San Antonio Bike Trails Map 2026: Where eBikes Ride

395.8 miles of trail and path · 445 named trails · 76.0 miles open to an e-bike · 38 passages quoted from the bodies that wrote them · Rules read November 3, 2026

Verified November 3, 2026: every rule on this map is quoted from the body that wrote it: the Texas Legislature; the National Park Service at San Antonio Missions; Texas Parks and Wildlife at Government Canyon; the City of San Antonio, from its Council record, its National Recreation Trail filings and its own published copy of the City Code; and Bexar County. Every mile is measured from public trail files, each stretch of ground counted once.

Quick Answer: Any e-bike Texas defines may ride the paved stretches of the Leon Creek Greenway North, Salado Creek Greenway North and Medina River Greenway, which the City lists for bicycling. In the national park, pedal, and walk your bike through the mission compounds. Government Canyon bars e-bikes from its trails. On other City park trails, follow the trailhead sign.

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Mission San José, where the Park Service has every bike walked through the compound, in a scene generated with Playcut from a photograph of the mission by Carol M. Highsmith.

On a paved San Antonio trail that bicycles may ride, Texas law keeps your e-bike on it: a city or county "may not prohibit the operation of an electric bicycle" where a regular bicycle is permitted, unless the path is a natural-surface track closed to motor vehicles (Tex. Transp. Code § 551.106(a)). The exceptions are Government Canyon's trails, where the state bars every e-bike, and the four mission compounds, where every bike is walked.

That one statute settles the Leon Creek Greenway North, the Salado Creek Greenway North and the Medina River Greenway, which the City lists for bicycling. It does not settle the rest of the City's park trails: it protects your e-bike only where a regular bicycle may ride, and the City's park rules could not be read for this map (Limitations).

This map shows which of Bexar County's 395.8 mapped miles of trail and off-street path your e-bike may ride, on the rules read November 3, 2026, and who says so. It ties 3,529 pieces of trail from public trail files, such as the City's own trail file, counted once, to the body that runs each one wherever a file read names it. You can download every row in the trail register.

For the rest of Texas's e-bike law, read Texas e-bike laws, and every state's line sits in electric bike laws by state.

For a shop to test-ride at, see the San Antonio e-bike shop directory or the Texas e-bike shop directory. The state's other trails are on the Texas e-bike trail atlas, the state atlases are listed in e-bike trails by state, and Houston's trail map reads the same Texas statute.

Riding out of state? We map the trails of New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Phoenix and Philadelphia by e-bike rule as well, and e-bike trails near me sets out the Forest Service, BLM, National Park Service, state park and rail-trail rules that decide where an e-bike may ride.

In this guide

• How to read the map
• Who decides on each trail in Bexar County
• The state rule that protects your ride
• The greenways: Leon Creek, Salado Creek and the Medina River
• City park trails: the sign decides
• The River Walk and the Mission Reach
• San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
• Government Canyon: no e-bikes on the trails
• The scooter rule people quote at e-bike riders
• Bexar County, the other cities and the bases
• What Texas law says
• San Antonio bike trails riders ask about
• San Antonio trails, area by area
• Where riders get caught out
• Streets, bike lanes and sidewalks
• Choosing an e-bike for San Antonio's trails
• The bottom line
• Frequently asked questions
• How we verified this map · Limitations · Source register

How to read the map

Each line on the map is a stretch of trail or off-street path, colored by what your e-bike may do there under the rule of the body that holds its ground.

San Antonio and Bexar County: 395.8 miles of trail and path, 76.0 open to e-bikes, 39.7 closed and 280.1 not established.

The colors follow the rule, not the trail's fame. A blue line is open to your e-bike by a rule this map quotes: Texas law on a surfaced path that a record shows bicycles ride, such as the greenways the City lists for bicycling, or the national park's compendium on its bike paths.

A red line is closed to e-bikes by a rule this map quotes. A gray line is ground whose rule was not established, and every gray mile in the register carries the reason.

The map counts only trails and off-street paths.

Left off are 504.8 miles of bike lanes, routes and other street facilities and 176.5 miles of multi-use path that the City's bikeway file marks inactive or to be determined, 57.3 miles of park sidewalks and park roads in the City's trail file, and 21.2 miles of unnamed OpenStreetMap cycleway that runs beside a road. The street rules are under Streets, bike lanes and sidewalks.

Who decides on each trail in Bexar County

The body that holds the ground under your trail writes its e-bike rule, and Texas law limits what a city or county may write. In Bexar County that body is the City of San Antonio, the San Antonio River Authority, the National Park Service, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Bexar County, another city, a school district, a military base or a private owner.

Each row is rounded to a tenth of a mile on its own, so the rows can add to a tenth more or less than the 395.8 miles counted once.

The limit binds a "local authority", which Texas defines as "a county, municipality, or other local entity authorized to enact traffic laws under the laws of this state" (§ 541.002(3)). The City of San Antonio, Bexar County and the suburban cities are local authorities. The "department" in the same statute is the Department of Public Safety (§ 541.002(1)), which leaves Texas Parks and Wildlife's own trail rule standing.

Two managers fall between those lines. The National Park Service sets its own rules on its ground, and they open the Missions' bike paths to e-bikes (compendium). The River Authority manages ground along the Mission Reach; its rules could not be read for this map, and the texts read here do not say whether a river authority is a "local entity authorized to enact traffic laws", so its 9.6 miles read gray.

The state rule that protects your ride

If a regular bicycle may ride a path, a Texas city or county may not ban your e-bike from it, unless the path is a dirt track that motor vehicles cannot use.

The full text of subsection (a), from the Legislature's own code site (§ 551.106(a)):

"The department or a local authority may not prohibit the operation of an electric bicycle: (1) on a highway that is used primarily by motor vehicles; or (2) in an area in which the operation of a nonelectric bicycle is permitted, unless the area is a path that: (A) is not open to motor vehicles; and (B) has a natural surface tread made by clearing and grading the native soil without adding surfacing materials."

Two phrases in that exception carry most of the weight. "Natural surface" means a tread cut from the native soil, and "without adding surfacing materials" means a gravel or aggregate path is not one, so a manager cannot close a crushed-stone trail to e-bikes on that ground.

Of the 304.6 miles this map takes from the City's trail file, 216.0 are paved, 23.3 carry an added surface such as aggregate or mulch, 64.9 are natural and 0.3 have no surface on record.

Beyond the dirt-path exception, the statute gives managers two tools. A local authority may "prohibit the operation of a bicycle on a sidewalk" and "establish speed limits for bicycles on paths set aside for the exclusive operation of bicycles and other paths on which bicycles may be operated" (§ 551.106(b)). A posted speed limit on a greenway binds you whatever your bike.

The state also keeps your e-bike out of the motor-vehicle category: a motor vehicle "does not include an electric bicycle" (§ 541.201(11)). A sign that bars motor vehicles from a trail does not, by the state's own definition, reach your e-bike.

The greenways: Leon Creek, Salado Creek and the Medina River

The City's three filed greenways are open to your e-bike wherever their tread is surfaced: 58.4 miles on this map. The City lists bicycling as an allowed use on each in its National Recreation Trail filings: the Leon Creek Greenway North (filing, certified in 2012), the Medina River Greenway (filing, 2012) and the Salado Creek Greenway North (filing, 2018).

Each filing opens its list with "Allowed Uses: Bicycling", gives "Paved" as its primary surface and names a City of San Antonio contact. With bicycles allowed and the tread paved, § 551.106(a) leaves the City no room to bar your e-bike there.

