Biking in San Diego
Biking through Torrey Pines Bike Path Under Clear Blue Skies Touring Coronado on a Bicycle Built For Two Conversation Enhances a Leisurely Bike Ride
Coastal Bicycle Rides
San Diego’s varied terrain is a cyclist’s paradise, and East County’s desert trails and rocky mountain paths provide the perfect mix of challenging and leisurely rides. For rides along the region’s scenic waterfront, coastal bike paths also provide varied opportunities for cyclists of all skill levels.
• Pacific Coast Highway, or PCH, stretches up the San Diego coastline alongside the Pacific Ocean and passes through some of the area’s most beautiful beach towns like Del Mar, Leucadia and Encinitas. Cyclists can begin their journey at any location north of the Mexican border, but the most popular rides start in La Jolla or Del Mar, as cyclists travel north to Oceanside before turning around and heading south again. The route combines miles of flat surface along with challenging hills like the Torrey Pines grade, all with picturesque ocean views.
• The 27 miles of winding, paved bike paths that circle Mission Bay are car-free and provide a favorable location for family bike rides, leisurely biking and sightseeing. Cyclists can pick a range of distances along the bay, or branch off on side trips to Pacific Beach, La Jolla and Ocean Beach.
• The Bayshore Bikeway is a 25-mile ride along San Diego Bay. The majority of the ride runs along bike lanes or separated bike paths, and the scenery varies en route. Riders generally start at the Embarcadero in downtown San Diego and head south through National City and Chula Vista, before looping around San Diego Bay into Imperial Beach, and then catching the Silver Strand into Coronado. At that point, riders have the option of turning around and following the trail back or hopping on the Coronado Ferry to cross over San Diego Bay back into downtown San Diego.
• The Silver Strand on the peninsula of Coronado offers an easy 10-mile ride between Coronado and Imperial Beach along a portion of the Bayshore Bikeway. Cyclists pedal parallel to the beach and San Diego Bay along this route, which is often referred to as the most beautiful and cyclist-friendly bike route in Southern California.
The hills surrounding Cabrillo National Monument on Point Loma offer intermediate and advanced riders a taxing coastal ride. While cyclists power up the hill, early California history surrounds them, as does enticing views of the Pacific Ocean to the west and San Diego Bay, downtown San Diego and Coronado to the east.
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