Whimsy Bike

Oak Bay Bike Map

Bike lanes, trails and calm streets in Oak Bay, BC, and a route planner that picks the comfortable way.

Open the Oak Bay bike map

Map of Oak Bay's bike routes, with the rest of Greater Victoria greyed out

Bike routes in Oak Bay

About 32.2 km of mapped bike routes, 59% of them on protected lanes, trails, painted lanes or traffic-calmed streets.

Protected lanes and paved trails4.7 km
Painted bike lanes4.6 km
Traffic-calmed streets9.3 km
Shared streets13.1 km
Unpaved trails0.6 km

Main bike routes

On the map

1 public bike repair station; Cattle Point, Jimmy Chicken, UVic, Willows Beach.

How Oak Bay's bike routes came to be

Greater Victoria's bike network grew out of its old railways. The Galloping Goose Regional Trail was turned from a Canadian National line into a trail starting in 1987, the Lochside Regional Trail opened up the Saanich Peninsula in 2001, and the E&N Rail Trail has been built in phases beside the Esquimalt & Nanaimo line since 2009. In 2016 the City of Victoria adopted a plan for a network of bike routes for all ages and abilities, and its first protected lane, on Pandora Avenue, opened in 2017. Neighbouring municipalities have been adding protected lanes of their own since.

Plan a ride

Whimsy Bike plans routes across Oak Bay and the rest of Greater Victoria on your device. Comfortable routes favour protected lanes, trails and quiet streets; Balanced and Direct trade some comfort for distance. Every route explains why it was chosen.

Bike maps by area

Rail trails