The filings give the greenways as 13, 15 and 7 miles long, the Salado Creek trail running "from Huebner Road to John James Park" and the Medina River greenway lying "between Highway 16 and Pleasanton Road".

This map counts every line under each greenway's name, connectors and side paths included, applies each filing to the greenway it names, and reads a stretch whose tread is natural or not on record gray (4.1 miles), because the City may close a dirt stretch even of a greenway it lists for bicycles.

The Leon Creek and Salado Creek greenways south of those filed reaches have no such filing: the National Recreation Trail database lists four Bexar County trails, and the fourth, the Apache Creek Greenway, lists no bicycling (NRT database, Texas). Their 11.9 miles read gray with the rest of the City's park trails.

Plan your greenway rides for daylight: the Leon Creek, Salado Creek and Medina River greenways close at sunset and reopen at sunrise (§ 22-28(e)).

City park trails: the sign decides

Inside a City park, whether a regular bicycle may ride a given trail is not established on this map, because the City's park rules could not be read; 214.0 miles of park trail read gray for that reason. The state rule still protects you there: once a trail is open to bicycles and its tread is surfaced, the City may not bar your e-bike from it.

So the practical test is the one you can do at the trailhead. If the sign opens the trail to bicycles and the tread is paved or gravel, ride. If the sign says pedestrians only, a bicycle of any kind is not permitted, and Texas law does not change that. On a dirt trail, look for a sign about e-bikes, because § 551.106(a)(2) lets the City close a natural-surface trail to them.

This map holds 52.0 miles of natural-surface trail in City parks, most of it at McAllister Park (18.5 miles), Friedrich Natural Area (6.0), O P Schnabel Park (4.6) and Phil Hardberger Natural Area (3.1). Those are the miles where a separate e-bike rule is most likely to apply.

The City's code also keeps its parks closed at night. "All public parks owned or operated by the city, except for the River Walk between Josephine Street and Eagleland Drive, Alamo Plaza, La Villita, Market Square, Woodlawn Lake Park and HemisFair Park shall be closed for all purposes at 11:00 p.m. each day and re-opened for public use at 5:00 a.m. each day" (§ 22-28(a)).

Two kinds of park close earlier: "Notwithstanding subsection (a), parks designated as natural areas by the director of parks and recreation and parks developed as part of the Linear Creekway Parks development program (Leon Creek, Salado Creek, Medina River) shall be closed for all purposes each day at sunset" (§ 22-28(e)).

The City's park file types Friedrich, Eisenhower and Phil Hardberger among its natural areas. If you stay in a park after it closes, you break the section, and "Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor" (§ 22-28(f)).

The River Walk and the Mission Reach

The River Walk runs across City, County, River Authority and national park land, and your e-bike's rule changes with the ground: of its 28.4 mapped miles, 9.7 are open. Between Josephine Street and Eagleland Drive it is a City park; south of downtown, the Park Service's hike-and-bike trail "follows the San Antonio River through the southside of San Antonio, from the River Walk to Mission Espada" (Hike & Bike Along the River).

The River Walk and the Mission Reach: 28.4 miles of trail and path, 9.7 open to e-bikes, 0.3 closed and 18.5 not established.

The City's code counts the downtown River Walk among its public parks, naming "the River Walk between Josephine Street and Eagleland Drive" as one of the parks that stays open at night (§ 22-28(a)). Whether a bicycle may ride the downtown reach is not established here, because the City's park rules could not be read, so it reads gray.

If you are unsure, walk your bike through the crowded downtown loop.

South of downtown, the Park Service describes the Mission Reach Hike & Bike Trail as a path you can ride: "To bike the trail, bring your own bike or rent a bike at one of the San Antonio Bike Share stations at each mission site" (Hike & Bike Along the River).

The same page warns that "Dedicated paved pathways that connect the missions along the river are reserved for pedestrians only" (Hike & Bike Along the River), so not every paved path beside the river is the bike trail.

This map reads the hike-and-bike line as the River Authority's own trail file draws it. Inside the national park, and in the City's and the County's parks along it, that line is blue; on River Authority land it is gray, because the Authority's rules could not be read and its site refused this map's reader.

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park

Inside the national park, your e-bike rides where a regular bicycle does, you pedal it, and you walk it through every mission compound. The park's 2026 compendium, approved January 8, 2026, says: "E-bikes are allowed in San Antonio Missions National Historical Park where traditional bicycles are allowed" and "E-bikes are prohibited where traditional bicycles are prohibited" (compendium).

The walk zones are named: "(f) Bicycles (Including motor-assisted bicycles & E-bikes) must be walked through all four mission compounds, in front of the Mission San Jose Visitor Center and on the San Juan Nature Trail at all times" (compendium).

The throttle rule is the one riders miss. "Except where use of motor vehicles by the public is allowed, using the electric motor to move an e-bike without pedaling is prohibited" (compendium). The federal regulation behind it is narrower, barring use of the motor "exclusively to move an electric bicycle for an extended period of time without pedaling" (36 CFR 4.30(i)(3)); on the park's trails, keep pedaling and you satisfy both.

Break a compendium rule and you can face a federal charge: "Violating any provision in this Compendium may result in criminal penalties under 36 CFR 1.3" (compendium).

The two texts also draw the wattage line on different sides. The compendium's e-bike has "an electric motor of less than 750 watts (1 h.p.)" (compendium), while the federal definition reads "not more than 750 watts" (36 CFR 1.4). A bike rated under 750 watts is inside both, and inside Texas's definition too.

Time your visit to the trail's hours. "The San Jose Mission Reach Trail and adjacent park property between San Jose Drive and Padre Drive are open daily from sunrise to sunset" (compendium), and "The San Juan Nature Trail is open daily from sunrise to sunset" (compendium), though you walk your bike on that one.

This map reads 9.3 miles inside the park: 5.3 open, 2.1 walk-only and 1.8 not established.

Government Canyon: no e-bikes on the trails

Texas Parks and Wildlife bars every e-bike from its trails, so all 37.6 mapped miles of Government Canyon State Natural Area are red on this map. The agency's rule reads: "Electric bicycles are not allowed on park trails. This includes all classes of e-bikes" (specialty vehicles).

Your e-bike may still ride the natural area's roads: "You may use an electric bicycle on state park roads where a regular bicycle is allowed" (specialty vehicles). The state's statute does not reach this rule, because it binds the Department of Public Safety and local authorities, and Texas Parks and Wildlife is neither.

On a regular bicycle, check the trail before you go. The natural area's page, read November 3, 2026, carried this notice: "ALL TRAILS are CLOSED except for the 1.25-mile Discovery Trail" (Government Canyon), and it adds that bikes are not permitted on that trail.

The same page lists gate hours of 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday through Monday and 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, and it counts "more than 40 miles of trails"; this map holds 37.6 miles of them, and the agency's own trail file marks 21 of its lines for hiking only.

The scooter rule people quote at e-bike riders

San Antonio's code bars motor-assisted scooters from trails, creekways, plazas and parks; its e-bike rules are different, and they say nothing about riding on trails. You will read online that the City's Article XIX bans e-bikes from trails. The City's own copy of the article, published in 2022, puts that ban in the subsection on motor-assisted scooters.

That subsection reads: "Riders may not ride on trails, creek ways, plazas and in parks, including but not limited to the Riverwalk, Alamo Plaza, La Villita, Main Plaza and Market Square. Public streets that intersect parks and plazas may be ridden upon" (§ 19-661(a)(5)).

