| PERIMETER OF THE UNITED STATES |
| Cyclist |
Distance |
Time |
Year |
| William Benick, Canyon Lake, TX |
12,212 mi. |
281 days |
1994 |
| Richard J.DeBernardis, Ed.M., Tucson, AZ |
12,092 mi |
180 days |
1978-79 |
| Bill Horne, Tucson, AZ . |
13,900 mi |
390 days |
1986-87 |
| Bill Mueller, Glendale, AZ |
12,713 mi. |
450 days |
1995-96 |
| Myron Mueller, Encinitas, CA |
12,100 mi. |
292 days |
2002 |
| John Rakowski, Middletown, NJ |
13,498 mi |
323 days |
1978 |
| Michael Ridgeway, Columbia, PA* |
13,107 mi. |
365 days |
1994 |
| Jane Schnell, Washington, DC * |
12,050 mi. |
416 days |
1986-87 |
| Dwight Smith, Ph.D., Ft. Collins,CO |
13,789 mi. |
345 days |
1984-86 |
| Jim Stout, Fremont, CA |
12,100 mi. |
292 days |
2002 |
| *These cyclists, at times, were transported by car while
on their journey around the U.S.A. All other U.S. perimeter cyclists
bicycled the entire perimeter of the Continental U.S. without resorting
to other means of transportation. Other cyclists have bicycled the perimeter
of the United States; However Perimeter Bicycling is aware of only those
listed above. If you are aware of others who have bicycled the perimeter
of the United States, call us at 520-745-2033. |
| Albuquerque, NM |
Richard A. House, II |
67 |
4:26:49 |
| Atlanta, GA |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
70 |
10:23:39 |
| Barcelona, Spain |
Edward Nippy Feldhake, III |
55 |
2:45:00 |
| Cheyenne, WY |
Howard Ong |
51 |
3:52:00 |
| El Paso, TX |
Edward Nippy Feldhake, III |
65 |
3:28:57 |
| Fairbanks, AK |
John G. Fischer |
57 |
2:26:30 |
| Fort Collins, CO |
Dwight Smith & Yvonne Keefs |
53 |
5:35:00 |
| Helsinki, Finland |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
58 |
8:54:12 |
| Jackson, MS |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
70 |
8:26:33 |
| Jacksonville, FL |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
110 |
1 day, 3 hrs, 6 min |
| Las Vegas, NV |
Kim M. Ferranti |
55 |
4:17:00 |
| Las Vegas, NV |
Wade Teter |
55 |
3:11:00 |
| Marana, AZ |
Edward Nippy Feldhake, III |
58 |
3:18:21 |
| Marana, AZ |
Marge Germain |
58 |
3:45:00 |
| Mesa, AZ |
Wayne Churchman |
85 |
4:26:00 |
| Mobile, AL |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
57 |
6:36:00 |
| Norman, OK |
Edward Nippy Feldhake, III |
63 |
3:57:41 |
| Ocala, FL |
Wade Teter |
51 |
2:58:00 |
| Ocala, FL |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
51 |
6:33:12 |
| Oklahoma City, OK |
Wade Teter |
85 |
4:45:00 |
| Orlando, FL |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
86 |
9:19:38 |
| Palm Bay, FL |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
51 |
3:53:21 |
| Palm Bay, FL |
Matt Mahoney |
51 |
3:05:57 |
| Perth, Australia |
Edward Nippy Feldhake, III |
86 |
4:16:17 |
| Philadelphia, PA |
William Cotton |
100 |
11:02:00 |
| Phoenix, AZ |
Bill Mueller |
141 |
10:51:00 |
| Portland, OR |
