I'm posting to share and to also inquire on what maps members have used when planning a ride through unknown country. I used this map from my DOT and I found it very useful for picking the roads I wanted to ride. I'm curious if other states provide this resource?
https://www.modot.org/traffic-volume-maps
I used the Garmin Connect Course creator to map the roads I selected into a course that I could follow using my 1030.
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/32940268
My n+1 experience was that those two resources worked well together and it got me wondering if there were other/better resources that bikers used to plot courses.
A couple of things that the maps didn't work well for was road closures due to flooding and bridge repairs. I found that trying to use your phone in the middle of no where to reroute your course is nearly impossible with poor cell reception. The only thing I can think of to address that is paper maps.
https://www.modot.org/traffic-volume-maps
I used the Garmin Connect Course creator to map the roads I selected into a course that I could follow using my 1030.
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/32940268
My n+1 experience was that those two resources worked well together and it got me wondering if there were other/better resources that bikers used to plot courses.
A couple of things that the maps didn't work well for was road closures due to flooding and bridge repairs. I found that trying to use your phone in the middle of no where to reroute your course is nearly impossible with poor cell reception. The only thing I can think of to address that is paper maps.