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Bodega Bay

Salmon Creek Beach – Bodega Harbor Yacht Club ⛵ loop from Bodega Bay

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Bike touring routes & trails
United States
California
Sonoma County
Bodega Bay

Salmon Creek Beach – Bodega Harbor Yacht Club ⛵ loop from Bodega Bay

Hard

4.5

(6296)

12,405

riders

Salmon Creek Beach – Bodega Harbor Yacht Club ⛵ loop from Bodega Bay

02:59

43.9km

660m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 20, 2026

Tips

Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 43.3 km for 488 m

Open: • Monday-Thursday: 11:00 AM-6:00 PM • Friday-Sunday: 11:00 AM-7:00 PM (otherwise closed)

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

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1

641 m

Birdwalk Coastal Access Trailhead 🐦

Highlight • Trail

Even if the gate for the day use parking lot is closed, bikers and hikers can access the birdwalk loop trail that circles on the lever around a wetland basin …

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2

37.4 km

Dramatic clifftop overlook, no beach access

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3

38.0 km

Salmon Creek Beach

Highlight • Beach

A 1-mile long stretch of sand with low dunes along the Coast Highway to Salmon Creek, and continuing for another 10 miles past the small village of Salmon Creek.

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38.7 km

Salmon Creek

Lake

5

39.4 km

Excellent firm gravel trail to Bodega Bay across a prairie with views of Bodega dunes in good safe distance from the busy highway running parallel

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6

40.5 km

New smooth gravel trail connecting Bodega Bay with Salmon Creek, between the dunes and the highway. Parallel to Hwy 1 but safely far enough away in nature that you even don't see or hear any cars.

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7

41.2 km

Southern trailhead for a smooth gravel trail that's great to avoid the busy, shoulderless highway

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8

43.6 km

Lucas Wharf, Fishetarian

Highlight • Restaurant

Lots of fish restaurants, and enough birds to recreate Alfred Hitchcock's movie filmed here

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9

43.8 km

Bodega Harbor Yacht Club ⛵

Highlight • Rest Area

Smith Brothers Rd is a calm alternative parallel to the busy Hwy 1, with scenic overlooks of Bodega Bay Harbor

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B

43.9 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

30.4 km

11.7 km

1.54 km

131 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

27.0 km

16.4 km

370 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (330 m)

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