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Golden Gate Park – Golden Gate Park loop from Castro

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San Francisco

Golden Gate Park – Golden Gate Park loop from Castro

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4.9

(2228)

14,705

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Golden Gate Park – Golden Gate Park loop from Castro

02:08

35.8km

230m

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: May 27, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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5.75 km

Golden Gate Park Waterfall

Highlight • Waterfall

Beautiful park in San Francisco. Great for cycling and jogging.

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6.17 km

Quaint small lake fed by a stream pumped uphill and descending as an artificial waterfall. Across the street from Hellman's Hollow, the meadow hosting the annual "Hardly Strictly Bluegrass" festival, on the first long weekend of October on some 5 stages of free live music in Golden Gate Park, financed with a foundation grant by Warren Hellman, who loved music.

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6.61 km

Golden Gate Park

Highlight • Structure

Sprawling over 1,000 acres from the edge of Haight-Ashbury to Ocean Beach, Golden Gate Park is bigger than NYC’s Central Park. It’s packed with museums, gardens, lakes, bison, and all kinds of hidden corners to explore. Complete in the 1870s the park has been home to everything from world’s fairs to music festivals, and today it’s still a gathering place for locals and visitors alike.

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9.78 km

Dutch Windmill

Highlight • Monument

One of two windmills at the windy Ocean beach side of Golden Gate Park, originally built in the 1880s to access groundwater and pump water uphill for irrigation in Golden Gate Park

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10.0 km

The Esplanade

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Great views of the wide Ocean Beach from the Esplanade, including the Cliff House and the Dutch windmill.

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21.7 km

Lake Merced

Highlight • Lake

Lake Merced, a large freshwater lake in San Francisco's southwestern corner, is the heart of a 614-acre park that is popular with boaters, hikers, bicyclists, and golfers on the extended courses around the lakes. sfrecpark.org/destination/lake-merced-park

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27.8 km

Golden Gate Park

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Southernmost of three lakes in the lowest, western section of Golden Gate Park.

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28.6 km

Golden Gate Park - 34th St Bikeway Entrance

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Golden Gate Park is accessible free from all sides. For bikers coming or going to the South toward Sigmund Stern Grove through the residential avenues, 34th St is a designated Bikeway with only mild inclines and little traffic.

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35.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

29.0 km

4.74 km

937 m

526 m

477 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

29.5 km

6.29 km

< 100 m

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Wednesday 17 June

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Golden Gate Park – Golden Gate Park loop from Castro

Golden Gate Park Waterfall

Hellman Meadow and Lloyd Lake

Golden Gate Park

Dutch Windmill

The Esplanade

Lake Merced

Golden Gate Park

Golden Gate Park - 34th St Bikeway Entrance

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