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A five-start scenic ride - endless eye candy.

This section of the paved, multi-use Bird to Gird Trail includes Bird Point, a popular spot to watch the bore tide rolling in. However, you only get a distant view and it's hard to forecast how big the tide will or won't be.

The west side of Westchester Lagoon gets most of the attention, probably because it has lots of parking. But this side is pretty too, with ties into the Chester Creek Trail and the surprisingly pretty paved trail alongside Spenard Road. This feels like a safe place to bike during the day, but I'd be a bit more cautious about coming here at night, especially if you're alone.

Once upon a time, you could see Portage Glacier from this viewpoint. Now it has receded behind a corner of the mountains, so from here you can only see the lake left behind by the glacier, and every so often a few icebergs might still float by. Still, the lake itself is wildly beautiful and the small visitor center nearby is interesting to visit... if it's open. More information here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/chugach/recarea/?recid=71946

On a clear day, you can see the glittering blue ice of several hanging glaciers from this trail (look up in the mountains, and you'll understand why they're called "hanging" glaciers). That said, there's plenty of pretty trailside scenery too, including several ponds, a gravel nature trail you'll want to dismount and walk, and even a few campgrounds.

It's hard not to love this paved, multi-use trail that runs east-west through a greenbelt that transects almost all of Anchorage. It also ties into Goose Lake Park and the wider Anchorage trail system.

Goose Lake has an actual sand beach, which makes it a popular place for swimming. It also has a lot of geese... which makes it a popular place for swimmer's itch, so make sure you shower quickly after swimming here. There's a lot of parking here, which means it's a great place to start or end your ride on the nearby paved trails.

This section of paved multi-use trail runs from Dowling Road to Lake Otis Boulevard. But when taken as a whole, the Campbell Creek Trail runs northeast/southwest through almost the entirety of Anchorage.