The e-bike subsection that follows says: "(b) Operation of electric bicycles, and bicycles equipped with GPS: (1) Riders must always yield to pedestrians. (2) Riders may not ride on sidewalks, and must use bike lanes when available. (3) Riders must obey state and city traffic laws. (4) For electric bicycles, the person operating or in control must be at least sixteen (16) years of age" (§ 19-661(b)).

What the article does say about trails is about parking. None of these devices may be parked "On trails, creek ways, plazas and parks, including but not limited to the Riverwalk, Alamo Plaza, La Villita, Main Plaza and Market Square" (§ 19-661(c)(3)(f)).

The article's e-bike is the City's own: a bicycle that "Cannot attain a speed of more than twenty (20) miles per hour without the application of human power" and "Does not exceed a weight of one hundred (100) pounds" (§ 19-660(a)(4)). Its rental rules turn on a "Dockless vehicle", one "available for use for a fee" (§ 19-660(a)(3)).

The age line reaches you on your own bike too: if your rider is 15, Texas allows a Class 3 e-bike (§ 551.107(c)), while the City's article sets 16 for the e-bikes it defines.

Bexar County, the other cities and the bases

Outside the City's parks, a path is open to your e-bike where a record shows bicycles ride it and its tread is surfaced: 3.7 of 3.9 miles in the other cities, 1.0 of 7.3 in the County's parks and 4.6 of 44.3 on the City's paths outside its parks. Each of those bodies is a local authority under § 541.002(3).

Most of the City's gray miles outside its parks are multi-use paths in its bikeway file whose tread the file does not record (36.2 miles). A paved sidepath that bicycles ride is open to your e-bike under § 551.106(a), but this map does not assume a surface its record does not give.

The Bexar County parks pages read for this map name no e-bike or bicycle rule; its list of items not allowed in the parks covers confetti, water balloons, glass and fireworks (parks FAQ).

Its news page says phase two of the San Pedro Creek Project opened to the public with "a scenic .25 mile hiking and biking trail" (County news). The County park trails on this map come from the City's trail file, which records no bicycle use, so they read gray, except where the Mission Reach hike-and-bike line crosses Mission and Padre County Parks.

Each suburban city is a local authority too (§ 541.002(3)), and those whose paths are on this map are listed under San Antonio trails, area by area. Leon Valley's Huebner Creek Greenway Trail and Universal City's Cibolo Creek Main Trail are among them, both open on the stretches the two cities run.

Joint Base San Antonio's 0.1 miles read gray: base access and the base's own path rules decide there, and they were not read for this map. School district land (0.1 miles) and private, joint or utility land (0.2 miles) also read gray, because the owner decides.

What Texas law says

Texas defines an e-bike by its pedals, its motor and its top assisted speed, and sorts it into three classes. An "Electric bicycle" means "a bicycle: (A) equipped with: (i) fully operable pedals; and (ii) an electric motor of fewer than 750 watts; and (B) with a top assisted speed of 28 miles per hour or less" (§ 664.001(4)).

"Fewer than 750 watts" draws the line below 750, so a motor rated at exactly 750 watts sits outside the state's definition. That matters when you shop: buy a bike rated under 750 watts and you are inside the state's line and the Park Service's.

The classes follow the motor. Class 1 has "a motor that assists the rider only when the rider is pedaling" and stops at 20 mph (§ 664.001(1)); Class 2 has "a motor that may be used to propel the bicycle without the pedaling of the rider", also to 20 mph (§ 664.001(2)); Class 3 assists only while you pedal, "more than 20 but less than 28 miles per hour" (§ 664.001(3)).

Every class must cut the motor when you stop pedaling or brake: "A person may not operate an electric bicycle unless the electric motor disengages or ceases to function either: (1) when the operator stops pedaling; or (2) when the brakes are applied" (§ 551.107(b)). Texas's age rule is Class 3's alone: a rider must be "at least 15 years of age", though a younger child may ride as a passenger (§ 551.107(c)).

On the trails this map covers, no rule read here opens a trail to one class and closes it to another: where your e-bike is open, it is open whatever its class, and where it is closed, all three are.

San Antonio bike trails riders ask about

The questions below are trail questions San Antonio riders searched for, answered from the rules and the trail files, with the miles this map holds for each.

Can you ride bikes on the San Antonio River Walk?

On the Mission Reach hike-and-bike trail, yes: the Park Service tells riders to "bring your own bike or rent a bike" there (Hike & Bike Along the River), and inside the national park your e-bike rides where bicycles do (compendium). Downtown, the River Walk is a City park (§ 22-28(a)) whose bicycle rule could not be read for this map; walking the bike there keeps you inside it.

How long is the Leon Creek Greenway?

This map holds 25.0 miles of line under the Leon Creek Greenway's names, 18.5 of them on the North greenway, counting every connector and loop. The City's 2012 filing gives the North greenway's length as 13 miles (filing).

How long is the Salado Creek Greenway?

This map holds 35.5 miles of line under the Salado Creek Greenway's names, 23.2 of them on the North greenway, counting every connector and loop. The City's 2018 filing gives the North greenway as 15 miles "from Huebner Road to John James Park" (filing).

Are there bike trails at McAllister Park?

This map holds 24.2 miles of trail in McAllister Park, 18.5 of them on natural tread, among them the McAllister Blue Loop (6.3 miles) and the McAllister Red Trail (1.9 miles). Whether the City opens them to bicycles could not be established, because its park rules could not be read, so they read gray.

On a natural-surface trail, Texas law also lets the City bar e-bikes (§ 551.106(a)). Read the trailhead sign before you ride.

Can you ride an electric mountain bike on San Antonio's dirt trails?

Not at Government Canyon: the state bars every e-bike from its trails (specialty vehicles). On the City's dirt trails the rule could not be established: Texas law lets a city close a natural-surface path to e-bikes even where it allows regular bicycles (§ 551.106(a)), and this map holds 52.0 miles of natural-surface trail in City parks. Follow the trailhead sign.

Are e-bikes allowed in Texas state parks?

On the roads, where a regular bicycle may ride; on the trails, no. "Electric bicycles are not allowed on park trails. This includes all classes of e-bikes" (Texas Parks and Wildlife).

Does Government Canyon have paved trails?

This map's surface records put 0.1 of Government Canyon's 37.6 mapped miles on a paved or added surface, 37.2 on natural tread and 0.2 with no surface on record. Whatever the surface, the state bars e-bikes from its trails (specialty vehicles).

San Antonio trails, area by area

Find your part of the City below: San Antonio divides itself into 30 planning sub-areas, and this map adds up each one's trail miles, grouped by direction from Downtown, with the suburban cities and unincorporated Bexar County after them. The sub-areas are the City's own (SA Tomorrow sub-areas).

Every named trail with 2 miles or more on the map, each stretch counted once under the name its file gives it:

Downtown

Downtown: 17.4 miles of trail and path, 1.3 open to e-bikes and 16.2 not established.

Downtown: 17.4 miles. 1.3 open; 16.2 gray.

• S River Walk 4.8 mi (mostly gray)
• N River Walk 3.2 mi (gray)
• River Walk 1.6 mi (gray)
• San Pedro Creek Greenway Trail 0.9 mi (mostly gray)
• Alazan Creek Greenway 0.8 mi (gray)
• Concepcion 0.6 mi (gray)
• Garcia Park Trail 0.5 mi (gray)
• Milam Park Trail 0.5 mi (gray)
• Madison Square Park Trail 0.5 mi (gray)
• San Pedro Creek Cultural Park Trail 0.5 mi (gray)
• Concepcion Park Trail 0.5 mi (gray)
• Mission Trails Facility Improvements 0.4 mi (gray)
• Also: 0.7 mi of shorter named stretches and 2.0 mi of unnamed trail and path

North

North San Antonio: 90.8 miles of trail and path, 17.8 open to e-bikes and 73.0 not established.

