Cycling routes and maps

 Iconic Vancouver bike route

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  Features and highlights

  If you’re short on time or it’s your first visit, this ride takes you to Vancouver’s most iconic sights, including Canada Place, Stanley Park, and the West End.

  This gentle route follows separated and protected bike lanes, welcoming riders of all ages and abilities. Short sections of this route include uphill climbs.

  Bike route features

  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes (based on average speed: 12 km/hr)
  • Length: 17 km

  Information icon Mostly flat ride with 1 or 2 minor hills crossing downtown Vancouver. The route is fully paved.

 Seaside Vancouver bike route

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  Features and highlights

  This route showcases Vancouver's stunning beaches and parks. It begins in False Creek, leads to Spanish Banks beach and viewpoint, and returns along the seawall with spectacular skyline views.

  This ride primarily follows separated bike paths, but it is a longer route that includes some gravel paths and short uphill sections.

  Bike route features

  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes (based on average speed: 12 km/hr)
  • Length: 25.3 km

  Information icon Includes some steep sections along the Seawall around Kitsilano, Point Grey, and as the route crosses the Burrard bridge into downtown Vancouver. Nearly a quarter of the route consists of gravel and unpaved surfaces.

 Creative Vancouver bike route

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  Features and highlights

  If you want to explore lesser-known areas of Vancouver, this ride takes you through some of the city's vibrant neighborhoods and dynamic public spaces.

  The route includes local street bikeways and quieter neighborhood streets shared with motor vehicles. Expect a few hills along the way.

  Bike route features

  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Duration: 1 hours 45 minutes (based on average speed: 12 km/hr)
  • Length: 16.6 km

  Information icon Mostly flat ride with short uphill sections around Commercial Drive. The route is fully paved.

Navigating the cycling map

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  How to use route maps on Google Maps

  1. Open the route:
     • Select the link to open the route in the Google Maps app on your mobile device or web browser.
  2. View route and points of interest:
     • The route and points of interest will automatically display on your mobile device.
     • Use "View Map Legend" to turn layers on or off based on your preferences.
  3. Save the route for future use:
     • Zoom in and select the line representing the route (colored pink, blue, or purple).
     • Select 'Save', then choose where to save your route within Google Maps.
  4. Navigate to points of interest:
     • Select the next point of interest along the route to start navigation in the bike category of Google Maps.
  5. Adjust route if needed:
     • To make sure navigation follows our recommended route, add an extra stop by selecting any point along the route and selecting 'Add Stop', even if you don't plan to stop there. This will make sure that the route follows our recommended path.
  6. Access saved routes:
     • If you cannot see the map at any point during your ride, open the "Saved" section in the bottom navigation bar of the Google Maps app.
     • Select your saved map to display it.
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  Disclaimer of responsibility

  These maps were produced to provide possible routes for people cycling, scooting or otherwise rolling in the City of Vancouver.

  The City, its employees, officers, directors and representatives neither guarantee the accuracy of the maps and accompanying information nor warrant the safety of any route, highway, road, street, or designated cycling route shown in the maps or accompanying information.

  Any person who relies on the maps or the accompanying information does so at their own risk.