The America Rides Maps Channel features Motorcycle Ride Videos showing you sights and scenes from riding the great roads in the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains. Over the past decade we have mapped and catalogued more than 1000 enjoyable roads to ride in the vast Blue Ridge Mountain region of the southeast US. These roads are featured on a series of maps purposely designed for the motorcycle traveler and sold online at AmericaRidesMaps.com
These videos show you what you can expect to experience when you visit and ride these roads we've mapped and demonstrate why we consider them the best in each area. We also feature visits to various stops and attractions included on the motorcycle ride maps. Additionally, you will find videos of our mapping trips to new areas as we expand coverage of the region.
You are invited to watch and comment. Please share with your riding friends. If you have further questions, drop us an email.
I broke down with a clutch problem at that gas station in robinsville..$!2.30! For diesel fuel! WöW. Id almost forgot how GREAT things were before joe and the hoe showed up
I really like that you post the road name/number always, and nearby features like lakes. Too many videos just show the riding but when it looks good, I have to do serious detective work to find out the roads they actually took. I guess it's natural for you as a cartographer to do this, but I appreciate it. I used to spend many cold winter nights poring over the DeLorme state atlas maps, and now google maps, to find roads like this. I've been leading rides more often in the last few years - I used to just follow - and I like finding all the hidden gem roads in the mountains and sharing them with friends.
Just found y'all and think your videos are superb! The road signs on the upper right corner are a great help for anyone wanting to visit. I'm in the ATL area and always up in the GA/NC/SC/TN mountains riding. Yeah, no desire to ride the Dragon anymore--too much traffic & too many idiots, however the Cherohala is always fun. We even stopped at the Snowbird Lodge a few years back, but never stayed over. Again, great job and thanks!
Hi everyone! Im Wayne! Looking for some good folks to ride with in Eastern West Virginia, near Hedgesville/Martinsburg! Hit me up if you want to go ride! Im into moto camping, fishing, hunting, cookin, and havin fun! Lookin for some good friends that share like interests!
Looks like a nice place. My wife and I went to Maggie Valley and took in DWTT museum, super cool place. I'd like to get my Indian on the Cherohala at some point. I see this was back during the plannedemic, glad that is over!
I remember ‘finding’ this road on my triumph bonnevile in the ‘80’s. In those days, WV seemed like a very exotic place for someone from NY. There was like zero other motorcycles. Virtually No ATM’s. But cheap motels we’re really cheap, and small cafes that served ‘soup beans’, collards and cornbread were plentiful and friendly. One more thing, coal. It was everywhere. Especially scattered all over the roads from the coal hauling trucks. And getting caught behind one of those trucks could be an adventure with coal bouncing all around. Then came the 90’s and the Brit bikes were replaced by big, air cooled Italian twins. That was the shit. The golden era of WV motorcycle sport touring. It’s still wild and wonderful, of course, but the exotic feel, along with those magical WV accents, is mostly a thing of the past. C’est la vie. Fwiw, after 15 years away from motorcycles, I put my old Moto guzzi Lemans back together and I’m heading down for one last ride down rt 16 (and a few other WV roads that are etched in my memory). Thanks for posting the video. Ride safe.
These are my weekend jaunts in Oct along with Cherohala and Joyce Kilmer...about 1hr to 90 minutes away. Very good ride choices. Oh, for motourers, there are TVA free camp sites on Lake Chatgue... no facilities so bring a gallon of water, tp and a trowel. City of Hiawassee is my favorite riding city since the lake spreads out on either side of downtown with mountains behind in 360. Another pairing with Basstown Bald is to go south on 17 toward Helen and pick up the skyway back toward Vogel/Suches. Stop at Hogpen Gap overlook just past the AT crossing to look out at Brasstown Bald tower. The best motorcycle road in the area.
Any suggestions for where motorcycle riders can camp? We used to stay at the Blue Ridge Motorcycle campground - but it has been closed since the bridge washed out during Hurricane Fred.
I've done this ride in these conditions!!! Its just so nerve wracking... I almost peed myself when I saw that car pop up in front of you!!!! Good choice to have pulled off for a while. Whew!!
Can't wait to run this ride this summer I got relatives that live up there out of jonesville Virginia they said I'm about an hour out like I said I can't wait to run it done the tail now I want to do the back it sounds like it's a great ride and it looks like fun
Thanks for the video Wayne! No southern rides for 3 years because of Covid. I have your maps and will be in this area in May 2023 for a week. Your maps will be well worn by the time we are done. BEST WISHES from Ontario🇨🇦
...wonder if that sun is hot?...maybe we should check out Sun City.... or Picacho Peak....let's check out Casa Grande while we're in the area....how 'bout a little side trip to Sonoita, you know, all those vineyards.....hope we stay focused and don't overshoot Bisbee and end up in Douglas..... Naco?... now that sounds intriguing!....you guys wanna do lunch in St. David? ....Sierra Vista sounds tempting... and look, there's a back way to Bisbee!...you think that cafe in Palominas has rootbeer float cheese cake?.... dudes check it out, Bisbee has a Safeway and an Ace hardware!....
Wayne, where are y’all from? Appreciate y’all. I ride an r1250r and been riding for a long time off and on. I still consider myself an advanced novice.🤣 need to ride more! Love to meet y’all sometime. I’m in Monroe NC.
Really nice upgrades for your BMW. I need to add everything you added to mine. Thanks for providing Links to everything. That should really protect the Bike a whole lot better. Thanks for the Video.👍👍
Good morning greetings from Martinsville Va I was just looking at ur RU-vid I'm very interested in knowing more about that location I'm looking for new areas to ride this up coming bike season where yall started and end please let me know more about it