Greater Airport Area: 36.4 miles. 8.6 open; 27.8 gray.

• McAllister Park Trail 11.1 mi (gray)
• Salado Creek Greenway North 8.6 mi (blue)
• McAllister Blue Loop 6.3 mi (gray)
• McAllister Red Trail 1.9 mi (gray)
• McAllister Baseball Field Trail 1.6 mi (gray)
• McAllister Mud Creek Loop 1.5 mi (gray)
• McAllister Playground Trail 0.9 mi (gray)
• Walker Ranch Park Trail 0.7 mi (gray)
• McAllister Park Connector 0.5 mi (gray)
• Monte Galvan Trail 0.4 mi (gray)
• Nacogdoches Rd Connector 0.3 mi (gray)
• Also: 1.3 mi of shorter named stretches and 1.4 mi of unnamed trail and path

Far North: 24.3 miles. 9.1 open; 15.2 gray.

• Salado Creek Greenway North 8.2 mi (blue)
• Hardberger Savanna Loop 1.4 mi (gray)
• Salado Creek Greenway North Park Trail 1.4 mi (gray)
• Rock Edge Trail 1.1 mi (gray)
• WATER LOOP 1.0 mi (gray)
• Hardberger Park Trail 1.0 mi (gray)
• Storm Trail 0.9 mi (mostly gray)
• Hardberger Oak Loop 0.9 mi (gray)
• Hardberger Geology Loop 0.8 mi (gray)
• Ridge Cut 0.6 mi (mostly gray)
• Sight Line Trail 0.5 mi (gray)
• Gorrell Park Trail 0.4 mi (gray)
• Salado Creek Greenway North Park Connector 0.3 mi (blue)
• Also: 0.8 mi of shorter named stretches and 5.2 mi of unnamed trail and path

Stone Oak: 18.7 miles. 18.7 gray.

• Stone Oak South Trail 4.3 mi (gray)
• Panther Springs Park Trail 2.6 mi (gray)
• Mud Creek Park Loop 1.4 mi (gray)
• Gold Canyon Park Trail 1.0 mi (gray)
• Stone Oak North Trail 0.4 mi (gray)
• Also: 0.3 mi of shorter named stretches and 8.8 mi of unnamed trail and path

Midtown: 7.9 miles. 0.1 open; 7.9 gray.

• Botanical Garden Park Trail 1.6 mi (gray)
• Brackenridge Wildlife Loop 1.0 mi (gray)
• N River Walk 1.0 mi (gray)
• Brackenridge Joske Pavillion 0.8 mi (gray)
• Mahncke Park Trail 0.8 mi (gray)
• Brackenridge Ave B Connector 0.4 mi (gray)
• Brackenridge Wilderness Loop 0.4 mi (gray)
• Crockett Park Trail 0.4 mi (gray)
• Also: 1.4 mi of shorter named stretches and 0.1 mi of unnamed trail and path

North Central: 3.5 miles. 3.5 gray.

• Olmos Basin Loop Trail 0.8 mi (gray)
• Olmos Basin Greenway Trail 0.7 mi (gray)
• Olmos Basin Park Trail 0.5 mi (gray)
• Loop Trail 0.3 mi (gray)
• Olmos Basin Golf Course Park Trail 0.3 mi (gray)
• Also: 0.7 mi of shorter named stretches and 0.2 mi of unnamed trail and path

Northeast

Northeast San Antonio: 26.6 miles of trail and path, 4.8 open to e-bikes and 21.8 not established.

Near Northeast: 8.1 miles. 4.4 open; 3.8 gray.

• Salado Creek Greenway North 4.1 mi (blue)
• Lou Kardon Park Trail 0.9 mi (gray)
• Lady Bird Johnson Park Sidewalk 0.5 mi (gray)
• Beitel Creek Greenway 0.5 mi (gray)
• Sunrise Park Trail 0.3 mi (gray)
• Also: 0.8 mi of shorter named stretches and 1.1 mi of unnamed trail and path

Northeast: 6.2 miles. 6.2 gray.

• McClain Park Trail 1.3 mi (gray)
• Friesenhahn Park Trail 0.8 mi (gray)
• Oakhaven Park Trail 0.3 mi (gray)
• Also: 0.1 mi of shorter named stretches and 3.6 mi of unnamed trail and path

Fort Sam Houston: 4.8 miles. 0.4 open; 4.3 gray.

• Salado Creek Greenway South 2.8 mi (gray)
• John James Nature Trail 0.5 mi (gray)
• John James Ball Field Trail 0.5 mi (gray)
• Red Berry Trailhead Path 0.4 mi (blue)
• Belmeade Park Trail 0.3 mi (gray)
• Also: 0.3 mi of shorter named stretches

Rolling Oaks: 4.4 miles. 4.4 gray.

• Comanche Lookout Park Trail 1.7 mi (gray)
• Comanche Loop 0.9 mi (gray)
• Library Loop 0.6 mi (gray)
• Tower Loop Trail 0.5 mi (gray)
• Deer Loop 0.3 mi (gray)
• Also: 0.3 mi of shorter named stretches

NE I-35 and Loop 410: 3.1 miles. 3.1 gray.

• New S.O.A.R. Park Trail 1.3 mi (gray)
• The Wharf at Morgan's Wonderland 0.6 mi (gray)
• Beitel Creek Greenway Trail 0.6 mi (gray)
• Also: 0.7 mi of unnamed trail and path

East

East San Antonio: 10.2 miles of trail and path, 0.2 open to e-bikes and 10.0 not established.

Eastside: 5.5 miles. 0.2 open; 5.3 gray.

• Historic City Cemeteries Park Trail 1.6 mi (gray)
• Salado Creek Greenway South 0.7 mi (gray)
• Pittman Sullivan Park Trail 0.6 mi (gray)
• Coliseum Oaks Park Trail 0.4 mi (gray)
• Lincoln Park Trail 0.4 mi (gray)
• Also: 1.0 mi of shorter named stretches and 0.9 mi of unnamed trail and path

Far East: 4.7 miles. 4.7 gray.

• Salado Creek Greenway South 2.6 mi (gray)
• Copernicus Park Trail 0.5 mi (gray)
• Childsafe 0.5 mi (gray)
• J Street Park Trail 0.4 mi (gray)
• Cresthill Dr Connector 0.3 mi (gray)
• Also: 0.2 mi of shorter named stretches and 0.3 mi of unnamed trail and path

Southeast

Southeast San Antonio: 15.0 miles of trail and path, 15.0 not established.

Southeast: 7.8 miles. 7.8 gray.

• Salado Creek Greenway South 2.3 mi (gray)
• Salado Creek Greenway 1.9 mi (gray)
• Southside Lions Loop 1.1 mi (gray)
• Southside Lions Park Trail 0.8 mi (gray)
• Milam Wesley Tealer Trail 0.7 mi (gray)
• Hiawatha/Meadowlark Trail 0.4 mi (gray)
• Southside Lions Senior Center Connector 0.3 mi (gray)
• Also: 0.3 mi of shorter named stretches and 0.1 mi of unnamed trail and path

Brooks: 5.8 miles. 5.8 gray.

• Salado Creek Greenway 1.9 mi (gray)
• Pytel Park Trail 0.5 mi (gray)
• Pickwell Park Trail 0.4 mi (gray)
• Brooks Park Connector 0.4 mi (gray)
• Also: 0.7 mi of shorter named stretches and 1.8 mi of unnamed trail and path

Far South: 1.3 miles. 1.3 gray.

