Road Cycling Areas and Maps

The Galloping Goose Regional Trail
The Galloping Goose Trail stretches 70 kilometres from Victoria to Leechtown, an abandoned mining site near Sooke. Built on abandoned railway tracks and trestles, it is part of the Trans Canada Trail. The Galloping Goose trail surface is wide (two to four metres), mostly flat and leads through a wonderful diversity of landscapes. Some sections are paved and ideal for bicycles. The unpaved sections are more suitable for mountain bikes.

Victoria
All suggested cycling loops start in downtown Victoria at the Legislative Buildings, turn west on BELLEVILLE, and follow through to DALLAS. Follow the coastline on DALLAS past Beacon Hill Park, Clover Point, Gonzales Bay and the Victoria Golf Club. From here, directions are as follows:

Loop # 1 (10 km)
Left on CURRIE (across from the entrance to Oak Bay Marina) for approximately four blocks. Left on ISLAND. Right on MACNEILL. MACNEILL becomes RICHARDSON. Follow through to VANCOUVER. Left on VANCOUVER. Right on SOUTHGATE to MENZIES. Right on MENZIES to the Legislative Buildings.

Loop # 2 (15 km)
Stay on BEACH. Left on ESTEVAN. At the five-way intersection stop, go straight (stay on ESTEVAN). Left on EASTDOWNE. Right on HAULTAIN and follow through to COOK. Right on QUEENS. Left on VANCOUVER follows through to SOUTHGATE. Right on SOUTHGATE to MENZIES. Right on MENZIES to return to the Legislative Buildings.

Loop # 3 (35 km)
Stay on BEACH through Uplands. BEACH joins CADBORO BAY. Follow CADBORO BAY to ARBUTUS. Straight through on TELEGRAPH BAY. Left on QUEENSWOOD and follow to ARBUTUS. Right on ARBUTUS. Follow through to GORDON HEAD. Right on GORDON HEAD. Follow through (it changes names, becoming FERNDALE, GRANDVIEW, then ASH). Right on CORDOVA BAY. Possible scenic detour at Mount Douglas Park. At intersection of CORDOVA BAY/BLENKINSOP/ROYAL OAK you can do Loop # 4 or head back to downtown. (See "Loop #3 and 4: Return to Downtown" .)

Loop # 4 (50 km)
At intersection, straight through on ROYAL OAK. Right on LOCHSIDE. Follow through. When the road takes a left on SEA PEARL take the pathway straight ahead, past metal gate, to connect with LOCHSIDE. Follow LOCHSIDE until it joins CORDOVA BAY at Mattick’s Farm. Left on CORDOVA BAY. Follow through to PAT BAY Highway. Cross the Highway, SAYWARD veers to the left, then turn right into BROOKLEIGH. Left on OLDFIELD. OLDFIELD joins OLD WEST SAANICH. Left on WEST SAANICH. Left on ROYAL OAK. Follow through to CORDOVA BAY.

Loop # 3 and 4 (Return to Downtown)
Depending on which loop you have chosen, you will be approaching this intersection from different directions. Turn onto BLENKINSOP. Follow BLENKINSOP, it becomes MAPLEWOOD. Left on COOK. Right on SOUTHGATE to MENZIES. Right on MENZIES to return to the Legislative Buildings.

Saanich Peninsula
All loops start downtown. Ride north on DOUGLAS. Left on BURNSIDE (go past Tillicum Mall. Pass under TRANS-CANADA Highway).

Loop # 1 (60 km)
Continue straight after passing beneath the TRANS-CANADA. Road becomes INTERURBAN. Go past Camosun College. At the end of INTERURBAN turn right on GOWARD then left onto WEST SAANICH. Continue on WEST SAANICH to WALLACE - left. Stay on WALLACE, crossing BENVENUTO, WEST SAANICH, MT. NEWTON X Road and EAST SAANICH. Right on AMITY. Use pedestrian overpass over the PAT BAY Highway to LOCHSIDE. Right on LOCHSIDE.
(See "Loop #1 and 2: Return to Victoria" after Loop # 2 directions.)

