Tour de wonders: Clark County’s beauty, history the theme of this year’s Ride Around Clark County

Registration now open for cycling event that offers five scenic courses

By Scott Hewitt, staff writer

May 28, 2026 8:04 am

Clark County, Life, Outdoors

Bicyclists approach the Clark County Fire & Rescue Station 24 in Ridgefield in 2019 while riding the 68-mile Bike Around Clark County loop. Bicyclists chose from five route lengths offered by Ride Around Clark County and organized by the Vancouver Bike Club. (The Columbian file photos)

A Golden Gate Bridge replica is at the home of Denny Heasley. (The Columbian files)

Clark College leaders commissioned the creation of a sundial to commemorate the college’s 50th anniversary in 1984. (The Columbian files)

The Henry J. Kaiser Shipyard Memorial tower. (The Columbian files)

Why are wonders usually marketed in sevens? That tradition seems to have started with the ancient Greeks, who observed seven celestial bodies (five planets plus sun and Moon) and regarded that number as the ultimate, perfect, complete amount — of anything.

Clark County has so many more wonders than that. The Vancouver Bicycle Club wants you to discover as many of them on a single day as your pedaling legs will allow. The 42nd Ride Around Clark County event, set for July 25, features five new bicycle routes of different distances, all of which include at least seven, but usually many more, scenic “wonders of Clark County.” (Like those ancient Greeks, the bike club started out subtitling this year’s Ride Around event with “Seven Wonders of Clark County” before realizing they had lots more wonders than that on their hands, and shortened the slogan to “The Wonders of Clark County.”)

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