• Braunig Lake Park Trail 1.3 mi (gray)

South

South San Antonio: 44.3 miles of trail and path, 21.7 open to e-bikes, 2.1 closed and 20.4 not established.

South: 37.4 miles. 14.9 open; 2.1 closed; 20.4 gray.

• S River Walk 11.9 mi (mostly blue)
• Riverside Golf Course Park Trail 4.8 mi (gray)
• Mission Trail 4.2 mi (mostly gray)
• San Jose Burial Park Trail 3.7 mi (gray)
• Medina River Greenway Park Trail 3.4 mi (blue)
• Medina River Greenway Espada Connection 1.4 mi (mostly blue)
• Mission Park Trail 1.0 mi (gray)
• Mission San Juan Capistrano Park Trail 1.0 mi (mostly red)
• Mission San Jose Park Trail 1.0 mi (red)
• Mission Parkway Park Trail 0.5 mi (mostly gray)
• Stinson Park Trail 0.4 mi (gray)
• Ashley Road 0.3 mi (blue)
• Yanaguana Trail 0.3 mi (gray)
• Harlandale Park Trail 0.3 mi (gray)
• Also: 1.4 mi of shorter named stretches and 2.0 mi of unnamed trail and path

Texas AM - San Antonio: 6.9 miles. 6.8 open.

• Medina River Greenway Park Trail 6.8 mi (blue)

Southwest

Southwest San Antonio: 12.0 miles of trail and path, 3.6 open to e-bikes and 8.4 not established.

Southwest: 6.1 miles. 6.1 gray.

• Leon Creek Greenway South Park Trail 1.5 mi (gray)
• Pearsall Park Trail 1.0 mi (gray)
• Arnold Park Trail 0.7 mi (gray)
• Golden Community Park Trail 0.5 mi (gray)
• Palo Alto Park Trail 0.5 mi (gray)
• Normoyle Park Trail 0.5 mi (gray)
• Flores Park Trail 0.5 mi (gray)
• Tejeda Park Trail 0.3 mi (gray)
• Palo Alto Terrace Park Trail 0.3 mi (gray)
• Also: 0.4 mi of shorter named stretches and 0.2 mi of unnamed trail and path

Far Southwest: 6.0 miles. 3.6 open; 2.4 gray.

• Medina River Greenway Trail 2.4 mi (mostly blue)
• Rio Medina Trail 1.5 mi (gray)
• Medina River Greenway Park Trail 1.0 mi (blue)
• Nogales Trail 0.3 mi (gray)
• Spicewood Park Trail 0.3 mi (gray)
• Also: 0.5 mi of shorter named stretches

West

West San Antonio: 33.1 miles of trail and path, 1.1 open to e-bikes and 32.0 not established.

Westside: 17.0 miles. 17.0 gray.

• Apache Creek Loop 3.7 mi (gray)
• Apache Creek Greenway 3.0 mi (gray)
• Alazan Creek Greenway 2.5 mi (gray)
• Zarzamora Creek Greenway 1.7 mi (gray)
• San Pedro Creek Greenway Trail 0.9 mi (gray)
• Cuellar Park Trail 0.6 mi (gray)
• Elmendorf Lake Park Trail 0.5 mi (gray)
• Apache Creek Park Connector 0.5 mi (gray)
• Benavides Park Trail 0.4 mi (gray)
• Monterrey Park Trail 0.4 mi (gray)
• Also: 1.6 mi of shorter named stretches and 1.1 mi of unnamed trail and path

Far West: 9.6 miles. 1.1 open; 8.5 gray.

• Leon Creek Greenway South Park Trail 2.1 mi (gray)
• Leon Creek Greenway North Park Trail 1.1 mi (blue)
• Tom Slick Park Trail 0.8 mi (gray)
• Rodriguez Park Trail 0.8 mi (gray)
• Heritage Duck Pond Park Trail 0.5 mi (gray)
• Rainbow Hills Park Trail 0.5 mi (gray)
• Leon Creek Greenway 0.4 mi (gray)
• Lackland Terrace Park Trail 0.3 mi (gray)
• Also: 0.5 mi of shorter named stretches and 2.7 mi of unnamed trail and path

Port San Antonio: 6.5 miles. 6.5 gray.

• Leon Creek Greenway 1.7 mi (gray)
• Loop Trail 0.8 mi (gray)
• Kennedy Park Trail 0.7 mi (gray)
• Medina Base Road Park Trail 0.6 mi (gray)
• Stablewood Farms Park Trail 0.4 mi (gray)
• Gateway Terrace Park Trail 0.4 mi (gray)
• Also: 0.8 mi of shorter named stretches and 1.0 mi of unnamed trail and path

Highway 151 and Loop 1604: 0.1 miles. 0.1 gray.

• 0.1 mi of shorter named stretches

Northwest

Northwest San Antonio: 125.6 miles of trail and path, 18.9 open to e-bikes, 37.5 closed and 69.2 not established.

West Northwest: 56.1 miles. 4.8 open; 37.5 closed; 13.8 gray.

• Black Hill Loop 4.8 mi (red)
• Lytle's Loop 4.7 mi (red)
• Leon Creek Greenway North Park Trail 4.6 mi (blue)
• Sendero Balcones 4.5 mi (red)
• Joe Johnston Route 4.0 mi (red)
• Far Reaches Trail 2.9 mi (red)
• Caroline's Loop 2.5 mi (red)
• Twin Oaks Trail 2.0 mi (red)
• Savannah Loop 2.0 mi (red)
• Culebra Helotes Creek Greenway 1.9 mi (gray)
• Culebra Creek Tribuitary Greenway 1.8 mi (gray)
• French Creek Greenway 1.8 mi (gray)
• Bluff Spurs 1.8 mi (red)
• Cave Creek 1.7 mi (red)
• Wildcat Canyon Trail 1.6 mi (red)
• Culebra Creek Greenway 1.3 mi (gray)
• Recharge Trail 1.1 mi (red)
• Huebner Creek Greenway Park Trail 1.1 mi (gray)
• Overlook Trail 1.0 mi (red)
• Falcone Park Loop 0.9 mi (gray)
• Leon Creek Greenway Connector Trail 0.9 mi (gray)
• La Subida 0.8 mi (red)
• Leon Creek Greenway Central Park Trail 0.7 mi (gray)
• Little Windmill Trail 0.6 mi (red)
• Twin Oaks 0.5 mi (red)
• Campground Access Trail 0.5 mi (red)
• Sendero Travesero 0.5 mi (red)
• New Territories Park Trail 0.4 mi (gray)
• Cathedral Rock Trail 0.4 mi (gray)
• Perez Park Trail 0.4 mi (gray)
• Also: 1.7 mi of shorter named stretches and 0.7 mi of unnamed trail and path

Northwest: 29.0 miles. 4.5 open; 24.6 gray.

