Shanhaizun Greenway: Nanke Station to the Museum of Taiwan History

Length

11.5 kmSource and notes below

Route shape

One way

Surface

Paved

Traffic

Path with road sections

Level

Easy

Riding time

About 50 min at an easy 14 km/h, not counting stops Estimate ride time

Families

Families: with care

Climbing

Not measuredNo official figure, so none given

Start

Nanke Station (TR), path entrance in front of the station

Finish

National Museum of Taiwan History, 250 Changhe Road Section 1, Annan

The map loads here. Official map

Rest stops and stations along the official line

Rest stops

• 新港社地方文化館 (toilets, drinking water, map board, first-aid kit, repairs)
• 官田遊客中心 (toilets, accessible toilet, drinking water)
• 拔林派出所 (toilets, drinking water)
• 臺灣歷史博物館 (toilets, accessible toilet, map board)
• 善化農會 (toilets, drinking water, map board)
• 赤山龍湖巖 (toilets, drinking water)

Train stations that take bikes

• 善化 · bike train times
• 南科 · bike train times

Listed by the national cycling portal (MOTC). Services and hours can change: treat these as a guide, not a guarantee.

About the lengthLength of the line drawn on the Taiwan Bike portal's 臺南山海圳自行車道 page, from the path entrance in front of Nanke Station to the end point beside the National Museum of Taiwan History (the elevation profile ends at 11.544 km). The portal's route index gives this entry a length of 11 with no unit, which reads as 11 m and is almost certainly a data error; the drawn line is about 11.5 km. A second portal entry, 山海圳綠道 (headline 14.80 km), draws a longer line from the canal branch works near Wushantou Reservoir down to the same museum end point. Tainan's Water Resources Bureau describes the whole city-built greenway as about 45 km (2016 and 2026), from the Yanshui River mouth area to Wushantou, of which Nanke Station to the Guantian canal branch works is 15.4 km. Do not add these figures together.

The Shanhaizun National Greenway (山海圳國家綠道) is a long-distance route of about 177 km from the Taijiang coast to Jade Mountain, made up of footpaths, bike paths, levee roads, farm roads and some public roads. Tainan's Water Resources Bureau built the cycling part inside the city, which it puts at about 45 km.

This page covers the stretch the national Taiwan Bike portal lists as 臺南山海圳自行車道: from the path entrance in front of TR Nanke Station, through the Tainan Science Park area and past the Xingangshe culture hall rest stop, to the National Museum of Taiwan History in Annan.

In 2016 the Water Resources Bureau described this museum to Nanke Station section as existing path, with planned upgrades to signs, map boards, rest seats and planting, and named the science park's sweetgum lane and Yingxi Lake among the sights. In 2026 the city reported a NT$12 million budget for inspecting and maintaining the greenway, including planting shade trees where shade is lacking.

Who it suits

Suits riders who want a train-to-museum ride on mostly separated paths, and YouBike users, since both ends have a YouBike station. Skip it if you need a route with no road sections at all.

The route

A ride plan, in order

1. Start at the path entrance in front of TR Nanke Station, or pick up a YouBike at the 南科車站 station.
2. Ride the short slow-lane stretch west of the station, then join the dedicated bikeway from about km 1.6 to 5.6.
3. Stop at 新港社地方文化館 (about km 5.6) for toilets and water.
4. Continue on shared path, then take care through the mixed-traffic stretch from about km 8.7 to 10.2.
5. Finish at the National Museum of Taiwan History (about 11.5 km). Return the YouBike at the museum station, or take bus 20 or 905 from Heshun Transfer Station to TR Yongkang Station.

Opening hours and closures

Opening hours and closuresNo opening hours are published for the path. The museum building is open Tuesday to Sunday 09:00 to 17:00 (last entry 16:30) and closed on Mondays except listed holiday Mondays; 2026 closed days include 2/16, 2/17, 4/7, 5/19, 9/29 and 10/27. The surrounding Taiwan History Park grounds are open daily 05:00 to 22:00 (museum's opening-hours page).

Getting there without a car

• Take Taiwan Railway (TR) to Nanke Station. The portal says the bike path entrance is in front of the station.
• Without a bike: the portal lists a YouBike station named 南科車站 at the start, and the museum says there is a YouBike station at the corner of Changhe Road Section 1 and Guanqian 1st Road, so a one-way YouBike ride is possible.
• Getting back from the museum (museum transport page): walk about 5 minutes to Heshun Transfer Station (和順轉運站), then bus 20 or 905 to TR Yongkang Station (about 25 minutes), or bus 18 or 105 to TR Tainan Station (about 60 minutes). Check times on the Tainan bus website.

Bringing your own bike: Nanke, Yongkang and Tainan are all on Taiwan Railway's list of stations open to whole (unbagged) bikes; follow TR's rules on which trains take bikes and on bike tickets. Whether Tainan city buses 18, 20, 105 or 905 carry bikes was not verified, so with your own bike plan to ride back or return by train.

• Bike rules on each train and metro

Renting a bike

YouBike is the verified option: rent at the 南科車站 station listed by the portal and return at the museum's YouBike station. YouBike 2.0 single rental by credit card (no membership): NT$10 per 30 minutes for the first 4 hours, with a NT$3,000 card pre-authorization. No private rental verified.

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  Public bike · Tainan City
  YouBike 2.0 single rental by credit card (no membership) on the Tainan and Kaohsiung rate pages: NT$10 per 30 minutes for the first 4 hours, NT$20 per 30 minutes from 4 to 8 hours, NT$40 per 30 minutes after 8 hours, with a NT$3,000 credit-card pre-authorization. City rider subsidies do not apply to single rentals. Tainan resident-card and TPASS discounts are for members only. YouBike 2.0E (e-assist) single rental: NT$20 per 30 minutes for the first 2 hours, NT$40 per 30 minutes after.
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Toilets, water and food

Portal rest stops: 新港社地方文化館 (Xingangshe culture hall), about 5.6 km from the start, lists toilets, drinking water, a map board, a first-aid kit and repair; the National Museum of Taiwan History lists toilets, accessible toilets and a map board. The museum also has public bike racks beside the ticket centre. The city says some sections still lack shade and is planting trees. Water and food elsewhere along the line were not verified.

Safety and conditions

• Around km 8.7 to 10.2 the portal's finer map marks mixed traffic: ride single file at the right edge, and walk children across junctions.
• Just west of Nanke Station there is a short slow-lane stretch shared with scooters. Take it slowly.
• Shared sections carry walkers and runners: slow down and pass wide.
• Strong sun on open sections. Carry water, ride early or late in the day, and avoid typhoon warnings and heavy rain.
• Check the Central Weather Administration forecast before you go. Heavy rain, typhoons and earthquakes close paths, river parks and roads, sometimes for weeks.
• Wear a properly fitted bike helmet, whatever the law says for your bike.

When to go

Cool, dry months and early mornings. If you want to visit the museum at the end, go Tuesday to Sunday.

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