California Beach – Baltic Sea beach on Kiel Bay loop from Schönkirchen

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California Beach – Baltic Sea beach on Kiel Bay loop from Schönkirchen

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California Beach – Baltic Sea beach on Kiel Bay loop from Schönkirchen

04:17

68.9km

270m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 26, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 53.4 km for 8 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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43.0 km

Schönberg Beach

Highlight (Segment) • Beach

This is a beautiful stretch of beach with a wide paved path directly behind the dunes. In summer, this path is heavily used by pedestrians and cyclists, so you have to be careful when cycling. 😉

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45.7 km

Baltic Sea Cycle Path: Brasilien to Kalifornien

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Very good and scenic cycle path between Brazil and California. The path is paved throughout and wide enough to cope with the heavy cyclist traffic. There are also plenty of …

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46.4 km

California Beach

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According to tradition, the name California originated from a fisherman who found a ship's plank on the beach of the Baltic Sea with the word "California" written on it.

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46.9 km

Kalifornien Beach

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Easy to drive foot / bike path

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53.5 km

Cycle Path Along the Beach at Marina Wendtorf

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Beautiful, wide asphalt path right along the beach. During the high/summer season, however, this path is heavily frequented by pedestrians/swimmers, so careful cycling is advisable 😉

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54.7 km

Baltic Sea beach on Kiel Bay

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Great wide bike path right on the beach

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56.5 km

Fördepanorama u. Kieler Bucht

Viewpoint

57.4 km

Laboe Naval Memorial

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It is impressive and frightening at the same time how close the memorial and cenotaph are to each other. This is certainly being discussed locally.

It is worth not only …

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61.9 km

Heikendorf Beach with a View of Friedrichsort Lighthouse

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Protected in a bay, the Heikendorf spa beach in the Möltenort district is very popular with young and old. The guarded bathing beach with beach chair rentals, a kiosk with …

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62.8 km

Beach

63.3 km

Altheikendorfer Strand

Beach

68.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

23.7 km

22.8 km

7.93 km

7.57 km

6.89 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

39.0 km

16.9 km

5.32 km

3.88 km

3.34 km

480 m

Elevation

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Highest point (80 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Saturday 10 October

12°C

6°C

52 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 14.0 km/h

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Comments

June 26, 2023,Radweg Brasilien - Kalifornien Ehrenmal Laboe Runde von Brasilien

Today I rode with a friend near Kiel along the fjord, the first half along the fjord there are very good cycle paths and the beaches are really great, very fine sea sand, no stones, the second half had some nice paved paths through them Nature, the swimming areas at the lakes were good, only the bike paths in the …

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