• Leon Creek Greenway North Park Trail 5.0 mi (mostly blue)
• OP Schnabel Park Trail 4.7 mi (gray)
• Restoration Way 2.9 mi (gray)
• Main Loop 1.7 mi (gray)
• Red Oak Trail 1.3 mi (gray)
• Big OP Loop 1.1 mi (gray)
• Vista Loop 0.8 mi (gray)
• Bluff Loop Trail 0.7 mi (gray)
• Bear Grass Trail 0.7 mi (gray)
• Old Tower Climb Trail 0.6 mi (gray)
• Juniper Barrens 0.6 mi (gray)
• Bosque Trail 0.6 mi (gray)
• Bonnie Conner Park Trail 0.5 mi (gray)
• Huesta Creek Greenway Trail 0.5 mi (gray)
• Raymond Russell Park Trail 0.4 mi (gray)
• Forest Range 0.4 mi (gray)
• Tower Loop Trail 0.4 mi (gray)
• OP Schnabel Park Connector 0.4 mi (gray)
• Water Trail 0.4 mi (gray)
• Encino Pass 0.4 mi (gray)
• Leon Vista Park Connector Trail 0.3 mi (gray)
• Mill Pass 0.3 mi (gray)
• Entry Trail 0.3 mi (gray)
• Leon Creek Greenway North Park Connector 0.3 mi (blue)
• Also: 1.3 mi of shorter named stretches and 2.5 mi of unnamed trail and path

UTSA: 24.7 miles. 9.6 open; 15.1 gray.

• Leon Creek Greenway North Park Trail 5.3 mi (blue)
• Leon Creek Greenway North 2.4 mi (blue)
• Hillview Natural Trail 1.7 mi (gray)
• Salado Creek Greenway North 1.0 mi (blue)
• Yucca Natural Trail 0.9 mi (gray)
• Cedar Flats Trail 0.8 mi (gray)
• MAVERICK CREEK GREENWAY 0.7 mi (gray)
• Huesta Creek Greenway Trail 0.7 mi (gray)
• Leon Creek Greenway Trail 0.6 mi (blue)
• Red Oak Trail 0.4 mi (gray)
• Yucca Paved Trail 0.4 mi (gray)
• Shady Creek Trail 0.4 mi (gray)
• Bamberger South Loop 0.4 mi (gray)
• Bamberger Main Loop 0.4 mi (gray)
• Bamberger Park Connector Trail 0.3 mi (gray)
• Hillview Paved Trail 0.3 mi (gray)
• Also: 1.2 mi of shorter named stretches and 6.8 mi of unnamed trail and path

Near North: 6.6 miles. 6.5 gray.

• Woodlawn Lake Park Trail 1.7 mi (gray)
• San Pedro Springs Park Trail 1.4 mi (gray)
• Old Spanish Walking Trail 0.7 mi (gray)
• Martinez Creek Trail 0.6 mi (gray)
• Beacon Hill Park Trail 0.5 mi (gray)
• Also: 0.8 mi of shorter named stretches and 0.9 mi of unnamed trail and path

Near Northwest: 5.3 miles. 5.3 gray.

• Garza Park Trail 0.8 mi (gray)
• Lee Creek Park Trail 0.3 mi (gray)
• Also: 1.2 mi of shorter named stretches and 3.0 mi of unnamed trail and path

Medical Center: 3.8 miles. 3.8 gray.

• San Antonio Medical Foundation Trail 2.8 mi (gray)
• Denham Park Trail 0.5 mi (gray)
• Also: 0.5 mi of unnamed trail and path

Outside the City

Outside the City of San Antonio: 20.7 miles of trail and path, 6.6 open to e-bikes, 0.1 closed and 14.0 not established.

Schertz: 3.5 miles. 3.5 gray.

• Lakewood Acres Park Trail 2.0 mi (gray)
• Crescent Bend Nature Trail 1.5 mi (gray)

Universal City: 1.7 miles. 1.4 open; 0.3 gray.

• Cibolo Creek Main Trail 1.6 mi (mostly blue)

Kirby: 0.9 miles. 0.9 open.

• 0.9 mi of unnamed trail and path

Leon Valley: 0.8 miles. 0.8 open.

• Huebner Creek Greenway Trail 0.8 mi (blue)

Selma: 0.6 miles. 0.6 open.

• Evans Road Cycle and walking path 0.5 mi (blue)

Grey Forest: 0.5 miles. 0.5 gray.

• Scenic Canyon Park Trail 0.5 mi (gray)

Converse: 0.3 miles. 0.3 gray.

• Northampton Park Trail 0.3 mi (gray)

Live Oak: 0.1 miles. 0.1 gray.

• 0.1 mi of shorter named stretches

Unincorporated Bexar County: 12.4 miles. 2.9 open; 0.1 closed; 9.4 gray.

• Medina River Greenway Espada Connection 3.1 mi (mostly blue)
• Scenic Canyon Park Trail 1.3 mi (gray)
• Stillwater Ranch Nature Trail 0.8 mi (gray)
• Old Stillwater Ranch Path 0.8 mi (gray)
• SWR Parkway Walking Path 0.6 mi (gray)
• Regency at Stone Oaks Cycle & Foot Path 0.3 mi (gray)
• Also: 0.1 mi of shorter named stretches and 5.4 mi of unnamed trail and path

Where riders get caught out

Most trouble on San Antonio's trails comes from a sign, a compound or a curfew, not from the class on your frame, and each of these seven is in a rule or a managing body's page this map quotes.

1. Riding into a mission compound. The Park Service requires every bike, yours included, to be walked through all four compounds and in front of the Mission San Jose Visitor Center (compendium).
2. Throttling down a park trail. In the national park, the motor alone may not move your e-bike off the roads open to public motor vehicles (compendium).
3. Taking an e-bike onto Government Canyon's trails. The state bars all classes from its trails (specialty vehicles).
4. Riding a pedestrian path beside the river. Some paved paths along the Mission Reach are "reserved for pedestrians only" (Hike & Bike Along the River).
5. Riding a greenway after sunset. The Leon Creek, Salado Creek and Medina River greenways close at sunset (§ 22-28(e)) and other City parks at 11:00 p.m. (§ 22-28(a)); if you stay after closing, it is a class C misdemeanor (§ 22-28(f)).
6. Riding the sidewalk to reach the trailhead. The City's code keeps e-bikes off sidewalks (§ 19-661(b)), and the state lets it (§ 551.106(b)).
7. Parking on the trail. The City's code bars parking these devices on trails, creek ways and plazas (§ 19-661(c)(3)(f)).

Your San Antonio trail checklist

• Is the trail open to bicycles at its trailhead sign?
• Is the tread paved or gravel? Then a city or county may not bar your e-bike (§ 551.106(a)).
• Are you inside the national park? Pedal, and walk through the compounds.
• Is it a state park or natural area? Leave the e-bike on the road.
• Is your rider old enough? 15 for a Class 3 under state law, 16 under the City's article.

Streets, bike lanes and sidewalks

On San Antonio's streets your e-bike is a bicycle in law: it belongs in the bike lane, never on the sidewalk. The City's article tells e-bike riders they "may not ride on sidewalks, and must use bike lanes when available" (§ 19-661(b)), and the state allows a city to "prohibit the operation of a bicycle on a sidewalk" (§ 551.106(b)).

On a road, the state forbids a city to bar your e-bike from "a highway that is used primarily by motor vehicles" (§ 551.106(a)). This map leaves streets and painted lanes off; the City's bikeway inventory, the project file of its infrastructure program, is its own layer.

Choosing an e-bike for San Antonio's trails

For San Antonio's trails, buy an e-bike the state's definition covers: pedals, a motor rated under 750 watts and assistance that ends at 20 or 28 mph. That keeps you inside Texas's line (§ 664.001(4)) and the Park Service's (compendium).

The filed greenways are paved, so a Class 1 or Class 2 bike with comfortable tires covers them. If your rides will reach the national park, a pedal-assist bike suits its pedal rule; a throttle bike works too, as long as you pedal on the park's trails. Our San Antonio guide measures the ground in all 30 sub-areas, the July heat and the VIA bus rack, and matches bikes to riders of five weights.

