Whitman County included in network of bike routes

TEKOA - Four new bicycle routes include Tekoa, Clarkston, and the Palouse in a national network.

Adventure Cycling Association designated 18 new U.S. bicycle routes in five states, adding 2,903 miles to the U.S. Bicycle Route System (USBRS). The USBRS is now 17,734 miles in 31 states and Washington, DC.

Four new routes in Washington State run through Tekoa, Clarkston, and the Palouse.

USBR 81 and USBR 281 (103.4 and 23.1 miles): USBR Route 81 is 103.4 miles and runs through the wheat fields of the Palouse starting near Tekoa. The route passes Pullman descends into the Snake River Canyon and on...