- Length
- 32.6 kmSource and notes below
- Route shape
- One way
- Surface
- Surface not stated
- Traffic
- Road shared with traffic
- Level
- Challenging
- Families
- Not a family ride
- Climbing
- Not measuredNo official figure, so none given
The map loads here. Official map
Line: national cycling portal (MOTC), with its road types. Base map: National Land Surveying and Mapping Center.
Rest stops and stations along the official line
Rest stops
- 三灣分駐所 (toilets, drinking water)
- 大埔水庫 (toilets)
- 南庄遊客中心 (toilets, drinking water)
- 7-11珊湖門市 (toilets, drinking water, food and drink)
- 竹南車站(兩鐵轉運站) (toilets, accessible toilet, drinking water, food and drink)
- 7-11正合門市 (toilets, drinking water, food and drink)
- 7-11田野門市 (toilets, drinking water, food and drink)
Train stations that take bikes
- 竹南 · 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 length32.6 km on the national cycling portal's official multi-route Tri-Mountain Shitoushan Line (參山多元路線(獅頭山線)), from the Weixin Road and Dongping Road junction near TRA Zhunan Station to the Nanzhuang Visitor Center. The portal's recommended tour A14 makes a 58.6 km loop that returns to Zhunan and adds the climb to Quanhua Temple on Lion's Head Mountain. The 4.5 km Emei Lake ring is part of the line.
Why these labels
Traffic and path type: The portal classes the whole line as road: about 70% mixed traffic and the rest slow lane (shoulder), including stretches of Provincial Highway 3 between Sanwan and Nanzhuang. There is no separated path. The 4.5 km Emei Lake ring is also classed as mixed traffic.
Families: All on roads shared with cars and scooters, with hills toward Nanzhuang. Only the 4.5 km Emei Lake ring is marked by the portal as suitable for seniors and families, and it is still a mixed-traffic road.
This is one of the Tourism Administration's official multi-routes in the Tri-Mountain National Scenic Area. It starts in Zhunan, heads east on country roads to Emei Lake (the Dapu Reservoir), then follows the hills through Sanwan to the old street in Nanzhuang.
The national portal marks the Emei Lake ring, 4.5 km and about 18 minutes, as the section suited to seniors and families, with one supply point at the Dapu Reservoir that has toilets, plus shops and temples around the lake. The Tourism Administration describes a loop path of about 3,500 m on the shore with a bike route around the lake; its Emei township page gives about 8 km for the lake bike route.
The portal's elevation profile rises from about 9 m at Zhunan to about 220 m at Nanzhuang. Tour A14 adds a side climb to Quanhua Temple on Lion's Head Mountain, which it calls a long, steep connecting road.
Who it suits
For fit riders comfortable in road traffic and on climbs, who want a day ride into Hakka hill towns. Not for children or new riders except on the Emei Lake ring with care.
The route
A ride plan, in order
- Zhunan Station to Emei Lake: about 15 km east on country roads (tour A14 stage figure).
- Ride the 4.5 km Emei Lake ring; toilets at the Dapu Reservoir.
- Emei Lake to Sanwan on Highway 3, about 10 km (tour A14): a supply stop.
- Sanwan to Nanzhuang Visitor Center on the hill roads. Optional side climb to Lion's Head Mountain Quanhua Temple (tour A14: about 9 km from Sanwan to the temple car park, then about 7 km to Nanzhuang old street).
- Return by riding back to Zhunan (tour A14 gives 22.5 km from Nanzhuang to Zhunan Station) or by YouBike drop-off in Nanzhuang.
Getting there without a car
- Start: from TRA Zhunan Station head south about 200 m along Weixin Road to Dongping Road (national portal).
- Finish: the portal names Taiwan Tourist Shuttle 5805A (Nanzhuang line) between Zhunan Station and the Nanzhuang Visitor Center as the way back. Whether it carries bikes was not confirmed.
- Emei Lake only: the Tourism Administration lists the Fuxing bus stop about 1.2 km away and the nearest YouBike stations in Sanwan about 3.6 km away (straight-line distances).
Bringing your own bike: TRA Zhunan Station is listed by the portal as bike-friendly; check TRA's bicycle timetable.
Renting a bike
YouBike 2.0 (Miaoli) has stations at Zhunan Station, in Sanwan and in Nanzhuang, so a one-way city-bike ride is possible, but these are heavy city bikes for a hilly road route. No sports-bike rental verified.
- YouBike (Miaoli) YouBike微笑單車（苗栗縣）
Public bike · Miaoli County
YouBike 2.0 single rental by credit card (no membership): 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; YouBike 2.0E (e-assist) NT$20 per 30 minutes for the first 2 hours, NT$40 after. A NT$3,000 credit-card pre-authorization is held per single rental. Local rider subsidies do not apply to single rentals. Members get the first 30 minutes on YouBike 2.0 free (Miaoli County subsidy). Stations at Qiding Station, the Qiding coastal recreation area, Longfeng Fishing Harbor, Zhunan Station, Sanwan and Nanzhuang. Miaoli County said in 2022 that Hsinchu, Miaoli and Taichung form one area with no cross-area dispatch fee.
Website
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Toilets, water and food
Portal supply points on or near the line: Dapu Reservoir at Emei Lake (toilets), Sanwan police post (toilets, water) and the TRA Zhunan Station bike-and-rail stop (toilets, accessible toilets, water, food). Tour A14 names Sanwan on Highway 3 as a small-town supply stop. Nanzhuang old street has food.
Safety and conditions
- All on roads with cars and scooters, including Provincial Highway 3; use lights and ride single file.
- The Quanhua Temple side road is a long steep climb: pace the climb and control speed on the descent (tour A14). Walk from the car park to the temple; take care in cleats.
- Nanzhuang old street is crowded on holidays; walk your bike there (tour A14).
- Hill weather changes fast; carry water and rain gear.
- 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.
Nearby and related
Emergency: 110 police, 119 fire and ambulance. From a mobile phone, 112 also reaches emergency services.
Sources
- Shitoushan multi-route 32.6 km, Zhunan Station to Nanzhuang Visitor Center (MOTC national cycling portal)
- Tour A14 loop: Zhunan, Emei Lake, Sanwan, Quanhua Temple, Nanzhuang (MOTC national cycling portal)
- Emei Lake: 3,500 m loop path, bike route around the lake (Tourism Administration)
- Emei township: lake bike route about 8 km (Tourism Administration)
- YouBike station names and coordinates near all routes (YouBike)
- www.youbike.com.tw/region/miaoli/rate/
- taiwanbike.tw/data/zh/bikeRoute.json
- Portal popular order: Taolin (28611) 2nd, Green Light 3rd, Nankan 13th, Dahan right 25th, left 26th,... (MOTC national cycling portal)
Checked November 2026 Next review due February 2027.
Printed from https://cycle.tw/routes/shitoushan-emei-lake-multi-route/