The Experience

The ExperienceWhat the week is, why the Delta, and who you will be riding with.

Field Notes What Is the Graveler Why the Delta Host Towns Music & Culture History of the Graveler

Rider Guide

Rider GuideEverything registered riders need, in one place.

Guide home Start here The week Before you arrive How the week works The days Places Safety Getting home

The Route

The RouteFive days, 342 miles, Jonesboro down to Arkansas City.

Route Overview Day 1 · Jonesboro Day 2 · Village Creek Day 3 · Helena Day 4 · Stuttgart Day 5 · Arkansas City Half-Grav

What's Included

What's IncludedSupport, camp, food, and bringing someone who is not riding.

Support & SAG Camp & Lodging Food & Drink Bring a Non-Rider

Plan Your Trip

Plan Your TripYou are registered. Here is what to bring and where to be.

Bike & Gear Packing List Packet Pickup & Gear Drop Getting There & Shuttle

FAQ Shop

The ExperienceField Notes What Is the Graveler Why the Delta Host Towns Music & Culture History of the Graveler

Rider GuideGuide home Start here The week Before you arrive How the week works The days Places Safety Getting home

The RouteRoute Overview Day 1 · Jonesboro Day 2 · Village Creek Day 3 · Helena Day 4 · Stuttgart Day 5 · Arkansas City Half-Grav

What's IncludedSupport & SAG Camp & Lodging Food & Drink Bring a Non-Rider

Plan Your TripBike & Gear Packing List Packet Pickup & Gear Drop Getting There & Shuttle

FAQ Shop Search

A rider on wooded gravel throwing a rock-on sign

Rider Guide

For registered riders

The Rider Guide

One place for everything: the week, what to bring, how each day runs, where you sleep, and how you get home. Bookmark this page.

Not a race — a gathering on gravel.

5Riding days6–10 October, Jonesboro to Arkansas City.

341.9MilesAbout 58% of it unpaved.

7,537Feet of climbA third of it on day one, getting off the ridge.

6Host townsA state park, a blues festival, a duck-calling town.

Start here

What this guide is, who is behind the week, and the one page to keep open.

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The week

The whole week on one screen: dates, days, the daily clock, and Half-Grav.

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Before you arrive

Travel, parking, the bike, what goes in the bag, and who you are bringing.

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How the week works

Support, aid, meals, bags and camp — the machinery behind the riding.

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The days

Each day, hour by hour: the schedule, the route and its mile markers, where you sleep, the town you are in, and the plan if something goes wrong.

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Places

The towns you sleep in, the venues you sleep at, and the places you pass. Each one is written up on the day that owns it.

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Safety

October weather, riding the Delta in harvest season, and where help is.

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Getting home

Saturday night in Arkansas City, and Sunday morning back to your car.

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