Choosing Your Route

• The City of Austin Bicycling Map is an incredible and interactive map for cyclists. Use this map to plan a trip and find the best bikeways. You can choose routes based on biking comfort levels. You can also print this map.

• Mountain biking trails are abound throughout Central Texas. Hundreds of trails for mountain biking that can be explored through REI’s Austin Mountain Bike Project site here.

• The Austin Parks Foundation allows you to search for parks with biking trails on their website here.

• Google Maps has built-in functionality to provide you with custom directions by bicycle.

• Ride The City also provides custom directions by bicycle, but with flexibility to specify route comfort.

• CAMPO provides a five-country Austin metro map, using a format similar to the City of Austin map. They also distribute a printed version.

• Commute Solutions has several links to other Austin-area bicycle maps.

• Cap Metro‘s options for bringing your bike with you puts more destinations within your reach and helps overcome final-destination challenges.

• Smart Trips Austin curated this Downtown Bike Route for you to explore Downtown Austin with a 6-mile route.

• If you’re just beginning, stick to neighborhood streets with fewer cars and slower traffic. Always remember, the best route by car might not be the best by bicycle. Click here for more information about Biking 101.