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Strava art in Lyon

Lyon is where the GPSArtify team drew three of its own Strava art routes on this site. Here are 4 routes on both sides of its two rivers, from an 11.7 km heart to a leaf that climbs both hills.

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Strava art route: a leaf drawn across Lyon over both rivers and both hills, starting near Place Général Delfosse
Leaf, 29.2 km, Lyon.

Strava art routes in Lyon

  • Leaf, 29.2 km, Lyon. Its map is at the top of the page. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors

    Leaf, 29.2 km

    Length
    29.2 km
    Mode
    Urban
    Starts near
    Place Général Delfosse
    Main streets
    Quai Rambaud → Montée de Choulans → Rue du Bas de Loyasse → Montée de l'Observance → Allée Achille Lignon

    The leaf is the hilly one. From Quai Rambaud it crosses the Saône on Pont Kitchener-Marchand and climbs Fourvière on Montée de Choulans and Montée de l'Observance, then crosses to La Croix-Rousse on Rue Chazière and Rue Philippe de Lassalle.

    On the way back it crosses the Rhône twice, on Pont Winston Churchill and Pont de l'Université; 29.2 km in all.

  • Strava art route: a heart drawn across the Presqu'île and the east bank of the Rhône, Lyon, starting near Esplanade Toni Morrison
    Heart, 11.7 km, Lyon. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors

    Heart, 11.7 km

    Length
    11.7 km
    Mode
    Urban
    Starts near
    Esplanade Toni Morrison
    Main streets
    Rue du Plat → Rue de Créqui → Rue de Bonnel → Boulevard Eugène Deruelle → Avenue Félix Faure

    An 11.7 km heart that sits across the Rhône: Rue du Plat on the Presqu'île on one side, Rue de Créqui, Rue de Bonnel and Boulevard Eugène Deruelle near Part-Dieu on the other.

    It uses four bridges, among them Pont Bonaparte and Pont Gallieni, and starts near Esplanade Toni Morrison.

  • Strava art route: a cat drawn mostly across the flat east side of Lyon, starting near Jardin du Combattant d'Indochine
    Cat, 33.9 km, Lyon. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors

    Cat, 33.9 km

    Length
    33.9 km
    Mode
    Urban
    Starts near
    Jardin du Combattant d'Indochine
    Main streets
    Cours Albert Thomas → Rue Paul Duvivier → Rue Pierre Semard → Rue Cuvier → Rue Hippolyte Kahn

    The cat stays mostly east of the Rhône, on the plain: Cours Albert Thomas, Avenue Berthelot, Rue de Gerland and Rue Garibaldi are among the 25 streets it follows.

    It crosses the Rhône twice, on Pont de la Guillotière and the Passerelle du Collège footbridge, for about 3 km on the Presqu'île; 33.9 km in all.

  • GPS art route: a butterfly drawn from Part-Dieu to La Croix-Rousse, Lyon, starting near Square du Cardinal Villot
    Butterfly, 34.9 km, Lyon. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors

    Butterfly, 34.9 km

    Length
    34.9 km
    Mode
    Urban
    Starts near
    Square du Cardinal Villot
    Main streets
    Rue Garibaldi → Rue Louis Becker → Avenue Félix Faure → Rue André Philip → Rue Duguesclin

    This butterfly opens its wings east of the Rhône on Rue Garibaldi, Avenue Félix Faure and Rue Duguesclin, starting near Square du Cardinal Villot.

    Near the end it crosses Pont Wilson and climbs La Croix-Rousse by Montée de la Grande Côte; 34.9 km.

Generated with GPSArtify on 3 November 2026.

Lyon as a Strava art canvas

Two rivers shape Lyon. The Rhône and the Saône meet south of the historic centre and form the Presqu'île, a peninsula with Place Bellecour in the middle. Two large hills rise to the west and north, Fourvière and La Croix-Rousse, and a large plain stretches east.

That gives three kinds of ground, and our routes use all of them. The cat stays mostly on the flat east side. The heart and the butterfly cross the Rhône between the Presqu'île and the east bank, and the butterfly ends by climbing La Croix-Rousse. The leaf takes on both hills, crossing the Saône to Fourvière and the Rhône on its way back.

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Drawn by the GPSArtify team in Lyon

The GPSArtify team planned these three routes in Lyon; each is also on our Strava art ideas page.

  • A reindeer drawn across the streets of Lyon
    Reindeer, Lyon
  • Easy Strava art: a ghost drawn across Lyon for Halloween
    Ghost, Lyon
  • A Santa hat drawn across Lyon
    Santa hat, Lyon

Strava art ideas by shape

Plan your Strava art in Lyon

  1. Open our Strava art generator, the GPS art generator that planned this GPS art, and move the map to Lyon.
  2. Pick a shape and a distance; the route is fitted to real streets.
  3. Export the GPX to Strava, Garmin, Wahoo or Komoot, then run or ride it.

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