Edward Nippy Feldhake, III |
74 |
4:14:20 |
| Raleigh, NC |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
88 |
11:12:33 |
| San Diego, CA |
Diane McOwen |
76 |
N/A |
| San Diego, CA |
Edward Nippy Feldhake, III |
76 |
4:28:38 |
| Santa Fe, NM |
Edward Nippy Feldhake, III |
56 |
3:31:40 |
| Spokane, WA |
Bill Misner, Ph.D. |
65 |
3:32:30 |
| Sydney, Australia |
Edward Nippy Feldhake, III |
74 |
5:51:40 |
| Tampa, FL |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
68 |
4:25:00 |
| Tampa, FL |
Wade Teter |
68 |
4:13:00 |
| Tucson, AZ |
Bart Bowen |
111 |
4:21:56 |
| Tucson, AZ |
Carol Ann Bostick |
111 |
4:25:20 |
| Wichita, KS |
Scott Bowersox |
65 |
3:07:32 |
| Wichita Falls, TX |
Wade Teter |
63 |
3:31:00 |
| MOUNTAINS |
| Perimeter |
Cyclist |
Distance(miles) |
Time |
| Angel Peak, NV |
Bob Swift |
57 |
4:46:00 |
| Bald Mountain, CO |
Dwight R. Smith |
216 |
2 days, 5 hrs |
| Baldpate Mountain, ME |
Bud Chase |
61 |
4:58:36 |
| Black Mountain, AZ |
Bud Chase |
60 |
3:51:32 |
| Black Mountains, AZ & NV |
Ted Belanger |
182 |
12:38:29 |
| Boyer Mountain, WA |
Bill Misner, Ph.D. |
85 |
4:58:47 |
| Brasstown Bald Mountain, GA |
Edward Nippy Feldhake, III |
50 |
2:56:59 |
| Cedar Mountain, UT |
Bob Swift |
105 |
9:05:00 |
| Chewelah Mountain, WA |
Bill Misner, Ph.D. |
154 |
8:51:11 |
| Coal River Mountain, WV |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
50 |
5:57:00 |
| Copper Butte Mountain, WA |
Bill Misner, Ph.D. |
115 |
7:49:34 |
| Dos Cabezas, AZ |
Robert J. Greenberg |
67 |
4:58:10 |
| Dragoon Mountains, AZ |
Marvin Atwood |
157 |
8:08:00 |
| Dragoon Mountains, AZ |
Alicia Heiserer-Feurer |
157 |
9:21:00 |
| Dripping Springs Mountains, AZ |
Ted Belanger |
92 |
5:58:08 |
| Elk Mountain, CO |
Howard Ong |
81 |
6:57:00 |
| Florida Mountain, NM |
Charles Butler |
57 |
6:40:00 |
| Franklin Mountains, TX |
Charles Butler |
52 |
3:16:00 |
| Gelbert Mountain, WA |
Bill Misner, Ph.D |
55 |
2:48:08 |
| Glass Mountain, CA |
Matthew Nelson & Tim Clark |
142 |
8:45:00 |
| Grayback Mountain, AZ |
James Kemper |
151 |
9:45:55 |
| Grizzly Mountain, WA |
Bill Misner, Ph D. |
123 |
7:56:27 |
| Harquahala Mountains, AZ |
Robert Greenberg |
71 |
3:55:00 |
| House Mountain, AZ |
Wade Teter |
57 |
3:19:00 |
| Huachuca Mountains, AZ |
Wade Teter |
66 |
5:28:00 |
| Lane Mountain, WA |
Bill Misner, Ph.D. |
89 |
4:59:47 |
| Lone Mountain, WA |
Bill Misner, Ph.D. |
55 |
3:12:00 |
| McCullough Mountain Range, NV |
Bob Swift |
123 |
8:13:00 |
| McDowell Mountains, AZ |
Carol Ann Bostick |
100 |
3:54:37 |
| McDowell Mountains, AZ |
Eric Lunsford |
100 |
3:49:51 |
| Mica Peak Mountain, WA |
Bill Misner, Ph.D. . |
87 |
4:44:00 |
| Mt. Bonaparte, WA |
Bill Misner, Ph.D |
89 |
5:49:00 |
| Mt. Graham, AZ |
Robert Greenberg |
102 |
9:36:00 |
| Mt. Pisgah, WA |
Bill Misner, Ph.D. |
81 |
4:25:05 |
| Mt. Rainier, WA |
Eric Gonnason |
154 |
14:15:00 |
