Free, open‑source, community‑driven bike trail navigation for the Midwest.
"Hey! I'm Reki. I've scouted every trail in the Midwest so you don't have to. Let's ride."
BikeRoutes.org is a free, donation‑supported web platform for urban and off‑road bicycle navigation across the US Midwest. It's built entirely on open‑source technology and powered by OpenStreetMap data.
- 🗺️ Interactive route drawing with drag‑to‑add waypoints
- 🧭 Active Navigation Mode — Live GPS tracking and turn-by-turn maneuvers
- ⚽ FIFA World Cup 26™ — Kansas City Mode — Special routing and UI for matchday visitors
- 🛤️ Trail‑type filters — Paved, Gravel, Dirt, MTB
- 🔍 Semantic trail search — "quiet riverside path near downtown"
- 📱 Mobile‑first responsive UI
- 💛 Donation‑supported — no ads, no tracking, free forever
- ⛰️ Elevation profiles (Integrated with
uplot) - 📥 GPX/KML export (Integrated with
togpx)
- 📍 User‑submitted POIs (water stations, bike shops, scenic lookouts)
- 🔥 Community heatmap of popular routes
| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| Frontend | React + Vite + MapLibre GL JS |
| Backend | Cloudflare Workers (KV, Vectorize, Durable Objects) |
| Routing | Valhalla (Docker) |
| Tiles | Self‑hosted OSM tile server (Docker) |
| Payments | PayPal JavaScript SDK |
| Data | OpenStreetMap (daily Midwest import) |
| Search | Cloudflare Vectorize (semantic embeddings) |
Meet Reki 🦌 — a young white‑tailed deer who scouts every trail in the Midwest. He wears a cycling cap and carries a messenger bag full of trail maps. Read the full brand guide →
The central vision, architecture, roadmap, and styling guidelines for the project are comprehensively documented in the North Star Guide. All contributors (human and AI) should review this guide before making major changes.
The central vision, architecture, roadmap, and styling guidelines for the project are comprehensively documented in the North Star Guide. All contributors (human and AI) should review this guide before making major changes.
bikeroutes/
├── docs/ # Planning docs, specs, brand guide
│ ├── archive/ # Archived legacy brainstorming
│ ├── north_star/ # Current architecture and design specs (Source of Truth)
│ └── assets/
│ └── reki_concept.png
├── frontend/ # React + Vite + MapLibre GL JS
├── worker/ # Cloudflare Workers (API, tiles proxy, search)
├── routing/ # [Pending setup] Valhalla Docker config
├── tiles/ # [Pending setup] OSM tile server Docker config
└── README.md
BikeRoutes.org is open source and welcomes contributions! Whether you're fixing a bug, adding a feature, or improving trail data — every contribution helps.
See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.
BikeRoutes.org is free forever and supported entirely by donations. Your support keeps the servers running and the trails mapped.
| ☕ $5 | 🥪 $10 | 🗺️ $15 | 👕 $25 | 🏔️ $50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coffee for Reki | Reki's Sandwich | Trail Supporter | Route Builder (T‑shirt) | Reki's Inner Circle (Hoodie) |
Monthly subscriptions available: Reki's Trail Fund ($3/mo) · Reki's Patrol ($5/mo) · Reki's Herd ($10/mo)
MIT — see LICENSE for details.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.