New Salem Mountain Bike Trail
Come to the Opening Day Event to the New Mountain Bike Trail
October 17, 2009 at 11:00 a.m.

PETERSBURG – Mountain bikers are invited to help open central Illinois’ newest trail on Saturday, October 17 at 11 a.m. at Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site near Petersburg.

Experienced mountain bikers are invited to try this challenging, scenic and physically demanding 3.8 mile trail that was constructed during the summer by New Salem staff and summer seasonal workers. Mountain bike riders will experience steep climbs and descents along the very technical course, which will challenge the most seasoned rider. Less seasoned riders can ride the one mile loop Cardinal Ridge Trail, which can be accessed at the same trail head.

The New Salem Mountain Bike Trail was mapped using GPS and GIS to show the extreme features of this new trail!
Are you up to it?
Any questions please contact Tim Guinan, the trail designer.
Click on the pictures below for a larger view!

GPS & GIS Mapping
of the Trail
Air Photo of Trail**
GIS Mapping of
GPS Data
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Western part of the Trail
Zoomed in
GPS Elevation Profile
of the Trail
Eastern part of the Trail
Zoomed in - the Loop!
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Download a PDF of the event here.
Download a WORD doc of the event here.
 
Google Earth Image of the Trail Using GPS Data
  
 
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** The Air Photo above was made from a georeferenced air photo with GPS data placed on it as a layer. The final map was done by Jason LeMar, the Supervisor of Assessments for Menard County, Illinois.

The GPS data and GIS mapping were done by Edward Gorny of the GIS2GPS Team.
WWW.GIS2GPS.Com and WWW.ILEGA.ORG
 

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Launched: 01/01/2009
Updated: 10/08/2009