For the paved greenways and the commute, see our commuter e-bikes; if a child rides along, our cargo e-bikes carry them. The e-bike buying guide explains classes, motors and batteries.

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The bottom line

Ride San Antonio's filed greenways on any e-bike Texas defines: the Leon Creek Greenway North, the Salado Creek Greenway North and the Medina River Greenway are open where paved, and so are the Missions' bike paths if you pedal and walk through the compounds.

Leave the e-bike on the road at Government Canyon. On a City park trail, follow the sign at the trailhead: if bicycles may ride a surfaced trail, so may you, and if the sign says pedestrians only, walk.

Frequently asked questions

Can you bike San Antonio's greenway trails?

Yes. The City lists bicycling as an allowed use on the Leon Creek Greenway North, the Salado Creek Greenway North and the Medina River Greenway in its National Recreation Trail filings, and where a regular bicycle may ride a paved path, a city "may not prohibit the operation of an electric bicycle" (§ 551.106(a)). On this map those three are open to e-bikes where paved; the other greenways read gray.

Are e-bikes legal in San Antonio?

Yes. An e-bike that meets Texas's definition, with pedals, a motor of "fewer than 750 watts" and a top assisted speed of 28 mph or less (§ 664.001(4)), may ride San Antonio's streets and bike lanes. For the e-bikes its article defines, the City adds two rules: no sidewalk riding, and an operator at least 16 (§ 19-661(b)).

Are e-bikes street legal in Texas?

Yes. An e-bike inside the state's definition needs no title, registration or driver's license: those subtitles "do not apply to the operation of an electric bicycle" (§ 551.107(a)). A city or county may not ban it from "a highway that is used primarily by motor vehicles" (§ 551.106(a)).

Are throttle e-bikes legal in Texas?

Yes, as Class 2 e-bikes. Texas defines one as an e-bike "equipped with a motor that may be used to propel the bicycle without the pedaling of the rider," with "a top assisted speed of 20 miles per hour or less" (§ 664.001(2)). Every open mile on this map is open to your throttle bike too.

In the national park, though, you pedal: there, "using the electric motor to move an e-bike without pedaling is prohibited" except where the public may drive (compendium).

Is there a speed limit for e-bikes in San Antonio?

Not in the City rules read for this map. Texas lets a city or county set speed limits for bicycles on bike paths and on other paths bicycles may use (§ 551.106(b)); the City's e-bike article sets none, and the rest of its park rules could not be read (Limitations). Obey any speed limit you see posted on a path.

Texas's classes cap your motor's help by "top assisted speed": 20 mph or less for Class 1 and Class 2, and under 28 mph for Class 3 (§ 664.001).

Is there a bike trail to the San Antonio Missions?

Yes. The Park Service's Mission Reach Hike & Bike Trail "follows the San Antonio River through the southside of San Antonio, from the River Walk to Mission Espada" (Hike & Bike Along the River). Inside the national park, e-bikes ride where bicycles are allowed; pedal on its trails, and walk through all four mission compounds (compendium).

Can you bike at Government Canyon?

On a regular bicycle, on the trails the natural area opens to bikes, but on November 3, 2026, its page said "ALL TRAILS are CLOSED except for the 1.25-mile Discovery Trail", where bikes are not permitted (Government Canyon). On an e-bike, only the roads: "Electric bicycles are not allowed on park trails. This includes all classes of e-bikes" (specialty vehicles).

Do I need a license to ride an e-bike in San Antonio?

No. Texas's subtitles on titling and registration, driver's licenses and motor vehicle safety responsibility "do not apply to the operation of an electric bicycle" (§ 551.107(a)). You still ride by the rules of the road: in the City's words, riders "must obey state and city traffic laws" (§ 19-661(b)).

What are the age and helmet requirements in San Antonio?

The City sets 16 for an e-bike of 100 pounds or less that cannot pass 20 mph on its motor alone, which is how its article defines one: "the person operating or in control must be at least sixteen (16) years of age" (§ 19-661(b)).

Texas sets 15 for a Class 3 and lets a younger rider ride one as a passenger (§ 551.107(c)). On helmets, the City's article says: "The wearing of a helmet is encouraged but not required" (§ 19-661(b)(7)).

Are e-bikes allowed on San Antonio sidewalks?

No. The City's code says riders "may not ride on sidewalks, and must use bike lanes when available" (§ 19-661(b)), and state law lets a city bar bicycles from sidewalks (§ 551.106(b)).

What time do San Antonio parks close?

City parks, McAllister Park among them, close at 11:00 p.m. and reopen at 5:00 a.m., except the downtown River Walk, Alamo Plaza, La Villita, Market Square, Woodlawn Lake Park and HemisFair Park; Woodlawn Lake Park closes at midnight (§ 22-28(a)). The Leon Creek, Salado Creek and Medina River greenways and the City's natural areas close at sunset (§ 22-28(e)).

Bexar County's parks keep their own hours, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in winter and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in summer at most of them (parks FAQ).

How we verified this map

Every figure on this map was computed from saved files, and every rule is quoted from a saved copy of the governing body's own text; the steps, the files and the limits are listed here.

• Lines. 3,529 pieces of trail and off-street path, 395.8 miles, from the City of San Antonio's park trail file and the active multi-use paths in its bikeway inventory, the San Antonio River Authority's Mission Reach trail layer, Texas Parks and Wildlife's state park trail file and OpenStreetMap (Geofabrik's Texas extract of November 2, 2026). The National Park Service's public trails layer carries no line for the San Antonio Missions. Each stretch of ground counts once, the managers' own files first, and every piece is cut into runs of a quarter mile or less before it is placed. Every mile figure is the register's sum rounded once, to a tenth of a mile, so a map legend's rows can add up to a tenth more or less than the total printed above them.
• Places. Each piece is placed by the Census Bureau's county and city boundaries, the City's park boundaries and its 30 planning sub-areas; a City piece on the City's edge that no sub-area covers is counted in the nearest one.
• Rules. 47 passages from the bodies that govern the ground, each quoted from the copy saved when it was read on November 3, 2026, 38 of them quoted on this page.
• What readers ask. 2,780 questions and search phrasings harvested from 4 kinds of source (search suggestions on two engines, the headings of the pages that answer them, Reddit posts read by hand, and an AI search panel); 691 are answered on this page and the rest are logged with the reason they were set aside.
• Sources. 29 sources are linked, each saved as it was read. The City Code's publisher answers a Cloudflare challenge to an identified research client and the City's website answers "Access Denied", so the City Code was read where the City itself publishes it: Article XIX in a copy the City attached to a 2022 request for proposals, and § 22-28 in the City Council's 2025 redline of Chapter 22; see Limitations.
• Names. Each stretch counts once, under the name its source file gives it; a section or phase of a trail is listed under the trail, and a spelling is changed only where the manager's own file shows it.
• The data. Every trail is a row in the register (CSV) for each sub-area or city it crosses, with its manager, its verdict, the rule behind it and the names the files give it; the same rows are published as JSON.
• Cover. The cover scenes of Mission San José were generated with Nano Banana Pro on Playcut (playcut.ai) from a photograph by Carol M. Highsmith (Library of Congress, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain); their type was set in-house.
• Byline. Researched and written by Milad Ghobadibeygvand, BScN (Western University, 2014), for Redtail eBikes; corrections to support@redtailebikes.com.

