Great Rides Albuquerque – Bike Rides for Everyone

High, dry, and endless blue sky: Albuquerque is a cycling paradise.

A silver-level Bicycle Friendly Community, high-elevation ABQ is not far from a cycling Eden: 310 days of Chihuahuan Desert sunshine a year, mild winters, cottonwood bosques (woods) along the Rio Grande, and surrounding mountains that blush pink with the setting sun. And that’s not counting its 300-plus miles of bike lanes, paths, and trails.

Albuquerque has more greenspace per capita than any other US city, too — and much of it is connected by lovely, protected routes. The 16-mile, north-south Paseo del Bosque is shaded by tall cottonwoods and follows the river by ABQ BioPark and Old Town. The Tramway Bike Trail, which stretches across the foothills of the Sandia Mountains, has gorgeous views of the city and the desert around it. Keep tabs on the 50 Mile Loop, a developing route that’s going to tie three main north-south trails to east-west pathways. Roadies, head into the Sandias and the East Mountains for climbs (or even full-on circumnavigations).

Gravel is everywhere. Stay close and hit the Bosque, poke around the isolated roads near Cedro Peak, or adventure among hoodoos, badlands, and petrified dunes of 11,000-acre Ojito Wilderness. If you’re here for Halloween, don’t miss Day of the Tread, a Day of the Dead-themed ride (think sugar skulls and skeleton costumes). An hour outside of town, the Tour de Acoma covers the stunning lands of the Acoma Pueblo reservation.

UNM Loop

Distance: 32.7 mi
Elevation: +/- 1491 ft

Albuquerque, NM

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Volcano Loop

Distance: 39 mi
Elevation: +/- 1075 ft

Albuquerque, NM

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Sandia Crest

Distance: 57.1 mi
Elevation: +/- 6139 ft

La Cuesta, NM

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La Luz Climb

Distance: 36.7 mi
Elevation: +/- 2296 ft

Albuquerque, NM

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ABQ Big Loop

Distance: 60.5 mi
Elevation: +/- 2445 ft

Albuquerque, NM

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Tour de Coffee Shops

Distance: 51.4 mi
Elevation: +/- 2604 ft

Albuquerque, NM

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Big 38

Distance: 38.3 mi
Elevation: +/- 1069 ft

Albuquerque, NM

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Shop Ride

Distance: 59.1 mi
Elevation: +/- 3104 ft

Albuquerque, NM

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Albuquerque Foothills

Distance: 30 mi
Piedra Lisa Trailhead
Albuquerque, New Mexico

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White Ridge Trails

Distance: 9 mi
4493 Cabezon Rd
San Ysidro, NM 87053

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Otero/David Canyon

Distance: 49 mi
Pine Flat Picnic Area
11776 NM-337
Tijeras, NM 87059

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Placitas

Distance: 86 mi
Forest Loop Rd
Placitas, NM 87043

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Glorieta Adventure Camps

Distance: 52 mi
35 NM-50
Glorieta, NM 87535

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Winsor Trail

Distance: 6 mi
Aspen Basin Campground
NM-475
Santa Fe, NM 87506

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Cedro

Distance: 80 mi
Cibola National Forest Staging Area
Tijeras, NM 87059

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Sandia Mountain East Side Trails

Distance: 30 mi
7562 Sandia Crest Rd
Cedar Crest, NM 87008

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Paseo del Bosque TrailLong

Distance: 8.6 mi
Elevation: +/- 22 ft

Albuquerque, NM

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Chris Chavez Trail

Distance: 8.3 mi
Elevation: +/- 98 ft

Armijo, NM

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Cutbow Coffee LoopShort

Distance: 7.4 mi
Elevation: +/- 17 ft

Albuquerque, NM

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Petroglyph Ride

Distance: 9.5 mi
Elevation: +/- 507 ft

Albuquerque, NM

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Paseo del Bosque Trail

Distance: 4.2 mi
Elevation: +/- 9 ft

Albuquerque, NM

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West Side Ramble

Distance: 10.8 mi
Elevation: +/- 32 ft

Alameda, NM

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West Side Ramble

Distance: 14.2 mi
Elevation: +/- 40 ft

Alameda, NM

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Albuquerque 77

Distance: 77.3 mi
Elevation: +/- 4593 ft

Albuquerque, NM

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Bear Canyon Loop

Distance: 29.8 mi
Elevation: +/- 1614 ft

Albuquerque, NM

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San Antonio Mountain Grind

Distance: 28.8 mi
Elevation: +/-3029 ft

Sandoval County, NM

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