Manzanita Way – Tree Tunnel on Portola Road loop from Menlo Park

Manzanita Way – Tree Tunnel on Portola Road loop from Menlo Park

Moderate

4.7

(1854)

13,963

riders

Manzanita Way – Tree Tunnel on Portola Road loop from Menlo Park

02:32

57.7km

530m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 12, 2026

Tips

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Wunderlich County Park

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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8.86 km

Manzanita Way

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Most boiler-template routes for this immediate area use Whisky Hill Rd. to get back and forth. Manzanita is several levels better (which includes a brief stretch of Mountain Home). Almost …

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19.7 km

Pulgas Water Temple

Highlight • Monument

San Francisco built Pulgas Water Temple as a monument to the engineering marvel that brought Hetch Hetchy water more than 160 miles across California from Yosemite National Park in the …

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27.2 km

Lower Crystal Springs Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

The 15-mile Crystal Springs Regional Trail is one of the best mostly paved bike trails with few cars in the Bay Area. It spans from San Bruno to Woodside and …

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30.9 km

View of Crystal Springs Reservoir from Cañada Road

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

Bike Sunday - no motorized vehicles on Sundays, we've got the whole road for ourselves.

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46.9 km

Tree Tunnel on Portola Road

Highlight (Segment) • Natural

I road though here after coming down La Honda road, thought it was a really pretty part of the road and it covered l connects back to Sand Hill road

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57.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

46.0 km

5.37 km

3.18 km

2.94 km

128 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

55.3 km

2.39 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 10 October

20°C

11°C

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Comments

October 6, 2024,The October Wind Flip

With dominant northeasterly winds in the peninsula, October brings occasional southeasterly winds when a heat dome sets overhead, like today. So it was a nice change to do the uber-familiar Cañada with reverse winds, as feeble as they were. Thus - my speed surprise! I only get to 15mph about once a year, at best, and I didn't even set …

November 16, 2024,Matching Tangerines

It was hard to motivate myself, but after 2 weeks off, I climbed back on the bike and rode the old go-to route.

July 5, 2025,The Travellin' Yo-Yo Blues

You know how you work hard and your conditioning goes up, only to take off travelling somewhere for a while and feel your conditioning drop, then you start over again? That. First ride back after being gone for a month. Ouf.

October 4, 2023,Old Faithful, SM to Woodside & back

I met a lazy rattler enjoying the tarmac on the Sawyer trail. And took my clementine break in the shade at the Village Hub in Woodside, my favorite place to catch my breath on this circuit.

July 9, 2024,Back at it

About 17 days out of the saddle demands some suffering payback for my absence. I felt weak throughout, but managed to finish familiar loop

June 19, 2024,Busy Busy Busy

Wheels all over the road. Unusually so. Bikes, cars and trucks. No horses today. I sure hope everybody got where they were going. Being retired, I set out this morning oblivious to the fact that today is Juneteenth! You know the holiday thing is working when the people aren't.

May 7, 2024,Back on Track and new Bike Rack

Yeah baby, that makes 1 ride in a row without a flat! Tested out the new bike rack. Spooky, but flawless. Air was crispier than I expected today.

September 4, 2024,Solar Lethargy

It really wasn't as hot as forecast, and I like the heat, but I must admit today it sapped at my strength, what bit I have. The opposite effect of solar energy. And all that new road coating basically sucks a bit for us cyclists, with ripples, lumps and crap.