Have you taken your bicycle out of storage yet? Spring is a great time to get your wheels in gear and start exploring what lies round yonder hill or in a neighboring village.

Germany is blessed with plenty of trails that can be ridden on any given weekend; alternately, get out with thousands of other cyclists, hikers and in-line skaters for an auto-free day, when huge swaths of highway are taken up by people traveling under their own steam and cars are banned.

Here are some dates and places near military communities; if you’re not finding what you’re looking for below, see the complete list as published on the Web site of the UPI Umwelt- and Prognose –Institut.

May 3, Happy Mosel, auto-free along the Moselle from Schweich to Cochem, 140 kilometers on the left and right sides of the river.
May 3, Radtotal in Donautal, along the Danube from Passau to Wesenufer.
May 17, Rhein Radeln, Oppenheim to Worms, 25 kilometers.
May 17, Autofreier Sonntag Fränkisches Weinland, from Schwarzach to Grafenrheinfeld, 42 kilometers.
May 17, Saar Pedal, along the Saar valley, from Merzig, Saarland, to Konz, Rheinland-Pfalz, 45 kilometers.
May 17, Radelspass in Sickinger Land, Queidersbach -Burg Nanstein-Waldfischbach-Burgalben, 20 kilometers.
May 17, Autofreie Bergstrasse, Darmstadt-Eberstadt-Heppenheim, 30 kilometers.
May 31, Fahr zur Aar, Taunusstein to Bleidenstadt-Diez, 44 kilometers.
June 14, Tour de Ahrtal, Blankenheim to Dümpelfeld, 31 kilometers.
June 21, Natürlich Mobil, along the Neckar River from Heilbronn to Mosbach, 34 kilometers.
June 21, Autofrei im Grossen Lautertal, from Apfelstetten to Münzdorfer Brücke, 14 kilometers.
June 28, Süd-Eifel-Tour, including Arzfeld, Neuerburg, and Irrel and Prüm, 38 kilometers.
June 28, Tal total, along the Rhine River between Koblenz and Bingen and Lahnstein and Rüdesheim.
July 5, Niederrheinischer Radwandertag, along the Rhine and Maas rivers.
July 12, Treffpunkt Alsenztal,  through towns of Alsenz, Rockenhausen, Winnweiler und Münchweiler, 30 kilometers.
July 18, Rad & Rolli Tour Bad Rappenau, from Stuttgart through towns of Winnenden, Murrhardt and Bad Rappenau. (This route welcomes physically challenged riders in wheelchairs.)
July 19, Kylltal Aktiv, along the Kull valley between Gerolstein and Malberg.
July 19, "Vom Riesling zum Zander," from the German Wine Road through Rhein-Pleisweiler-Oberhofen to Neupotz, 35 kilometers.
Aug. 1, Pacemakers Radmarathon, from Bretten through Heilbronn, Mannheim, Kaiserslautern, Neustadt/Weinstrasse and return to Bretten, 335 kilometers.
Aug. 2, Autofreies Lautertal, from Kaiserslautern to Lauterecken, 35 kilometers.
Aug. 16, Ruwertal Aktiv, Trier-Ruwer to Riveris.
Aug. 20-23, hr4-Tour, through Hanau, Bad Soden and Fulda, 65-78 kilometers.
Aug. 30, Deutsche Weinstraße, Bockenheim to Schweigen, 75 kilometers.
Aug. 30, Von Tal zu Tal Raderlebnistag, Nahetal -Guldenbachtal -Trollbachtal through the towns of Langenlonsheim, Guldental, Windesheim, Schweppenhausen, Stromberg, Waldlaubersheim, Burg Layen, Dorsheim and Laubenheim, 30 kilometers.
Aug. 3, Waldbrunn on the Road, Westerwald, through Waldbrunn and neighboring communities, 30kilometers.
Sept. 13-14, Deutsch-französischer Raderlebnistag “Radeln ohne Grenzen“ , Pamina Region, from Dahn to Lauterbourg.
Sept. 20, Neckar-Erlebnis-Tal, through Sulz, Horb and Rottenburg, 50 kilometers.
Sept. 27, Kelter Tour, between Main and Taunus, with open cellars of apple wine producers.

Do you know of any other days of note for cyclists? Have you ever participated in one of these events?