Ride Profile

Ride Description

This ride starts from the University area and hits the hills of saguaro national park east and the foothills while mostly sticking to bike paths and quiet residential streets. Places where you may get lost are marked with flags andinstructions. I recommend The Tucson city bike map for navigating the university campus if you're not familiar with it.

Start Location and Parking

University area

Ride Directions

South on Highland from campus

Enter (left) Aviation bike path where highland ends (look for blue posts.)

Bike path switches to southern side of golf links at Craycroft.

L at Stella (2nd crosswalk after bike path turns South

L at Sarnoff (look for lake on left)

R on Golf Links

L on Houghton

R on Old Spanish Trail

L at Saguaro National Park

Do a loop (or two) of the cactus loop (bring $5 if you don't have a year pass)

R on Old Spanish Trail when exiting park

R on Freeman

L on Broadway

R on Ridgeside (first R after Tanque Verde Loop)

L on Speedway

R on Houghton

L on Tanque Verde

First Right on Tomahawk

First Left on Morrill

L on Catalina Hwy

R on Tanque Verde

R on Sabino Canyon

Keep R on Sabino Canyon at intersection w/ Kolb

L at Sunrise

R on Kolb

R on Sunrise

L on Hacienda del Sol (first L after Pontatoc)

Go straight through intersection of Hacienda del Sol and River Rd into parking lot.  Veer left at gravel alleyway behind wall.  go 100ft until you hit rillito bike path, turn right

L at footbridge after Campbell

Bike path ends on Mountain Rd

South on Mountain Rd

L at Helen (last road before Speedway.)

At first crosswalk, turn right onto bike path

At the main University mall, make a quick right then left

Bike path ends at Mountain (beginning)

Food, Coffee and Juice Joints close to Start/Finish

Food, Water, & Bathrooms along route

There is water along the Aviation Bike path and at Saguaro National Park. Otherwise, the route is mostly in town, so a gas station is never far away.

Recommended Bike Shops (name, phone, website)