Minnesota’s Land of 10,000 Lakes

Minnesota has become perhaps our most cycling-friendly state. The state’s network of paved, off-road, long-distance bicycle trails is without equal in the U.S. We’ll ride the Gitchi-Gami Trail along Lake Superior’s North Shore, the Mesabi Trail that extends from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to Grand Rapids, the Paul Bunyan Trail from Walker to […]

Lake Superior Hiking Trail

Forever in search of a new adventure, Timberline Adventures explored a series of hikes along the remarkable Superior Hiking Trail.  Conceived in the mid-1980s as a through-hiking trail extending from Duluth to the Canadian border, often along the ridgeline overlooking Superior’s North Shore, the trail extends for 286 miles. After investigating the entire trail over […]

Wisconsin’s Door County

Like a giant thumb on a mitten jutting into the waters of Lake Michigan, Door County is Wisconsin’s unparalleled Great Lakes fantasy-land. With more miles of shoreline, more lighthouses and more state parks than any other county in the nation, Door County rivals Cape Cod, minus the smell of salt. Scenic similarities do exist, but […]

Great Lakes of Michigan Cycling Tours

Bike Around the Great Lakes of Michigan Set in the northwestern corner of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, our bicycle tour focuses initially on the Leelanau Peninsula, known for its cherry trees, wineries and picturesque shorelines.  We ride through Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on our way to the tip of the peninsula.  After a trip to […]

Katy Trail Guided Biking Tour

Katy Trail State Park In 1986, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (also known as the Katy), ceased operation along its trans-Missouri route. After a protracted legal struggle, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources secured the abandoned right-of-way and created the Katy Trail State Park. Starting from the Clinton terminus, the Katy ranks as the nation’s longest rails-to-trails corridor. […]

Isle Royale National Park Hiking Tour

Visit Isle Royale National Park This national park, which is an island located in Lake Superior within the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, is 45 miles long and nine miles wide. Isle Royale National Park is the most exclusive national park in the continental United States, and is the only national park that completely shuts down in the […]

Theodore Roosevelt National Park Hiking Tour

Teddy Roosevelt first came to this area of western North Dakota in the early 1880’s to hunt and then to ranch.  And when his wife and mother tragically died on the same day in New York City, he came here to grieve his loss and put his broken life back together in this broken land. […]

The Black Hills Biking & Mt Rushmore Sampler Multi-Sport

Hike and Bike Through South Dakota South Dakota is a sparsely populated state that is little understood by outsiders, and has often been referred to as the land of infinite variety. So what better place to experience one of our true multisport tours! We will enjoy a different sport every day as we explore the […]