and studied it greatly and collected feedback from many sources and refined it. But it will be an adventure because things do change from year to year. gpsKevin
StayDirtyMyFriends
Adventurer
Thanks, Remember the Fallen. That's probably why I couldn't find any info on Sam's site. I have been checking out the GPSKevin stuff and it looks like that's the information I'll have to use.
My problem. I don't use a stand alone gps unit, I use a nexus 7 tablet. I'm not sure how to get the information I need from GPSKevin website onto my tablet. I also don't know what a good app for viewing his information is. Ideas and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
My problem. I don't use a stand alone gps unit, I use a nexus 7 tablet. I'm not sure how to get the information I need from GPSKevin website onto my tablet. I also don't know what a good app for viewing his information is. Ideas and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
StayDirtyMyFriends
Adventurer
Well I figured out how to get the gpx files I needed. Now I need to know if this trail is wide enough for a Jeep to make it through, or if it is single track, and only wide enough for bikes, since that is what his mode of transportation seems to be. I have no idea how to contact him, just to ask that question.
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Other than recent downed trees or flooding, my research (which has been extensive) says all is passable in a Jeep at least from Colorado to Tennessee. I'll be able to tell you with certainty soon, we leave Colorado a week from today to do the TAT from here to TN in a Jeep. I am a bit worried that some of the recent tornados may have downed some trees though.
StayDirtyMyFriends
Adventurer
I have seen all the info on the original route and that it can be done in a Jeep. I will be doing the North Carolina portion that is on GPS KEVIN's page going west to east. It's not part of the original TAT apparently. I will be getting on just northeast of Ashville, NC and heading to the coast. I need to know if that portion is doable in a Jeep or if it was routed with only bikes in mind.
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Land Rover did it in LR4s, the most they had to do was drop it to access height to go under a culvert. It's passable with any size truck. I'll also second GPSKevin's free source. The idea of charging money for a map of public roads is ******* at best in my opinion. Sam isn't maintaining these trails, nor does he own any of the land they're on, all he did was ride his bike around doing what he likes the same way all of us do. His website is a scam in my opinion, and how much additional info you get freely from GPSKevin and that community is a sign of why.
StayDirtyMyFriends
Adventurer
Land Rover did the North Carolina portion all the way to the coast?? Is there a thread on here with that information?
Yeah, in August of 2013. They had to be stopped short of the coast in Oregon due to wildfires. No thread on here, but here are some links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AObw4sFMdQ
http://www.autoweek.com/article/20131022/carnews01/131029967
http://www.trucktrend.com/features/travel/163_1308_2013_land_rover_lr4_on_the_trans_america_trail/
http://gearpatrol.com/2013/09/03/th...taking-on-the-trans-america-trail-in-the-lr4/
https://www.landrover.com/us/en/lr/about-land-rover/land-rover-news/lr-expedition-america/
StayDirtyMyFriends
Adventurer
I meant the East coast. I know that it can be done going west. I need information on the Trail by GPSKevin in North Carolina heading east, not west.
The majority of the trail from NC East is just dirt roads. There aren't many true trails until you get to Mississippi and then again in Colorado. A great deal of the trek are county roads and country roads.