The River Towns Ride and Festival

12th Annual River Towns Ride - Greater Wilmington

The River Towns Ride and Festival provides riders the opportunity to visit the historic riverfronts of New Castle, Delaware City, Wilmington and Chesapeake City, Md. while earning medals based on distance completed. This year’s ride will begin at 9am with a post-ride held in Delaware City’s Battery Park featuring Dogfish Head beer and pizza.

The Ride:

Start in whichever town you wish, Official start time is 9am
SAG support begins at 9am and will end at 3pm. No medals awarded after 3pm so time your start based on your distance goal.

Visit Four Historic River Towns. This year you have the option to ride the Markell Trail and Castle Trail (open to bikes and pedestrians only), The Markell Trail connects the Wilmington Riverfront to Historic New Castle and the Castle Trail connects Historic Delaware City to Historic Chesapeake City, MD. Your wristband will be marked in Wilmington, New Castle & Del. City to confirm you completed that leg of the course.

Course Description: Multiple route options on a course that is predominately flat between Historic Delaware City, Historic New Castle, the Wilmington Riverfront and newly added Historic Chesapeake City, MD. Four Official Starting Points: Downtown Historic New Castle, Downtown Historic Delaware City, Chesapeake City, Md. (head of Ben Cardin Trail at Lock St. and C and D Canal), Wilmington Riverfront at DuPont Environmental Education Center.