Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 27, 2025

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Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 14.7 km for 219 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.14 km

Old San Pedro Mountain Rd trailhead at Higgins Rd, Pacifica

Highlight • Trail

Gate to prevent cars entering the gravel road that leads to the popular mountain bike alternate route affectionately dubbed Planet of the Apes, leading through McNee Ranch to Montara, avoiding the busy Highway 1

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3.83 km

Pacifica Vista on Old San Pedro Mountain Road

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From this spot on Old San Pedro Mountain Road, you get truly stunning, panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean and surrounding foothills and grasslands. This is a great spot to …

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6.31 km

Old San Pedro Mountain Road summit

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This isn't the sort of road you'd take a vehicle on, nowadays - but it's great for nontechnical mountain biking, and this high point gives you nice views over the surrounding hills.

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9.24 km

Martini Bridge (Ocean View Farm)

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Following Old San Pedro Mountain Road, Martini Creek Bridge marks the transition from McNee Ranch State Park to Rancho Corral de Tierra, part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area GGNRA. The Ocean View Farm here is an operating horse ranch.

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12.0 km

Pacific to SF Bay Panorama

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Great panoramic view from Bay to Sea, sadly overlooking San Francisco's biggest prison complex ...

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12.7 km

Montara Mountain Intersection — Old San Pedro Mountain Road

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At this intersection you either stay in Old San Pedro Road or you take the North Peak Access Road. No matter what road you choose, you will find yourself on fantastic gravel roads that offer amazing views.

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17.8 km

Tanga Bench

Viewpoint

19.6 km

Devil's Slide Trail south entrance

Highlight • Trail

At the southern opening of the 2013 Tom Lantos tunnels the old road is now a bike trail.

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20.6 km

Devil's Slide

Highlight • Cycleway

While the whole section of the bike trail, now closed to car traffic since the 2013 opening of the tunnel, clings precariously to the cliffside, the worst of the actual …

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24.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.0 km

6.50 km

2.99 km

1.87 km

909 m

144 m

Surfaces

11.2 km

7.05 km

3.61 km

1.87 km

641 m

Elevation

Highest point (300 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

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Thursday 8 January

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Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

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Old San Pedro Mountain Rd trailhead at Higgins Rd, Pacifica

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Old San Pedro Mountain Road summit

Martini Bridge (Ocean View Farm)

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