- Length
- 23.9 kmSource and notes below
- Route shape
- Loop
- Surface
- Surface not stated
- Traffic
- Road shared with traffic
- Level
- Moderate
- Riding time
- About 1 h 40 min at an easy 14 km/h, not counting stops Estimate ride time
- 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
- 官田遊客中心 (toilets, accessible toilet, drinking water)
- 隆田車站(兩鐵轉運站) (toilets, accessible toilet, drinking water, map board, first-aid kit, repairs, bike ramps at the station)
- 拔林派出所 (toilets, drinking water)
- 赤山龍湖巖 (toilets, drinking water)
Train stations that take bikes
- 隆田 · bike train times
- 拔林 · 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 national cycling portal's official multi-route 西拉雅多元路線(菱波官田), starting at Longtian Station. Other official figures: Tainan City's bikeway open data lists 菱波官田雉由行自行車道 at 23 km and the Hatta Bikeway (八田自行車道) in Guantian at 6 km; the portal's tour A19 (菱波官田線) is 24.8 km. The Tourism Administration's 2013 guide also gives the Wushantou Hatta Bikeway as 6 km (Hushan police station, Yoichi Hatta Memorial Park, Longhu Temple, viewing platform, Chianan Canal outlet, Wushantou Reservoir). The portal suggests a 7 km section from the Guantian Visitor Center to the Hatta memorial park for seniors and families.
Why these labels
Traffic and path type: Portal road types for the multi-route: about 7.5 km slow lanes on roads and about 18.8 km mixed traffic, with no bike-only path (Cycle.tw's sum of the portal's stretches). The portal's tour notes warn that some sections use main roads. Separately, the Water Resources Bureau's Shanhaizun works added a two-way bikeway beside the Chianan Canal south main line toward Nanke, which is a different route.
Families: The portal grades tour A19 as level 1 (suitable for families) and suggests a 7 km family section, but its own road-type data shows the whole line on roads, mostly mixed traffic. Without a separated path this guide does not call it a family ride. Older children who ride well on roads can do the short visitor center to Hatta park section with an adult.
Guantian sits in the east of the Chianan Plain, where many ponds and canals were dug for irrigation. The portal's tour A19 explains that the Wushantou Reservoir and the Chianan Canal, designed by the Japanese-era engineer Yoichi Hatta, feed water across the plain, and that Guantian's wet, warm climate makes it Taiwan's water-caltrop country, where pheasant-tailed jacanas walk in the fields.
The official multi-route is 35th in the portal's popularity order. The tour version starts at Longtian Station and visits the Guantian Jacana Ecological Park, water-caltrop fields, the Wushantou Reservoir scenic area with the Hatta memorial, Chishan Longhu Temple and the Siraya National Scenic Area headquarters (Guantian Visitor Center).
The Tourism Administration's 2013 guide describes the Hatta park as four restored Japanese-style homes where Hatta lived, with exhibitions in two old storehouses, and says water caltrops line the route from September to October.
Who it suits
Suits riders comfortable on country roads who are interested in irrigation history and farmland. Not for those who want a car-free path.
The route
A ride plan, in order
- Longtian Station to the Guantian Jacana Ecological Park (tour A19: 1.3 km).
- On to the water-caltrop fields (5 km), then to the Wushantou Reservoir scenic area and Hatta memorial (3 km).
- Chishan Longhu Temple (1.5 km), then the Siraya National Scenic Area headquarters at the Guantian Visitor Center (5.3 km).
- Back to Longtian Station (3.5 km). The tour's leg distances are as listed by the portal and are not meant to be added to the route total.
Opening hours and closures
Opening hours and closuresRoads have no opening hours. Wushantou Reservoir scenic area and the Hatta memorial park have their own hours and fees, which were not verified for 2026; check before you go.
Getting there without a car
- By train: TRA to Longtian Station, a bike transfer station on TRA's bike station list. The portal puts the route start about 100 m west of the station at Zhongshan Road and Wenhua Street.
- By car: the portal's tour suggests parking at the Siraya National Scenic Area Administration (Guantian Visitor Center) and starting there.
- YouBike (Tainan) stations: 隆田車站, 隆田車站(東側), 官田遊客中心 (福田路99號), 八田與一紀念園區 (嘉南里66號) and 官田體育公園.
Bringing your own bike: Longtian is on TRA's bike station list and the portal marks it as a bike transfer station with platform ramps. A bike fully packed in a proper bike bag (longest side 150 cm, 220 cm in total) can go on any TRA train. An unbagged bike can only use bike-service trains (兩鐵) between stations on TRA's bike station list, with a bike ticket and a limited quota per train; check the quota on the TRA site before you go.
Renting a bike
Verified public bikes: YouBike (Tainan) at Longtian Station, the Guantian Visitor Center and the Yoichi Hatta Memorial Park, among others. The 2013 Tourism guide mentioned rental shops near Wushantou; not verified for 2026.
- YouBike (Tainan) YouBike微笑單車（臺南市）
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.
Website
Confirm hours, rates and availability directly with the provider. Cycle.tw does not take bookings.
Toilets, water and food
Portal supply points: Longtian Station bike transfer station (toilets, water, map, first aid, repairs, platform ramps), Guantian Visitor Center (toilets, accessible toilets, water) and Chishan Longhu Temple (toilets, water). The family section's supply points per the portal are the visitor center, Chishan Longhu Temple, Hushan police station and a planned stop at the canal branch works station, at most about 3.5 km apart.
Safety and conditions
- All of the route is on roads; keep right and use lights. The portal warns that some sections use main roads.
- Take care beside the Chianan Canal so you do not fall into the channel, as the portal's tour notes advise.
- In summer, expect high heat and afternoon thunderstorms (portal tour notes).
- 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
September to October for water caltrops (2013 Tourism guide). Avoid summer midday heat.
Nearby and related
Emergency: 110 police, 119 fire and ambulance. From a mobile phone, 112 also reaches emergency services.
Sources
- Siraya Lingbo Guantian multi-route 23.9 km from Longtian Station (Taiwan Bike portal)
- Tour A19 菱波官田線 24.8 km, level 1 (Taiwan Bike portal)
- Tainan bikeway data: 八田自行車道 6 km (Tainan City Government Transportation Bureau)
- Ershui Bikeway 5.5 km (Taiwan Tourism Administration)
- YouBike station names and addresses at Taichung Port, Gaomei, Dajia, Houli, Tai'an, Suantou, Dongshi,... (YouBike Co., Ltd.)
- TRA bike (兩鐵) station list: includes Dajia, Qingshui, Shalu, Houli, Tianzhong, Ershui, Dounan, Chiayi,... (Taiwan Railway Corporation)
- Shanhaizun works (Nanke to Guantian) used existing roads for most of the route (Tainan City Water Resources Bureau)
Checked November 2026 Next review due February 2027.
Printed from https://cycle.tw/routes/siraya-guantian-hatta/