Cycling Lucknow

Route	Distance	Description	GPX file	Map
Airbase loop	48 km	This is a good, fast loop that mostly avoids main roads and covers some nice countryside. The road north of the airbase can be rather busy. I didn't explore much beyond the airbase, but I suspect there's also good cycling to the east of Sitapur Road.	[GPX]	[Ride with GPS]
Ghaila loop	16km	Mountain bike recommended for approx. 1.5mi of cobbles. The bridge across the Gomti River is currently a primitive wooden bridge on pontoons and is removed during the monsoon season (roughly June through September).	[GPX]	[Ride with GPS]
Indira Barrage	58km	A nice ride through newer areas of Lucknow, adjoining countryside, and canals.	[GPX]	[Ride with GPS]
Mall - Kakori loop	52 mi / 84km	This route passes through mango orchards near the town of Mall, visits Kakori village (famous for its kebabs, lassi, and a Sufi shrine), and returns to Lucknow on a frontage road of the newly-constructed Agra Expressway.	[GPX]	[Ride with GPS]
Riverside	8km (one-way)	Lucknow is far along in turning much of the banks of the Gomti River into parkland. A concrete trail is mostly complete along the north side of the Gomti River from approximately Daliganj bridge to just short of Lohia Path / Gomti Barrage. There is also a trail along parts of the southern side. This is a convenient link from Chowk / Daliganj to Indira Nagar, and a good alternative to Nadwa Road & Birbal Sahani Marg, which it parallels. There are a few portions of sand, and you'll need to dodge boys playing cricket.		This trail doesn't yet show on any maps

Airbase loop

48 km

This is a good, fast loop that mostly avoids main roads and covers some nice countryside. The road north of the airbase can be rather busy. I didn't explore much beyond the airbase, but I suspect there's also good cycling to the east of Sitapur Road.

[GPX]

[Ride with GPS]

Ghaila loop

16km

Mountain bike recommended for approx. 1.5mi of cobbles. The bridge across the Gomti River is currently a primitive wooden bridge on pontoons and is removed during the monsoon season (roughly June through September).

[GPX]

[Ride with GPS]

Indira Barrage

58km

A nice ride through newer areas of Lucknow, adjoining countryside, and canals.

[GPX]

[Ride with GPS]

Mall - Kakori loop

52 mi / 84km

This route passes through mango orchards near the town of Mall, visits Kakori village (famous for its kebabs, lassi, and a Sufi shrine), and returns to Lucknow on a frontage road of the newly-constructed Agra Expressway.

[GPX]

[Ride with GPS]

Riverside

8km (one-way)

Lucknow is far along in turning much of the banks of the Gomti River into parkland. A concrete trail is mostly complete along the north side of the Gomti River from approximately Daliganj bridge to just short of Lohia Path / Gomti Barrage. There is also a trail along parts of the southern side. This is a convenient link from Chowk / Daliganj to Indira Nagar, and a good alternative to Nadwa Road & Birbal Sahani Marg, which it parallels. There are a few portions of sand, and you'll need to dodge boys playing cricket.

This trail doesn't yet show on any maps

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