Map & Routes
Pittsburgh Bike Map
Pittsburgh can seem like a daunting place to ride a bicycle for a new cyclist or a newcomer to the city, but it shouldn’t be. Our city’s beauty, in many ways, stems from our lack of a traditional street grid, our rivers, and our many hills — three elements that also make riding in the city challenging at times, especially since these geographic components provide most of our neighborhood connections.
The Pittsburgh Bike map is designed with the commuter and urban explorer in mind, in the hopes that folks can learn some safer routes between neighborhoods, as well as explore some new territory. Click here to support projects like the Pittsburgh Bike Map.
Features of the Official Pittsburgh Bike Map, version 9
Since our last bike map was released 3 years ago, the City of Pittsburgh has extended the bike network to include the addition of over 20 miles of new bike lanes, Neighborways, and trails; and Healthy Ride has been reborn as POGOH bike share with new stations, and for the first time ever, electric bicycles in their new fleet! The 9th edition of the Pittsburgh Bike Map has tons of exciting updates, including:
- BRAND NEW on-street bike routes
- New POGOH stations and information on bike share
- Tips for using E-Bikes and E-Mobility Devices
- An expanded map legend
- Illustrations depicting new types of bike/ped infrastructure
- Libraries
- An updated list of bike shops
Interactive Online Maps and Resources
In addition to all of the information on the print map, the online version contains information about crossing bridges, an expanded notes and landmarks section, and the opportunity to view the routes in terrain and satellite mode. If you want to recommend an edit to the map, please email us. You can download the shape files from the WPRDC site.
Click here to open the interactive Online Bike MapExplore Pittsburgh by bike, explore the map. We packed in tons of useful information such as trails, bridge crossings, landmarks, notes, friendly and cautionary routes, bike shops and more!
- Pittsburgh Bicycling Reddit – A great way to keep up-to-date and to ask local cyclists about preferred routes, tips, information, road conditions.
- Bike Pittsburgh’s Bike Commuting 101 Guide – The complete “How to” guide for riding to work. Full of tips and ideas presented as a fun, readable comic book.
- Google Maps “Bike There” – A great mapping tool from Google. Find good ways to get from point A to point B.
- Bicycle PA Routes – For bike touring in Pennsylvania
- BikePGH Events Calendar – Lots of events and weekly rides to help you meet other cyclists and gain the confidence to ride and explore on your own.
Trails and Trail Maps
- Three Rivers Heritage Trail Map – A comprehensive guide to the city’s riverfront trails put together by Friends of the Riverfront.
- Great Allegheny Passage Map- Trail Map for the Pittsburgh to DC ride put together by the Allegheny Trail Alliance.
- Trail Pittsburgh – Learn all about the mountain bike trail systems in Pittsburgh and beyond.
- FreeWheeling Easy in Western Pennsylvania – Book to help you find the “easy” trails in the region.
- “They Working” Trail Volunteer Fund – Provides grants to to be used by volunteer trail projects that create, maintain, or enhance the bicycle trails in western Pennsylvania
- ExplorePAtrails – One stop site for all of Pennsylvania’s trails. Find trails, info, etc.
Get a Free BikePGH Map
Regular maps are available for free at all bike shops and various other businesses and breweries around town. See below for a list of some locations:
Brookline
Lawrenceville
South Side
Squirrel Hill
Point Breeze/Homewood
Wilkinsburg
Northside
- Bicycle Heaven Bike Museum and Shop – R.J. Casey Industrial Park, 1800 Preble Ave.
- Makeshift Bikes
Strip District
Highland Park
East Liberty
Garfield
Verona