Bike rides in Nevada

Explore 5 rail-trail, greenway and park ride options in Nevada, with route lengths, surfaces, access notes and starting locations. These are selected recreational outings, not an exhaustive trail inventory. Read each guide’s scope and access cautions before choosing a ride.

5 ride guides · alphabetical order

• Cornerstone Park paved lakeside path: short bicycle return

  Henderson

  Up to 1 mile return · Out-and-back

  Selected asphalt / concrete path; natural branches excluded

  Follow the signed main path along the paved main lakeside path. Turn after 0.5 outward miles or before the first public-road crossing, work barrier, uncertain continuation or uncomfortable transition, whichever comes first; retrace. Walk any initial lot or access-drive interface. Do not use a road or private-property detour.

• Historic Railroad — Lakeshore Road head: short bicycle return

  Boulder City / Lake Mead

  Up to 1 mile return · Out-and-back

  Improved compacted gravel railbed; firm dry tread only

  From the lower lot take the signed Historic Railroad railbed toward the tunnels. Turn after at most half an outward mile or BEFORE the first tunnel, uncomfortable exposed edge, rough tread or barrier; retrace. Stay on the main railbed, omit tunnels and all dam-end ramps / loops. Walk the parking connection and do not improvise a roadway bypass.

• Pah Rah Interpretive Trail paved loop

  Sparks

  0.5 mi · Loop

  Paved park loop; check joints and short connections locally.

  Take a short, unhurried circuit through sagebrush at the southeast edge of Golden Eagle Regional Park in Sparks. Washoe County describes a half-mile paved loop with interpretive stops and a shaded outdoor classroom. The county's 2016 trail guide specifically permits bicycles on this loop. This outing covers ordinary pedal bicycles and stays on the small interpretive circuit. Current trail profile, County trail guide, printed page 46

• Sparks Marina public park: short bicycle return

  Sparks

  About 2 miles loop · Loop

  Paved lakeside main loop

  Follow the signed paved main circuit once around Helms Lake, obeying any bicycle direction markings. Keep the lake beside you and return to the same public parking connection. Walk entrance / pedestrian interfaces and avoid the dog enclosure, beach, ramps and streets. If the main circuit is blocked, retrace rather than detouring onto roads.

• Tahoe East Shore Trail: Incline Village to Sand Harbor return

  Incline Village

  Up to 6 miles return · Out and back

  Paved separated lakeshore multi-use path

  Follow the paved East Shore Trail south from the Incline Village access toward Sand Harbor and return on the same path. Use its highway underpass; stay off SR 28 and stop at any work barrier.