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Biking & Cycling
Cycling is an integral part of the Eugene, Cascades & Coast community, where alternative methods of transportation and suistainability are widely embraced.
Eugene has a well-coordinated system of bikeways which includes 30 miles (48-km) of off-street paths, 89 miles (143-km) of on-street bicycle lanes, and 5 bicycle/pedestrian bridges spanning the Willamette River. With plenty of bike-friendly buses and active cycling advocacy clubs, it's no surprise that the League of American Bicyclists awards Eugene gold-level status as a bicycle-friendly community. You can even build your own custom-folding bicycle at Bike Friday's unique bike production facility.
If rolling through scenic countryside is more your pace, there is no shortage of breathtaking rides. Explore one of the state-designated Oregon Scenic Bikeways for spectacular scenery. Intermediate and expert mountain bikers will enjoy Oakridge's fabulous mountain biking trails.
- Ride in the Eugene, Cascades & Coast Region (Bike rentals, organizations, suggested routes, trails and maps)
- Cycling Resources for Oregon (safety, laws, maps and suggested routes)
Alpine Trail
- N Fork Rd
- Westfir OR 97492
- Region: Oakridge - Cascade Mountains
- Subcategory: Biking & Cycling
Commonly referred to as "The Crown Jewel" of the world-renowned Oakridge mountain bike trails, the Alpine Trail offers a little bit of everything. With numerous options, MORE >>
Aufderheide Segment of the West Cascades Scenic Byway
- 46375 Hwy 58
- Wesfir OR 97492
- Phone: 541.782.2283
- Region: McKenzie River - Cascade Mountains
- Subcategory: Biking & Cycling
This "Magic Carpet Ride" on the Aufderheide Highway makes for a great scenic bike day trip, connecting Rainbow to Oakridge. This is a nearly symmetrical ride, halfway up MORE >>
Bike Friday
- 3364 W 11th Ave
- Eugene OR 97402
- Phone: 541.687.0487
- Region: Eugene Oregon
- Subcategory: Biking & Cycling
Bike Friday manufactures performance travel bicycles. For the bicycle enthusiast who needs to quickly board the bus or train, or pack their bicycle for airline travel, MORE >>
Brice Creek Trail
- Brice Creek Rd
- Cottage Grove OR 97424
- Phone: 541.767.5000
- Region: Cottage Grove
- Subcategory: Biking & Cycling
Brice Creek Trail is part of a 10.5 mile loop. The route is made up of 5.5 miles of single track, and 5 miles of paved forest road. The path rises and falls as it MORE >>
City of Eugene Bicycling Program
- 99 E Broadway Ste 400
- Eugene OR 97401
- Phone: 541.682.5471
- Region: Eugene Oregon
- Subcategory: Biking & Cycling
Free cycling maps and information about cycling routes, area cycling associations and events. MORE >>
Covered Bridges Scenic Bikeway
- 10th and Main
- Cottage Grove OR 97424
- Subcategory: Biking & Cycling
This state-designated 35.5-mile scenic bikeway follows the Cottage Grove Covered Bridge Tour Route and features an all-ages and all-abilities cycling experience of MORE >>
Cummins Creek Trail
- Highway 101
- Florence OR 97439
- Region: Florence - Oregon Coast
- Subcategory: Biking & Cycling
Riding along this path is an easy to moderate difficulty level. It is 9.2 miles of nature, ocean, steep descents, and fast cruising on a double-track trail. The more MORE >>
Fern Ridge Path
- Greenhill Rd
- Eugene OR 97402
- Region: Eugene Oregon
- Subcategory: Biking & Cycling
This 6.9-mile (11.1-km) multi-use path takes you through some of the best birding and wildlife and plant viewing in the Eugene area. Beginning at the Meadowlark Prairie MORE >>
Hamm Road Loop
- Hamm Road
- Eugene OR 97402
- Region: Eugene Oregon
- Subcategory: Biking & Cycling
Explore the scenic diversity of the southern reaches of the Willamette Valley on this cycling route. Follow the Coast Fork of the Willamette River through open farmland MORE >>
Jim Weaver National Recreation Trail (Waldo Lake Trail)
- Waldo Lake Rd
- Oakridge OR 97463
- Phone: 541.782.2283
- Region: Oakridge - Cascade Mountains
- Subcategory: Biking & Cycling
Waldo Lake is the second deepest lake in the state of Oregon and one of the purest in the world. The singletrack trail around the lake is equally impressive and takes MORE >>
Larison Rock Trail
- Road 21
- Oakridge OR 97463
- Region: Oakridge - Cascade Mountains
- Subcategory: Biking & Cycling
Larison Rock begins in Greenwaters Park in the heart of Oakridge. Follow paved Larison Rock Road uphill for five-miles to FR 3607. Stay right onto FR 3607 and get ready MORE >>
McKenzie Pass - Santiam Pass National Scenic Byway
- 57600 McKenzie Hwy
- McKenzie Bridge OR 97413
- Phone: 541.822.3381
- Region: McKenzie River - Cascade Mountains
- Subcategory: Biking & Cycling
Highway 242 offers a challenging road ride with the reward of beautiful unobstructed vistas of the Cascade Range. In 2011, Oregon Route 242 was added to the National MORE >>
McKenzie Pass Scenic Bikeway
- McKenzie Hwy 242 5 miles (8 km) east of McKenzie Bridge
- McKenzie Bridge OR 97413
- Subcategory: Biking & Cycling
This challenging 38-mile route is a spectacular ride over Oregon Highway 242, passing hay meadows and ascending 2,000 feet through ponderosa pine forests, views of Mt. MORE >>
McKenzie River National Recreation Trail
- Trail begins 1 mile (1,6 km)
- east of
- McKenzie Bridge OR 97413
- Phone: 541.822.3381
- Region: McKenzie River - Cascade Mountains
- Subcategory: Biking & Cycling
The McKenzie River Trail is one of the most popular trails in the Eugene, Cascades, Coast region of Oregon. The trail can be ridden from top to bottom in a few hours or MORE >>
Middle Fork Trail
- Road 21
- Oakridge OR 97463
- Phone: 541.782.2283
- Region: Oakridge - Cascade Mountains
- Subcategory: Biking & Cycling
Designated a National Recreation Trail in 2007, Middle Fork Willamette Trail runs nearly thirty miles, winding northwest from the blunt end of the Middle Fork valley near MORE >>
Bikes are easy to rent throughout the region. Connect with a local bike club or bicycle shop to partake in scheduled triathlon trainings or weekly rides. Sign up for a local guided tour by bike or catch a pedicab from your downtown hotel to dinner. To see more sights consider renting a bike for the self-guided "walking tours" of Eugene, Springfield, Cottage Grove or Junction City.
The nearby town of Cottage Grove boasts the Row River Bike Trail, a 15-mile (24-km) paved trail that has replaced the tracks of the Oregon Pacific and Eastern Railway. Ideal for walking, cycling and horseback riding.
Cycle along the Oregon coast, across rolling wine country, around placid lakes, through historic covered bridges and up the McKenzie River Valley.
Thirty miles southeast of Eugene on the west flank of the Cascade Mountains lies the mountain town of Oakridge. Here you will find mountain biking trails for beginners, intermediate, advanced and now - with the addition of gondolas to take riders up the extreme angles of Eagle Peak at Willamette Pass - trails for the very bravest. There is an estimated 500 miles (804-km) of single track for biking enthusiasts to enjoy.
