Below, you’ll find a selection of road cycling routes around Orange. Most are local favourites, some of which I have modified to avoid busier roads where possible. For simplicity, the start point for most routes is set to Elephant Park in town. Please see road cycling info for useful information about riding in Orange before you start. Note: a few routes have gravel sections. These are marked with a gravel distance percentage and a gravel rating.
Disclaimer: Cycling is an activity that inherently involves risk, especially when riding on the road. Whilst every care has been taken to collate information to help you to decide where to ride in Orange, ultimately the responsibility for the ride and assessment of the risk involved in that ride is yours alone. The Administrators of this website do not make any representation or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, or completeness. Individual caution must be shown.
The Pinnacle
24km / 550m / 1hr
A beautiful loop that passes through vineyards, orchards and forest with stunning views over the Towac Valley to Mt Canobolas. The most ridden route in Orange.
There’s not a lot of flat on the Pinnacle loop. It’s pretty much up or down. For many cyclists in Orange, the Pinn is the default ride and for good…
Airport Loop
33km / 250m / 1hr
One of the flatter routes around town. Ride through open farmland, past the airport and loop back to town.
OK so it’s not totally flat with about 250m elevation, but it is one of the flattest routes around town. Very open and exposed so subject to strong winds. For…
Cullya Loop
26km / 345m / 1hr
A quick punchy loop north of town, passing through farming country along eucalypt-lined roads.
A short loop north of Orange. Includes a few punchy climbs and scenic, quiet eucalypt lined roads. Heads out towards Clergate then East to Ophir Road before heading back in…
Icely Road
40km / 595m / 1.5hrs
A rolling out-and-back ride, filled with short punchy climbs. Perfect when an Easterly is blowing.
An up-and-down out-and-back route. Punchy climbs and some long downhills heading out become steady climbs and short downhills on the way home. The landscape is picturesque farmland dotted with old…
Mulyan Road
41km / 325m / 1.5hrs / 13% gravel
A nice easy out-and-back ride north of town, with some gravel sections thrown in.
A flat to rolling ride north of Orange. Mulyan Road is an out-and-back loop that takes you through the new suburbs of North Orange before and on to Clergate Road….
Lucknow Loop
45km / 372m / 1.5hrs
A great option if you are looking to avoid the hills. A lightly rolling but mostly flat ride out past the airport to Lucknow and back.
ROADWORKS UPDATE (11.9.23): Beasley Road is currently closed for roadworks with an expected end date in early December (check livetraffic.com). If you’re keen to head out this way, just ride…
Gaanha Bula – Mt Canobolas
36km / 907m / 1.75hrs
A stunning climb to the highest point west of the Blue Mountains through tall eucalypt forests leading to sweeping views over the Central West.
Beautiful… The best on-road climb in Orange. This route follows the The Pinnacle loop, but turns off at the bottom of Stairs Rd climb to head to the top of…
Old Canobolas Rd
41km / 816m / 2hrs
The harder climb up to Mt Canobolas with steeper grades and no flatter section through the middle. This route takes you past Lake Canobolas.
Steep… Strava says there are some sections at around 23% on the climb. I’m not sure if that’s true but it sure feels like it, this climb is unrelenting and…
Lewis Ponds
55km / 978m / 2hrs / 13% gravel
A scenic, hilly route East of Orange, with an 8km gravel section through the middle and a sharp climb through the Eucalypts on the way back.
A cracking loop East of Orange. Head out the scenic and nicely rolling Icely Road past Suma Park Dam, then it’s a couple of fast descents to Lewis Ponds. A…
Kangaroobie
47km / 562m / 2hrs / 22% gravel
A mixed surface loop north of town with sweeping Central West views and a challenging climb on the way back.
A rolling ride north of Orange with a solid climb up Kangaroobie Road on the way home. I originally intended to have two versions of this loop, one more road-focused…
Tallwood
63km / 500m / 2.25hrs
The choice of weekend bunch rides. About 2hrs long, relatively flat with a few short punchy climbs.
The bunch ride staple… Both Saturday and Sunday group rides normally do some variation of Tallwood. It’s lightly rolling with a few short sharp punchy climbs along the way –…
Millthorpe
65km / 472m / 2.5hrs
A road ride to one of the most beautiful towns in the region. Visit the cellar doors, stop for coffee or do a bit of shopping before heading back to town.
The Cellar Doors Three excellent cellar doors all a short walk from each other in the heart of Millthorpe. Food & Coffee Options Cafés: Providore is excellent and open 7…
Back of Mine
78km / 1135m / 3hrs
REOPENED. One of the best routes in Orange. Pine forests then farmland with sweeping views of the rolling hills to the South. Swing around the bottom of the mine and climb back up to the plateau.
Update 17 July 2023: Route re-opened with short (100m) gravel detour around the land slip (about 20km’s in). A beautiful ride… some of the most stunning scenery around Orange. The…
Guyong Loop
98km / 824m / 3.5hrs
Ride through picturesque rolling hills to the South and East of Orange taking in the open sparse plains of Blayney & historic Millthorpe.
Rolling roads… A route without challenging hills but with a few bumps along the way, this is perfect for a steady endurance ride. The landscape is picturesque grazing country. A…
Euchareena / Molong
112km / 1412m / 4hrs
Head North to Euchareena along Burrendong Way, through Eucalypt forests opening out to beautiful grazing country.
Sparse golden rolling hills… This route takes you North from Orange along the lightly rolling Burrendong Way through the tiny villages of March and Mullion Creek. After riding through Eucalypt…
Molong / BPR
113km / 1772m / 4.25hrs
Ride through the plains of the Central West, before attacking Bowan Park Road and Lidster Hill climbs on the way home.
Sweeping views… This is a classic Central West loop. From Orange a largely rolling downhill (admittedly with a few steep pinches on the way) takes you out though Nashdale and…
Cargo & Cudal
110km / 1760m / 4.25hrs
A winter favourite when the westerlies are blowing. Perfect for a good endurance ride with some solid climbing to finish.
The scenic road route to Cargo… This route has become a bit of a Sunday regular. It’s perfect for a solid endurance ride – it’s lumpy at the start, lightly…
Neville
134km / 1648m / 5hrs
Stunning landscapes as you head South from Orange, through Blayney and on to Mandurama with Piggery Hill climb on the way home.
Not quite Neville… OK so this route turns right to Mandurama just before you hit Neville, so it’s not quite but near enough. From Orange this route heads South to…
Barry
136km / 1441m / 5hrs
Immerse yourself in the sparse open plains of Blayney and Guyong on this glorious rolling ride.
A stunner… Really, this is Barry / Newbridge but the option to have a ride named Barry was just too good to pass up. A route without challenging hills but…
Euchareena / BPR
150km / 2054m / 5.75hrs
A route combining the Euchareena and Bowan Park Road routes into one glorious 150km Central West ride.
A long ride with a sting in the tail… A combined version of the Molong / BPR & Euchareena / Molong loops. This route encompasses some of the best scenery…
To come: Waldegrave Rd, FOM, Bathurst, Newbridge, Cumnock?