| Mt. Spokane, WA |
Bill Misner, Ph.D. |
92 |
4:51:40 |
| Mt. Stimson, WA |
Bill Misner, Ph.D. |
137 |
9:38:44 |
| Mt. Wrightson, AZ |
James Kemper & Dwight Nelson |
115 |
6:03:11 |
| Muddy Mountains, NV |
Bob Swift |
130 |
8:28:00 |
| Mule Mountain, AZ |
Terry Brown |
90 |
5:16:22 |
| Mustang Mountains, AZ |
Wade Teter |
58 |
3:43:00 |
| Newman Peak, AZ |
James Kemper |
122 |
6:12:46 |
| Peacock Mountain, AZ |
Robert Greenberg |
66 |
4:37:00 |
| Pedregosa Mountains, AZ |
Robert Greenberg |
81 |
6:49:00 |
| Pine Mountain, KY |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
54 |
6:30:00 |
| Placer Mountain, NM |
Schuyler Thomas |
104 |
7:45:00 |
| Plomosa Mountains, AZ |
Robert Greenberg |
88 |
5:55:00 |
| Potter Mountain, AZ |
Justin Peschka |
92 |
3:50:00 |
| Puerto Blanco Mountains, AZ |
Matthew Nelson |
53 |
4:20:00 |
| Puu Kukui, HI |
Bob Swift |
61 |
4:06:50 |
| Pyramid Mountains, NM |
Robert Greenberg & David Glasgow |
85 |
6:13:00 |
| Red Mountain, AZ |
Ron Jensen |
70 |
2:33:53 |
| Red Mountain, AZ |
Jane Meneely |
70 |
2:35:05 |
| Rincon Mountain, AZ |
Tom Nieman & Matt Nelson |
121 |
9:16:00 |
| Saddle Mountain, WA |
Bill Misner, Ph.D. |
71 |
3:40:08 |
| San Francisco Mountains, AZ |
Robert Greenberg |
52 |
3:49:00 |
| Sandcreek Mountain, WA |
Bill Misner, Ph.D |
99 |
5:41:00 |
| Santa Catalina Mountains, AZ |
Darien Newman |
105 |
6:02:34 |
| Sassafras Mountains., SC-NC |
Robert Greenberg |
52 |
4:03:00 |
| Scoop Mountain, WA |
Bill Misner, Ph.D. |
63 |
3:17:18 |
| Sierra Blanca Mountains, AZ |
Edward Nippy Feldhake, III |
88 |
4:20:06 |
| Sierrita Mountains, AZ |
Tom Nieman |
145 |
6:45:00 |
| Signal Peak, AZ |
Edward Nippy Feldhake, III |
97 |
5:17:21 |
| Smith Peak, ID |
Bill Misner, Ph.D. |
268 |
1 day, 9 hrs, 47 min |
| Spring Mountains, NV |
Bob Swift |
164 |
13:54:38 |
| Steptoe Butte Mtn, WA |
Bill Misner, Ph.D. |
68 |
3:38:11 |
| Teton Mountains, WY |
Burke Painter |
260 |
2 days, 8 hrs, 15 min |
| Tortolita Mountains, AZ |
Ted Belanger |
122 |
5:59:30 |
| Tortolita Mountains, AZ |
Missy Brixius |
122 |
7:13:20 |
| Tucson Mountains, AZ |
Jason Van Marle |
62 |
2:12:28 |
| Tucson Mountains, AZ |
Carol Ann Bostick |
62 |
2:18:05 |
| Twelve Ben Mountains, Ireland |
Thomas Fahey |
58 |
5:20:00 |
| Uncle Sam Mountain, WA |
Bill Misner, Ph.D. |
74 |
4:40:34 |
| Wheeler Peak, NM |
Matthew Nelson |
87 |
5:09:00 |
| Wheeler Peak, NM |
Marie Handrahan |
87 |
6:13:09 |
| Whetstone Mountains, AZ |
Edward Nippy Feldhake, III |
83 |
4:21:30 |
| Whetstone Mountains, AZ |
Marge Germain |
83 |
4:19:49 |
| White Tank Mountains, AZ |
Jim Sandefer |
69 |
2:50:58 |
| OTHERS |
| Perimeter |
Cyclist |
Distance (miles) |
Time |
| Allegheny Nat’l Forest, PA/NY |
Robert Greenberg |
237 |
1 day, 23 hrs, 46 min |
| Arnold Center, TN |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
50 |
5:50:00 |
