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GAP to Johnstown
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David from Virginia on 8/20/2013 12:09:05 PM:
I am looking for details or directions on how to visit Johnstown Flood Museum from the GAP trail. I want to bike as safely as possible.

Thanks
 
Stillridng from Pittsburgh, PA. on 8/20/2013 3:16:26 PM:
David, I don't see that happening. The closed GAP trail town to Johnstown, PA. is Rockwood, PA. and there are no bicycle trails in between. Also that distance is about 40 miles one way on some narrow roads. Good luck with that but safety would be a big concern.
 
lenny on 8/21/2013 4:20:03 AM:
As stillriding stated: You can't get there from the GAP on a bike trail.
 
Naismith from Florida on 8/21/2013 7:27:12 PM:
We are planning to stop there by car after picking up an SUV in downtown Pittsburgh and driving back to southern Maryland. Has anyone been to the visitors center?

We are listening to David McCullough's book about the Johnstown Flood on our drive up to start the trail.
 
David from Virginia on 8/21/2013 11:18:08 PM:
Thanks so much for the responses. I actually have family in the Johnstown-Windber area but they are elderly and unfamiliar with the GAP trail. I've been dreaming of riding the trail (Pittsburgh to Washington) in its entirety for a long time but it really hasn't been in the cards. My family has an upcoming trip to the area and I've
convinced the wife to let me out at Cumberland and I'll meet her there or very close. Looking at maps of the area gives me hope but can't really afford to get it wrong. If someone local to the route or area can tell me where or how they might exit the trail in the best location for getting near to Johnstown or Windber or getting picked up from someone traveling from that area I'd greatly appreciate.

Thanks again to those that have already responded.
 
Angie from central PA on 8/22/2013 12:14:32 AM:
My husband and I just finished riding the trail. He is originally from that area, and I recognized route 219 when we stopped in Meyersdale. It goes straight through Meyersdale and traveling north will take you to Johnstown.

Meyersdale is large enough for a visitors center on the trail, which is accessible by car for a pickup. I would think it would be easy to get google map directions from where ever your wife will be prior to picking you up to the Meyersdale visitors center. If no address can be found for the visitor center, entering town on 219 and taking main street north-east will get you to the center.

People seemed very friendly in town, so if lost, asking around would get you straightened out.
 
Naismith from Florida on 10/20/2013 7:43:07 PM:
We were disappointed that the museum was not open on the day we were there--they shift to winter hours (closed several days a week) after October 1, and it wasn't very clear on the website.
 
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