Cycling Routes & Maps
Discover great cycling routes in Hamilton:
- Hamilton Bike Routes, Trails & Parks map
- Dundas Valley Adventure map
- Bruce Trail Reference Guide
Find City cycling routes & maps
Hamilton Bike Share
Grab a bike from one of the 120 hubs located throughout Hamilton. It's worry-free, convenient, & easy to use.
Learn more about the program
Cycling Event Calendar
Upcoming cycling events and meetings in Hamilton
View the cycling event calendar
Where can I park my bike?
Bike parking, whether parked curbside or in bike cage, is gives riders confidence and ease of mind that there bike will be secure.
Find public, private and premium bike parking
Building the Bike Network
The City of Hamilton is continually working to improve the cycling network.
Learn more about the improvement projects
What are those green boxes painted on the street?
Hamilton identifies bike boxes with white bike stencils marked in an area coloured green. A bike box is used at intersections to designate a space, in front of cars, for turning cyclists to queue at a red traffic signal.
Learn more about new cycling traffic features
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OTHER SERVICES AVAILABLE
The City of Hamilton offers a comprehensive map of cycling facilities, points of interest and hiking trails:
Or you can pick up a free copy at any of these locations:
Planned core cycling network
Just like a great transit network, a great cycling network needs to be connected and comprehensive for all ages and abilities.
The schematic cycling system map (PDF, 162 KB), borrowed from the transit spider map design, will help us plan a connected network grid.
Interactive cycling map
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Cycling routes
Check out these websites for maps containing points of interest, as well as regional bike maps and day-trip itineraries:
Everyone Rides - HamOnt Healthy Loops
Great Lakes Waterfront Trail
Greenbelt Route
Trail etiquette
- Keep to the right except to pass
- Do not litter
- Respect nature
- Do not trespass in rural fields
- Pedestrians: Keep any dog on their leash
- Cyclists: Yield to pedestrians
- Cyclists: Alert pedestrians with your bell prior to passing
Hamilton Cycling Advisory Committee
Are you looking to discover great cycling routes in Hamilton for the first time – or discover areas of Hamilton that you are not familiar with?
Escarpment Rail Trail - Distance: 9km | Time: 1hr
Chedoke Radial Rail Trail - Distance: 12km | Time: 1hr
Harbour & Lakeshore - Distance: 16km | Time: 1.5hrs
Dundas Valley & Westdale - Distance: 21km | Time: 2hrs
The Country - Distance: 40km | Time: 4hrs
Gage & Devil’s Punch Bowl Distance: 12km | Time: 1hr
Ferguson & West Harbour Distance: 14km | Time: 1.5hrs
The Brow - Distance: 22km | Time: 2hrs
The Falls Run - Distance: 29km Time: 3hrs
Red Hill Valley Distance: 12km | Time: 1.5hrs
Cycling with Bike Share
- Don't own a bike? Try Hamilton Bike Share. There are various membership plans including ‘pay as you go.’
- Find a bike or hub on the map below.
Hamilton Tourism Website - for the best cycling trails in the City!
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