Loop # 2 (90 km)
Follow directions for Loop # 1 to WEST SAANICH Road and then follow WEST SAANICH Road. Go past the airport and Patricia Bay. Left on DOWNEY. Right on MADRONA. Left on CHALET, becomes LANDS END, follow through to PAT BAY Highway. Right on the PAT BAY Highway. Left on MACDONALD PARK. Follow MACDONALD PARK to RESTHAVEN. Left on RESTHAVEN. Follow through to BEACON. Left on BEACON to FIRST. Right on FIRST. Road will turn right at Washington State Ferry Terminal. Left onto FIFTH/LOCHSIDE. Follow LOCHSIDE.

Loop # 1 and 2 (Return to Downtown)
Follow LOCHSIDE to MOUNT NEWTON X Road. Right, then left onto the PAT BAY Highway. Left onto ISLAND VIEW. Turn right onto dirt road just after large red barn… this is LOCHSIDE again. Follow through to the next paved road, which is MARTINDALE. Left on MARTINDALE. Right on WELCH. Follow through, becomes HUNT. Just after the golf course, take LOCHSIDE TRAIL to the left. Follow through, past playground to CORDOVA BAY. Left on CORDOVA BAY. Right on LOCHSIDE, follow through to ROYAL OAK. Left on ROYAL OAK. Right on BLENKINSOP, BLENKINSOP becomes MAPLEWOOD. Left onto COOK. Follow COOK to downtown.

Loop # 3 (60 km and quite a few hills)
(See directions for all loops). After passing under the TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY, turn left onto BURNSIDE WEST. Follow through to PROSPECT LAKE. Right on PROSPECT LAKE. Take left fork onto MUNNS. Right onto WILLIS POINT. Down long hill to WALLACE, right on WALLACE. Right on WEST SAANICH, follow through to ROYAL OAK. Left on ROYAL OAK. Cross the highway and follow through to BLENKINSOP. Right on BLENKINSOP, follow through, becomes MAPLEWOOD. Left on COOK. Follow COOK back to downtown.

Western Communities
All loops start in downtown Victoria. North on DOUGLAS, along the TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY. Follow Highway 1A through Colwood to METCHOSIN Road. Left on METCHOSIN.

Loop # 1 (70 km) 
Right on HAPPY VALLEY. Left on ROCKY POINT. Follow through. Take right fork (EAST SOOKE) after Matheson Lake to GILLESPIE. Right on GILLESPIE to SOOKE Road. Right on SOOKE Road to KANGAROO. Right on KANGAROO to LINDHOLM. Left on LINDHOLM to HAPPY VALLEY. Left on HAPPY VALLEY to SOOKE Road.
(Follow directions "Loop # 1: Return to Victoria".)

Loop # 1 (Return to Victoria) 
At this point, you can turn right and take SOOKE Road back towards Victoria or you can ride on sections of the Galloping Goose Trail. To get to The Goose, go left on SOOKE, then immediately right, then right again onto the trail. Follow The Goose to Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre, then right onto Highway 1A again through Colwood. Take the 1A exit to View Royal. Follow to ADMIRALS. Left on ADMIRALS, across the bridge, then right onto GORGE. Follow GORGE to the junction of DOUGLAS, HILLSIDE and GIVERNMENT. Right onto GOVERNMENT then to downtown Victoria.

Loop # 3 (100 km and many hills)
Follow directions for Loop # 2 through ROCKY POINT, along GILLESPIE to SOOKE Road. Right on SOOKE Road to HUMPBACK. Left on HUMPBACK, follow HUMPBACK to SOOKE LAKE Road. Right on SOOKE LAKE ROAD the TRANS-CANADA Highway. Left on the TRANS-CANADA Highway to FINLAYSON ARM Road. Right on FINLAYSON ARM. Cross the bridge and go through the park. Follow through to MILLSTREAM. Right on MILLSTREAM to TRANS-CANADA Highway. Left on highway and follow back into Victoria.