Urban Bike: Sonoran Bikeway on 3rd Avenue

The fifty mile bicycle route meanders, in part, through the lush green streets of Central Phoenix, under the canopy of huge trees, expansive irrigated lots and historic homes.

The Phoenix Sonoran Bike-way is a 50 mile route stretching between Cave Creek and South Mountain with much of it going right down the center of Phoenix except for when it splits down Cave Creed Rd. or Dreamy Draw only to meet again close to Loop 101.

The photo on the right is from part of the Bikeway in North Central Phoenix along 3rd ave. South of Maryland.  Heading south this route ends at a cul-de-sac with a narrow passage to allow bicyclist through between two homes. Since this is an older part of the city the landscape is lush and green creating a very un-desert like atmosphere.  It’s a wonderful route which you can see in whole on the map (PDF opens from ADOT website)