Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 25, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Stevens Creek Shoreline Nature Study Area Open Space Preserve

Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.24 km

Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve Trailhead

Highlight • Trail

Bikeable gravel trail, worth exploring to stay closer along the shore

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5.26 km

Rengstorf Mansion

Highlight • Historical Site

Bremen/Germany-born landowner, agro-merchant, and wealthy philanthropist Henry Rengstorff built his Villa here in 1886. Restored with period furniture today it is a free museum.

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7.86 km

Stevens Creek Shoreline Nature Study Area Open Space Preserve

Highlight • Natural

This nature preserve is home to a number of waterfowl and shorebirds. Keep an eye out for cormorants, pintails, snowy and great egrets, black-necked stilts, and more.

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7.97 km

Stevens Creek bridge

Highlight • Bridge

Here you can just drive beautifully along the bay.

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12.4 km

Stevens Creek Trail Bridge Over Central Expressway

Highlight • Bridge

Here, Stevens Creek Trail Bridge passes over Central Expressway. This bridge is for bike and foot traffic only. It has a wooden broadwalk and has fencing over the sides and top, totally closing it in.

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15.0 km

Sleeper Park

Highlight • Rest Area

A charming small park with trails winding around gardens and grassy areas, featuring benches and a water fountain.

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15.2 km

Steven's Creek Bike Trail south terminus

Highlight • Cycleway

The bike bridge across Hwy 85 marks the Southern Terminus of the excellent dedicated car-free bike trail that parallels the Hwy north from here most of it through green parkland, all the way to the SF Bay Trail.

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24.9 km

San Francisco Bay Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

The Bay Trail is a flat and picturesque paved path around the wetlands of Shoreline Lake Park. The trail can be crowded on weekends, and there is not a lot …

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29.2 km

End point

Bus stop

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