| Banana River Aq Prs, FL |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
51 |
3:10:00 |
| Choctawhatchee Bay, FL |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
74 |
7:37:46 |
| Cochise Stronghold, AZ |
Terry Brown |
94 |
6:14:55 |
| Colville Indian Reservation, WA |
Bill Misner, Ph.D. |
319 |
1 day, 11 hrs, 58 min |
| Don Pedro Reservoir, CA |
Brad Bonnett |
53 |
4:15:00 |
| Flaming Gorge, WY |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
155 |
14:29:00 |
| Ft. Carson Military Rsvtn., CO |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
93 |
8:37:00 |
| Ft. Hill Military Rsvtn, VA |
Wade Teter |
61 |
3:35 |
| Hillsborough River, PEI, CAN |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
50 |
6:22:00 |
| Indian River Aq. Reserve, FL |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
99 |
6:31:00 |
| Indian River/Rehoboth Bays, DL |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
56 |
5:12:00 |
| Indian River/Rehoboth Bays, DL |
Wade Teter |
56 |
3:46:00 |
| Lowest U.S.A. Point, CA |
Bob Swift |
90 |
7:15:00 |
| Mira River, Nova Scotia, CAN |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
57 |
5:43:00 |
| Mobile Bay, AL |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
115 |
1 day, 48 min |
| Mosquito Lagoon, FL |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
67 |
6:27:00 |
| Mt. Mansfield State Forest, VT |
Robert Greenberg |
81 |
6:45:00 |
| Ocala Nat’l Forest, FL |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
131 |
2:11:00 |
| Okefenokee Swamp Nat’l W.R., GA |
Robert Greenberg |
165 |
23:44:00 |
| Okefenokee Swamp Nat’l W.R., GA |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
151 |
14 hrs, 25 min |
| Ouachita Nat’l Forest, OK |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
76 |
8:06:00 |
| Osceola Nat’l Forest, FL |
Robert Greenberg |
113 |
7:58:00 |
| Osceola Nat’l Forest, FL |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
74 |
9:50:00 |
| Pascagoula River, FL |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
104 |
9:55:00 |
| Pisgah Game Land, N.C. |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
60 |
6:43:00 |
| Port An Port Peninsula, NF, CAN |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
67 |
6:18:00 |
| Pymatuning Reservoir, OH/PA |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
64 |
10:08:00 |
| Quabbin Reservoir, MA |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
56 |
7:50:00 |
| San Francisco Bay/San Pablo Bay, CA |
Frederick Zankowsky |
237 |
1 day, 13 hrs, 7 min |
| Spokane Indian Reservation, WA |
Bill Misner, Ph.D |
118 |
6:48:58 |
| Strawberry Crater, AZ |
Ted Belanger |
50 |
3:08:42 |
| Turnbull Nat'l W.R., WA |
Bill Misner, Ph.D |
55 |
2:45:11 |
| Washington Parish, LI |
Joan Joesting-Mahoney |
75 |
12:21:00 |
| Willcox Playa, AZ |
Wade Teter & Marge Germain |
51 |
3:15:00 |
| Zekiah Swamp Run, MD |
Wade Teter |
54 |
2:52:00 |