Anyone biked around the Gettysburg battlefield?

Did not use a bicycle, but did go around the entire battlefield using the motorcycle at very slow speed. Think using a bike would be a GREAT way to see the battlefield - unless it is really hot. BTW, take advantage of the free Ranger presentations scheduled everyday. You can get the schedule at the visitor's center. These individuals are incredibly knowledgeable and the information to be gained from one of their in depth presentations is remarkable. There are also podcasts available for download (some of them done by the Rangers themselves) that allow you to do a wonderful self-guided tour of specific aspects of the battlefield. I'll look up the source for them and post it.

The podcasts are from Civilwartraveler.com. You can access the podcasts for many of the battlefields of the Civil War, including several for Gettysburg. http://www.civilwartraveler.com/audio/index.html

I used this site for visiting Richmond, but you can access Gettysburg here as well, I believe.

Do it! Pack a light back pack with a snack and water. It is really cool to tour at your own leisure.

For those that cannot bike, there is a CD available at the CG for a driving tour. Just stop the CD when you are told to, or when you need to get out to take pictures or examine the monuments.

I've done both. There are monuments EVERYWHERE!

make sure to spend time in the National Cemetery as well.

These podcasts are great! I have a little MP3 player……I'll try to download them.

Looks like a bike tour from the campground will start at the visitor’s center or at the Pennsylvania memorial; opposed to starting at stop 1 (in chronological order).

Love the:
Two young retirees restless to GO!
Life is too short to wait too long to do all we want to do!!
Go and enjoy!!

Love camping / adventures but I’m retired (56) and my wife wants to work part time….not sure how manage my “restlessness”.

We stayed at Gettysburg Campground during our Gettysburg stop on our cross-country trip. Very nice campground. It just happened to be during the annual Gettysburg Bike Week (not planned)... Harleys (and many others) everywhere, all day, all night. The campground was full of bikers (I think we were the only non-bikers there). Some rode in and were camping in small tents.. Others drove in with huge toy haulers, then rode into town. Loud all day and a low rumble in the air all night. Fantastic weekend.

Yes. It's a great place to bike as it just adds to the solitude (when you ignore all the tour busses). If you go in the summer it can be VERY hot. Biking from the cg to the battlefield will present a challenge. Busy road, not a lot of shoulder space if I remember correctly.

Back in the 70's we rented mopeds in town and rode them around the battlefield tour. It was great fun. You could certainly ride the route on a bicycle. In fact last time we were there I was thinking it would be a good place to bring our tandem.

We were there a couple of years ago--wish we had brought our bikes! Lots of folks touring the park that way.

I would definitely recommend!

While there, get a local or the visitor center to tell you how to get to Sach's Bridge--a beautiful covered bridge.

We did it about 7-8 years ago, it took us 3 days, no hurrying involved. Bought a tour tape in visitor center and enjoyed the ride, we also stayed at Gettysburg CG. Took lots of snacks and drinks and just relaxed.