Golden Gate Park – Golden Gate Park loop from Castro

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Golden Gate Park – Golden Gate Park loop from Castro

Moderate

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(2228)

14,705

riders

Golden Gate Park – Golden Gate Park loop from Castro

02:06

35.4km

230m

Cycling

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

Last updated: August 27, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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6.14 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 …

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6.58 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, …

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9.45 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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9.70 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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21.4 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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27.5 km

Golden Gate Park

Highlight • Parking

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

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27.6 km

South Lake

Highlight • Lake

Idyllic lake in the south-east of the park, along MLK and Chain of Lakes Drives, and next to the Cross Park Trail

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28.2 km

Golden Gate Park - 34th St Bikeway Entrance

Highlight • Cycleway

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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35.4 km

End point

Train Station

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