Cannonball Motorcycle Diaries - The Proposed Route Cross Country

The official site for the Motorcycle Cannonball offers this tentative route and dates for the event next year.

Motorcycle Cannonball Classic Harley Coast-to-Coast Ride

On such a ride the route will be critical. We don't want to end up on the interstate, or get caught amongst the wildlife that venture out after dark. How does your machine do in certain elevations? How many miles can you go between gas stops? Which route will be the most hospitable, and the most scenic? How many miles can you really do in a day?

This route proposed is only tentative. Though not carved in stone, this is the most probable route that we will take.

Thur, 9/9 Check in and prep for ride cross-country

Fri, 9/10 Leave Kitty Hawk, NC to Greenville (140 miles) START

Sat, 9/11 Greenville, NC to Concord, NC (240 miles)

Sun, 9/12 Concord to Maggie Valley, NC (220 miles)

Mon, 9/13 Maggie Valley to Chattanooga, TN (200 miles)

Tue, 9/14 Chattanooga to Tupelo, MS CROSS TIME LINE (250 miles)

Wed, 9/15 Tupelo to Pine Bluff, AR (240 miles)

Thur, 9/16 Pine Bluff to Fort Smith, AR (200 miles)

Fri, 9/17 DAY OFF in Fort Smith, AR

Sat, 9/18 Fort Smith to Lawton, OK (280 miles)

Sun, 9/19 Lawton to Clovis, NM CROSS TIME LINE (300 miles)

Mon, 9/20 Clovis to Albuquerque, NM (250 miles)

Tue, 9/21 Albuquerque to Gallop, NM (180 miles)

Wed, 9/22 Gallop to Grand Canyon, AZ CROSS TIME LINE (250 miles)

Thur, 9/23 Grand Canyon to Laughlin, NV (250 miles)

Fri, 9/24 Laughlin to San Bernardino, CA (240 miles)

Sat, 9/25 San Bernardino to Santa Monica, CA (80 miles) END

Total miles is approx 3,320 miles coast-to-coast.

Please Note: This is not final but should be pretty close. So you cna use this as a rough guide to make your own plans to check out the action or even ride along with us for part of the run. I suspect we could use moral and mechanical support along the way. So please feel free to bring tools, gas, oil and spare parts

We will post the "official hotel" at eash stop as they become available.

We will be stopping at the Wheels Through Time museum in Maggie Valley, NC on Sunday, September 2. Should be quite a party and Dale and Matt had better gear up for this once-in-a-lifetime event for classic motorcycle enthusiasts.

For more information on this coast-to-coast vintage motorcycle ride visit www.motorcyclecannonball.com