The purpose of the present invention is to provide a technology whereby a travel path can be appropriately recognized. This travel path recognition device comprises a travel path recognition unit. Thetravel path recognition unit finds the distance a vehicle has traveled from when lane marker information was obtained until the present, on the basis of vehicle speed which is part of vehicle behavior. The travel path recognition unit also determines whether or not lane marker information is information from within a usage period in which same can be used for recognizing a travel path, on the basis of: a lane marker-obtainable distance, being a distance from the vehicle position forward and predetermined as a distance at which the lane marker in lane marker information can be obtained; and travel distance.