Our Trips

This section is for BWAM members and others to share commuting routes, stories, advice, and enthusiasm in order to inspire, encourage, and help each other, especially newcomers, in using human-powered transportation.

Please enjoy this story by Ethel MacDonald,

Start Commuting by Bike - Ethel's Why and How 

 (Adobe Reader required - don't have it? Get it here)

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Recommended Missoula Bike Routes:

Use the navigation buttons in the upper left corner of the map to zoom in and pan around the map. Click on "View Larger Map" to be redirected to Google Maps with more information about each route. The dark green lines indicate existing on street bike lanes and the brighter green lines indicate existing bike routes. Annotation of these lanes and routes is currently a work in progress and should not be interpreted as the only lanes and routes currently on the streets of Missoula.

View Larger Map

Do you have a favorite route or commute you would like to share? Click on "View Larger Map" to be redirected to Google Maps where you can log in and add your route to this map. Follow these instructions to add your route or send your route information to routes@bikewalkmissoula.org.

This resource was located and the instructions that follow were submitted by Daniel Nairn. See his blog Discovering Urbanism

How to add your route: (10 minutes)

1. Follow the above link to the map and click on "Sign in" on the upper right of the Google page. You may have to sign out first, if you are logged on with another Google account.

2. Enter the following:

email: missoularoutes
password: routepass

Click on "sign in"

3. Once you have signed in, click on the "edit" button on the frame to the left of the map. A set of tools should pop up in the upper left-hand corner of the map.

4. Click on the line-making tool. Select the starting point of your route and click once to begin drawing. [update: the click has to be very "quick." Holding the mouse down at all drags the map]. Click once for each turn you want the line to make, and when the route is complete double-click to end the line.

5. A dialog box will appear. Now you can name the route and write some annotations if you wish. Choose a color for the route that will distinguish yours from others on the map.

6. Once you are finished, just press on the "save" button in the left frame. That's it. You're done.

Provide more information about your route by sending an e-mail to routes@bikewalkmissoula.org. Please provide some information about your route and how to contact you before we post your route here.