Recommended rides

Your next adventure awaits! Check out our recommendations for exploring with your Harley-Davidson

One of the strengths of our community is the opportunity to recommend epic rides and share routes for other members to enjoy. You may be inspired to try out a ride close to home, or you might seek out an adventure further afield. Each of the ride options includes an overview of the route, with some top tips for stop-off points along the way.

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Canada

• Elbow Falls and Forgetmenot Pond, Alberta, 65km
  This quick little there-and-back ride is a great option for those days when you need a little wind therapy but don’t have a lot of time.
• Highwood Pass/Kananaskis Trail, Alberta, 177km
  The Highwood Pass portion of the Kananaskis Trail is the highest paved road in Canada, reaching a summit of 2,206 metres above sea level. Don’t let the short distance fool you – this is a ride worth savouring slowly.
• Gold Rush Trail, British Columbia, 743km
  The gold prospectors that originally followed this route in the 1850s and ’60s would surely envy the time you can make a Harley-Davidson – but this ride is packed with opportunities for sightseeing, so plan to take a few days nonetheless.
• The Pacific Rim Highway, British Columbia, 170km
  This scenic ride across Vancouver Island takes you from the sheltered shoreline of Parksville and Qualicum Beach to the wild Pacific Coast at Tofino.
• Winnipeg to Falcon Lake, Manitoba, 136km
  You’ll follow the highway through rolling farmland all the way to the shores of Falcon Lake in Whiteshell Provincial Park.
• Saint John to Moncton on the Fundy Coastal Drive, New Brunswick, 212km
  This ride packs some of New Brunswick’s top tourist attractions into one adventurous day of coastal riding.
• Edmundston to St. Andrews, New Brunswick, 347km
  This scenic route takes you from Edmundston, at the northwest corner of the province, all the way down to Saint Andrews at the southwest tip.
• Port aux Basques to Gander via Gros Morne, Newfoundland and Labrador, 639km
  While you could theoretically tackle this route with one long day in the saddle, it’s worth making a weekend of it to allow time to explore Gros Morne National Park. This UNESCO World Heritage Site was formed by colliding continental plates during the formation of North America.
• St. John’s to Old Perlican, Newfoundland and Labrador, 165km
  This short ride through the Avalon Peninsula begins in St. John’s, the capital city of Newfoundland and Labrador. But soon, you’ll find yourself far from city life as you ride between the many small villages that dot Canada’s far East Coast.
• Halifax to Antigonish via Sherbrooke Village, Nova Scotia, 266km
  This twisty ride follows Nova Scotia’s rugged Eastern Shore from Halifax to Sherbrooke Village before turning inland up to Antigonish.
• Port Hawkesbury to Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, 172km
  Taking just over two hours of road time to complete, this ride might be short – but it’s packed with incredible scenery and features two National Historic Sites, so you’ll want to allow plenty of time for getting off the bike.
• Highlands Loop, Ontario, 1,038km
  Block off at least three full days for this epic route just outside Ottawa, with stunning scenery, charming small towns, and exceptional riding roads all the way around.
• The Big Loop, Muskoka, Ontario, 886 km
  This lengthy ride offers the ultimate in Ontario touring just north of Toronto through cottage country and the Canadian Shield.
• Borden-Carleton to East Point, Prince Edward Island, 154km
  This ride begins at the Gateway to P.E.I. in Borden-Carleton at the base of Confederation Bridge. You’ll ride through some of the most beautiful scenery Canada’s smallest province has to offer, with plenty of small coastal towns worthy of a stop for photos and refuelling of both body and bike.
• Summerside to Tignish via West Point, Prince Edward Island, 133km
  This short but scenic ride starts in Summerside, PEI’s second-largest city, known as the City by the Sea. Before kickstands up, take a stroll through the town to admire the historic architecture from the 19th century shipbuilding boom.
• Baie-Comeau to the Daniel-Johnson Dam, Quebec, 216km
  This ride makes for a fantastic day trip that will have a smile on your face from start to finish. Begin your day at Baie-Comeau on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. Head north on Highway 389 through the Manicouagan-Uapishka Biosphere Reserve.
• Le Tour de la Gaspésie, Quebec, 831km
  While this route around the stunning Gaspé Peninsula can be ridden in either direction, it’s worth travelling counter-clockwise in order to keep the sea by your side – especially along Chaleur Bay, designated one of the Most Beautiful Bays in the World.
• Regina–Saskatoon H-D Dealer Loop, Saskatchewan, 592km
  Settle in for a comfortable ride through rolling Prairie landscapes under wide-open skies, pausing in one or more of the charming small towns that dot the route to refuel both your bike and your body.
• Swift Current to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 276km
  Swift Current is one of the sunniest places in Canada, with 2,374 hours of sunshine every year – making this city of 17,000 the perfect spot to start your Saskatchewan journey on two wheels.

