Bike Thornton

FUN FACT: Did you know riding a bike on the sidewalk is legal in Thornton?

Colorado Revised Statute 42-4-1412 (10) (b) states, “A person shall not ride a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter upon and along a sidewalk or pathway or across a roadway upon and along a crosswalk where the use of bicycles, electrical assisted bicycles, or electric scooters is prohibited by official traffic control devices or local ordinances.” Thornton does not have any signs prohibiting riding a bicycle on sidewalks or pathways, and Thornton has not adopted any ordinances prohibiting riding a bicycle on sidewalks or pathways. So, riding a bicycle on the sidewalk in Thornton is legal!

Colorado Safety Stop

Read more about the regulation of bicycles approaching intersections in Thornton’s City Code Section 38-492.

Suggested Cycling Routes in and around Thornton

Enter your starting point after clicking on a suggested route. 

• Carpenter Recreation Center
  
• Trail Winds Recreation Center
  
• Community Center
• Downtown Denver
  
• North Metro “N Line” Stations:
• Original Thornton & 88th
• Thornton Crossroads & 104th
• Northglenn & 112th
• Eastlake & 124th

Bicycle-involved crashes continued to decline in 2022, with bicycle-involved crashes decreasing by 65% over the past 5 years. The increasing availability of on-street bike lanes may be influencing bicycle-related crashes (Thornton's number of miles of on-street bike lanes has increased 93% in the last 5 years!). 

Bicycle Colorado Business Member

Our mission as a community is to ensure the availability of a broad range of services using all available public and private resources. Thornton will provide a high quality of life by being responsive to its citizens' physical and human requirements through innovative leadership and planning. The City of Thornton is a supporter and member of Bicycle Colorado.