Motorcycle Roads in Texas
"The Lone Star state offers motorcycle riders the best road trips and an exceptional array of scenic diversity with it's over 260,000 square miles of territory, altitudes ranging from sea level to 8,749 feet, and an incredible 624 miles of Gulf of Mexico shoreline. The panhandle region of north Texas (TX) features big rolling grassy plains. The Texas Hill Country found in the center southwest portion of the state offers rolling hills with breathtaking displays of wildflowers in spring. The area also enjoys a year-round lush green landscape with refreshing lakes and rivers making this area a clear favorite of motorcycle riders seeking scenic splendor. Moving further east (east-central and eastern TX) brings motorcycle riders to a vast area noted for its parries, lakes, and piney forest while becoming more green and moist as you approach the Louisiana border. Moving further south will bring you to the Texas Gulf coast region ... 624 miles of coast for you to explore and enjoy. Moving to the southwest corner of Texas will provide motorcycle rides with a scenic backdrop right out of an old western ... landscapes of arid and rugged mountains, blowing tumbleweed, valleys and sandy plains. With all of these choices, Motorcycle riders are sure to find countless miles of memorable motorcycle roads making it the best road trip in the Lone Star State!
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Best Rated Motorcycle Roads & Rides
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Color Key: top-5 ranked routes in the state
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Starts at Highway 21, weaving thru the pine trees right alongside the road, lush beautiful forest all the way to Augusta, and then opens up a little into pastures.
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Lot's of farm land and good roads. You cross over where the Sulphur and Red Rivers meet and cross the southern tip of Lake Erling and pass by the Lake Erling Country store
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This is a perfect road to get a snapshot of Lake Travis and the beautiful houses that are lakefront. but don't keep your head to far off the road because there are nothing but hairpins and blind…
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Everything from open country roads between Tivoli and Beeville to highway cruising around Kennedy and isolated wooded areas past Hallettsville.
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Ride takes you the the farming communities of El Paso and the ride parallels the USA Mexico border . Lots of farms animals crops, pecan trees, irrigation canals. Spanish Missions and the small…
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FM 2088 Scenery is a combination of Pine woods and rolling hills with wide open ranches. Some curves are surrounded by grazing cattle and beautiful landscapes of green pastures and ponds. You'll roll…
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This will take you through some scenic Texas county side nice views of livestock and some good twisty roads, Near Annetta, there is a stretch of road with a tree canopy, and some exotic animals:…
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Often flat to rolling through some pretty north Texas countryside. Beautiful forests and grasslands near and in the National Grasslands.
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This route cuts through farmland closer to Grapeland and then transitions into forested hills in the Davy Crockett National Forest.
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Fine road through Central Texas ranchland with occasional sweeper curves.
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Beautiful Hill Country back road filled with oaks, creeks, loose livestock, ponds, hills, and very little traffic.
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The rest stop on TX-207 features a stunning panoramic view of the canyon. FM 1258 features views of the Great Southern Plains. Palo Duro Canyon is only 16 miles, but drops 800 feet to the canyon…
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This route essentially circles the LBJ Grasslands. There are hills and valleys--but it's north Texas, not Colorado. Mostly farm and cattle grazing land. For being less than an hour away from the DFW…
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A few Historical markers, and some bayous. Mostly it's a farming/ranching community. This ride starts in Waskom TX. If you are on I-20 take the Caddo Lake exit, HI way 134 North. After leaving…
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The ride runs from Kennard to Hwy 59 through Texas Forest Country and Davy Crockett that passes tall timbers, the occasional country church, winding down and around and across streambeds with exposed…
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Farm to Market 353 didn't appear to be much, and my planning of this road was actually a slight detour from where I was previously headed. After about four hours coming from South Houston, it was a…
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You are going to have stretches over lakes, a lot of rolling forests and farmlands cleared from the temperate rain forest of deep East Texas.
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This route has few small hills to see some grass and fields. There really isn't much scenery, at least not when I was there. This road is really fun. I ride from New Ulm toward Fayetteville, turn…
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The route crosses Cedar Creek and winds past the Colorado River. Smooth country lanes and gentle curves pass through old growth tunnels of trees and farm plots. Smithville has a cute historic main…