United States

• Igloo City, Cantwell, AK, 321 Miles
  “Go big or go home” might have been one man’s motivation for building a massive igloo beside a lonely stretch of Alaskan highway.
• Prada of Marfa, 177 Miles
  A desolate ribbon of U.S. highway, deep in the heart of the Chihuahuan Desert in west Texas, is probably the last place you’d expect to see an outpost of an international luxury goods retailer.
• Salvation Mountain, Calipatria, CA, 136 Miles
  Built from discarded tires and windows, various auto parts, adobe clay mixed with straw, and thousands of gallons of donated paint, Salvation Mountain is a visionary work of folk art in the California Desert.
• World’s Smallest Police Station, Carrabelle, FL, 539 Miles
  Located along Florida’s “Forgotten Coast,” the World’s Smallest Police Station is a claustrophobic criminal’s worst nightmare—because it’s actually just a telephone booth.
• Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad, Church Creek, MD, 150 Miles
  To travel the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway is to experience the story of a real, tough-as-nails American hero unfold before your very eyes.
• Mississippi Blues Trail, Tunica, MS, 264 Miles
  The Mississippi Delta is widely known as the birthplace of the blues. And U.S. Highway 61,called the “Blues Highway,” runs 200 miles through the heart of the region.
• Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Crow Agency, MT, 229 Miles
  History often isn’t pretty, and the Battle of Little Bighorn, often referred to as Custer’s Last Stand, represents a particularly dark time in our country’s history.
• Carhenge, Alliance, NE, 276 Miles
  Called “Nebraska’s Answer to Stonehenge,” the High Plains region’s Carhenge was created in 1987 by local farmer Jim Reinders as a memorial to his father.
• World’s Largest Pistachio, Alamogordo, NM, 148 Miles
  If you’ve ever wondered where to find the world’s largest pistachio, you’ve come to the right place. McGinn’s PistachioLand in Alamogordo, NM boasts that its 30-foot-tall concrete tree nut is the world’s largest, and who are we to argue?
• Loneliest Road in America, Fallon to Ely, NV, 285 Miles
  Dubbed “The Loneliest Road in America” by Life magazine in 1986, the highway is particularly lonely along its 250 mile stretch between Fallon and Ely, where traffic is sparse and towns and gas stations are few and far between.
• Woodstock Monument, Swan Lake, NY, 187 Miles
  The Woodstock Music and Arts Fair, billed as “Three Days of Peace and Music,” took place in August of 1969 on a 600-acre dairy farm owned by a man named Max Yasgur. The festival site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
• Hells Canyon Scenic Byway, LaGrande to Baker City, OR, 218 Miles
  From the depths of Hells Canyon to the peaks of the Wallowa Mountains, Hells Canyon Scenic Byway runs 218 miles in a horseshoe-shaped loop between La Grande and Baker City, Oregon.
• Fighting Seabee Statue, North Kingstown, RI 36, Miles
  The U.S. Naval Construction Battalion, better known as the Seabees, is represented by a fierce bumblebee wearing a sailor’s cap and brandishing a pipe wrench, hammer, and machine gun.
• Dignity of Earth and Sky, Chamberlain, SD 172, Miles
  High on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River, Dignity of Earth and Sky is a 50-foot-tall stainless steel sculpture of a Native American woman. Her outstretched arms hold a star quilt featuring 128 diamond-shaped pieces designed to flutter in the wind.
• International Boundary Marker, Republic of Texas, Carthage, TX, 144 Miles
  This “blink and you’ll miss it” location sits at the Texas/Louisiana state line.
• Golden Spike National Park, Corinne, UT, 198 Miles
  When the final section of track for the nation’s first transcontinental railroad was laid on May 10, 1869, it was considered one of the greatest technological achievements of the nineteenth century.
• Teapot Dome Service Station, Zillah, WA, 176 Miles
  Inspired by the Teapot Dome political bribery scandal of 1922, the former gas station was constructed in Zillah, Washington in 1922 by Jack Ainsworth to resemble a giant teapot.