A good ride in El Paso

Historic Union Station in El Paso
(photo by Randy Mallory, courtesy: Texas Historical Commission)

Inside the historic Plaza Theatre, in downtown El Paso

Along the route is Concordia Cemetery, and the grave of famed gunfighter, John Wesley Hardin!

There's a great bike route mapped by El Paso's GeoBetty.com from cycle-friendly hotel Hyatt Place El Paso Airport to downtown.  Here's the route, which is rated as an easy 12 mile ride.  More photos of sights along the way are here!  In addition to downtown's museum and cultural campus, the ride takes you past historic Concordia Cemetery and the lovely Magoffin Home, a facility maintained by the Texas Historical Commission.

New bike route: from cycle-friendly Hyatt Place to downtown El Paso and back!

Park your bike in your room!

 Our friends at GeoBetty.com put together an easy 12.8 mile (roundtrip) route from the very first Texas Mountain Trail cycle-friendly hotel, the Hyatt Place Airport El Paso, to downtown and back.

Starting Point:  Hyatt Place El Paso Airport, 6030 Gateway Blvd. E., El Paso, TX 79905
Phone 915-771-0022; Fax 915-771-0599, hyattplaceelpasoairport.com
Cycle-friendly features include: oversized guest rooms for safe storage of bikes, purchase freshly made breakfasts/lunches/snacks packs for cycling adventures , complimentary shuttle to airport and within 3 mile radius, 24 hour fitness center, outdoor pool, laundry/valet services, and more.

flowering cholla at Concordia Cemetery

Grave of gunfighter John Wesley Hardin

The route includes a swing by El Paso's historic Concordia Cemetery.  In the shadow of the Franklin Mountains, this is a wonderful stop, especially for history enthusiasts.  There's a special section for Buffalo soldier graves, for Chinese railway workers, for El Paso's earliest settlers, including famed gunfighter John Wesley Hardin!

 

Interior of the restored Plaza Theatre
 in downtown El Paso!



The El Paso Museum of Art is in the heart of downtown!



Downtown El Paso, the destination for this bike route offers so much to do!  There's a museum "campus" with so many great spots to visit--the Museum of Art, the Museum of History, a railroad museum, holocaust museum, science museum, and more, and more!



Historic Union Station still serves Amtrak...get off the train,
unpack your bike and head down this route
to the cycle-friendly Hyatt Place!



Dancers performing at one of El Paso's great downtown festival celebrations..here a Day of the Dead performance outside the El Paso Museum of History!

For more images from this route, visit our flickr slideshow, here.

For full route information from the geobetty.com website, click here. 

For a link to the Hyatt Place hotel, click here.

For regional cycling information for Far West Texas and the Texas Mountain Trail, including a full list of cycle-friendly hotels, click here.