Limitations

1. The City's park bicycle rules were not read. The City Code's publisher (Municode) answers a Cloudflare challenge to our identified research client, the City's website answers "Access Denied", and the City's archived ordinance files we tried answer "not found". The City Council's agendas from 2021 to 2026 were read through its public meeting portal (525 of 553 City Council meetings; 26 could not be read): the one Chapter 22 update on an agenda in that window, on February 13, 2025, is described in its own memo as making "no major substantive or major policy changes". So whether a regular bicycle may ride each City park trail is not established here, and 214.0 miles of park trail read gray.
2. The City Code is read in the City's own copies. Chapter 19, Article XIX is read in the copy the City attached to a 2022 request for proposals (Supplement No. 134); no City Council agenda from 2021 to 2026 carries an item amending the article by title. Section 22-28(a), (e) and (f) are read in the draft redline attached to the City Council's agenda of February 13, 2025, where none of the three carries a change mark. The current text at the Code's publisher could not be read.
3. The River Authority's rules were not read. Its website answers 403 to our research client and its map server accepted no connection, so its 9.6 miles read gray. The texts read for this map also do not say whether a river authority is a "local entity authorized to enact traffic laws" bound by § 551.106.
4. The state parks rule is read on the agency's page. Texas Parks and Wildlife's e-bike rule is quoted from its specialty vehicles page; its regulation in the Texas Administrative Code (31 TAC § 59.134) could not be read, because the Code's viewer has moved to a portal that serves no text to a research client. Government Canyon's trail closure is the notice on its page on the day it was read, and it can lift at any time.
5. The national park's trail lines. The Park Service's own trail file has no line for the San Antonio Missions, so the park's paths are drawn from the River Authority's hike-and-bike line and OpenStreetMap, and a path inside the boundary that no record ties to a rule reads gray (1.8 miles).
6. Two wattage wordings. The park's compendium defines an e-bike with a motor "of less than 750 watts", 36 CFR 1.4 with "not more than 750 watts". Both are printed; a motor rated under 750 watts is inside both.
7. Two age lines. Texas sets 15 as the minimum age to operate a Class 3 e-bike (§ 551.107(c)); the City's Article XIX sets 16 for the electric bicycles it defines. Both are printed; the higher one is the safe plan inside the City.
8. Other owners not read. Joint Base San Antonio (0.1 mi), school districts (0.1 mi) and private, joint and utility owners (0.2 mi): their rules were not read, so those lines are gray. Bexar County's parks pages, read in full, name no bicycle or e-bike rule, and its map server accepted no connection.
9. Lines no file assigns. 8.1 miles of lines, most of them OpenStreetMap paths outside any city, carry no manager in any file read; they are gray.
10. The greenway filings are older than the greenways. The City's National Recreation Trail filings date from 2012 (Leon Creek North, Medina River) and 2018 (Salado Creek North). This map applies each filing's "Allowed Uses: Bicycling" to the greenway it names as the City's trail file draws it today.
11. Surfaces come from the files. A piece's tread is the surface its own record gives, or, where it gives none, the surface most of five sample points share with nearby recorded lines; a stretch whose surface could not be read reads gray on the greenways.
12. Slivers are dropped. Where two drawings overlap, the register keeps one, and the leftover piece is dropped when it is shorter than 50 m, or 20 m where both drawings come from the same file: 4.4 miles in all, 0.7% of the 649.7 miles of input line, which the map's totals leave out.
13. Mapped miles are line miles. The register counts every mapped line once, connectors, loops and parallel paths included; it is not a measure of any single route's length, and a greenway's mapped miles run past the length its filing gives.
14. Search volumes are not stated. The paid keyword instrument returned no data on the day of this build, so this page makes no claim about how many people search for any phrase.

When to re-check this map: when Texas Parks and Wildlife lifts Government Canyon's trail closure; when the Park Service issues its next superintendent's compendium for the Missions (the version read was approved January 8, 2026); whenever the City amends Chapter 19, Article XIX or Chapter 22 of its Code; and whenever the Legislature amends Chapter 551 or § 664.001 of the Transportation Code, which it can do in the regular session that opens in January 2027.

Source register

Every rule on this map comes from these primary sources, grouped by the body that issues them, each retrieved and read November 3, 2026, and each linked to the deepest page that states it:

T1 is the rule's own text at its publisher, or the City's own copy of its Code; T2 is the managing body's own page, filing or draft. The trail lines come from the data publishers named in the method. News reports, retailers' pages and other guides were read as leads only and are not cited.

References

These are the documents this page quotes, in the order of the source register, each with the section quoted, the date it was read and its address:

1. State of Texas. "Tex. Transp. Code § 541.002, Governmental Authorities". § 541.002(1), § 541.002(3). Accessed November 3, 2026. https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/TN/htm/TN.541.htm#541.002
2. State of Texas. "Tex. Transp. Code § 541.201, Vehicles". § 541.201(2), § 541.201(11). Accessed November 3, 2026. https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/TN/htm/TN.541.htm#541.201
3. State of Texas. "Tex. Transp. Code § 551.106, Regulation of Bicycles by Department or Local Authority". § 551.106(a), § 551.106(b). Accessed November 3, 2026. https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/TN/htm/TN.551.htm#551.106
4. State of Texas. "Tex. Transp. Code § 551.107, Operation of Electric Bicycle". § 551.107(a), § 551.107(b), § 551.107(c). Accessed November 3, 2026. https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/TN/htm/TN.551.htm#551.107
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6. National Park Service (all units). "36 CFR 1.4, What terms do I need to know?". § 1.4(a). Accessed November 3, 2026. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-36/chapter-I/part-1/section-1.4
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8. National Park Service (San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, 'Hike & Bike Along the River', last updated June 13, 2025). "Hike & Bike Along the River, National Park Service". Accessed November 3, 2026. https://www.nps.gov/thingstodo/hike-bike-along-the-river.htm
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11. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. "Specialty Vehicles, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department". Accessed November 3, 2026. https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/park-information/specialty-vehicles
12. City of San Antonio (City Code Ch. 19, Art. XIX, as the City published it in 2022). "City Code Chapter 19, Article XIX, Motor-Assisted Scooters, Electric Bicycles, and Bicycles Equipped with GPS (Supp. No. 134), as attached to City RFP 4944 (2022)". § 19-660(a)(3), § 19-660(a)(4), § 19-661(a)(5), § 19-661(b), § 19-661(b)(7), § 19-661(c)(3)(f). Accessed November 3, 2026. https://webapp1.sanantonio.gov/RFPFiles/RFP_4944_202209300813060.pdf
13. City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation (its National Recreation Trail listing). "Leon Creek North Greenway, National Recreation Trail filing". Accessed November 3, 2026. https://www.nrtapplication.org/trails/leon-creek-north-greenway
14. City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation (its National Recreation Trail listing). "Medina River Greenway, National Recreation Trail filing". Accessed November 3, 2026. https://www.nrtapplication.org/trails/medina-river-greenway
15. City of San Antonio (City Code Ch. 22, as the Council's February 2025 redline reproduces it). "Proposed Chapter 22 Code Changes, Draft Redline Version (Parks and Recreation), City Council agenda of February 13, 2025". § 22-28(a), § 22-28(e), § 22-28(f). Accessed November 3, 2026. https://sanantonio.primegov.com/api/compilemeetingattachmenthistory/historyattachment/?historyId=798e8db6-cc2b-4398-97ed-ef68f66fd32d
16. City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation (its National Recreation Trail listing). "Salado Creek Greenway North, National Recreation Trail filing". Accessed November 3, 2026. https://www.nrtapplication.org/trails/salado-creek-greenway-north
17. Bexar County. "Your County at Work: County Parks, Creeks, and Trails, Bexar County". Accessed November 3, 2026. https://www.bexar.org/m/newsflash/home/detail/1016