View to Point Arena Lighthouse – Point Arena Lighthouse loop from Gualala
View to Point Arena Lighthouse – Point Arena Lighthouse loop from Gualala
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View to Point Arena Lighthouse – Point Arena Lighthouse loop from Gualala
03:39
72.5km
980m
Road cycling
Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: May 9, 2026
Tips
Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted
After 64.6 km for 57 m
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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37.2 km
View to Point Arena Lighthouse
Highlight • Viewpoint
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37.7 km
Point Arena Lighthouse
Highlight • Monument
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51.6 km
Coast off Gallaway
Highlight • Beach
Scottish immigrant John Galloway founded the Schooner Gulch settlement and established a wood milling business there in 1866. The Galloway mill only operated until 1868, but other mills operated there until the late 19th century, such as a mill owned by an A. Saunders (of quite large size, at 25,000 feet (7,600 meters) per day), built in 1875, Burned down in 1880 but was rebuilt this year.
The Galloway School District was officially founded in 1874. Galloway School, a small school (never more than 40 students), was founded the same year and operated until 1936. The land around it was converted to farmland in the 1940s and is now forest.
In 1912, Russian Baptist immigrants bringing steam-powered heavy equipment from Point Arena to their colony further south were crossing a bridge then spanning Schooner Gulch when the bridge collapsed under the weight of its eight-ton lead engine. Colonist Nicholas Pogsikoff was killed and buried at this site, but his grave is now lost.
Schooner Gulch timber, like all timber in Mendocino County, was shipped by sea. Typically, the small dwellings that grew up around these mills were abandoned when the mills ran out of readily available wood and closed.
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Tip by
61.2 km
Fish Rock Road
Highlight • Climb
Tip by
64.6 km
Viewpoint
Viewpoint
72.5 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
35.6 km
32.9 km
3.71 km
176 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
60.2 km
12.0 km
269 m
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Elevation
Highest point (410 m)
Lowest point (0 m)
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