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Bay Overlook – Skyline Boulevard loop from Lake Merritt

Bay Overlook – Skyline Boulevard loop from Lake Merritt

Hard

3.3

(4)

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Bay Overlook – Skyline Boulevard loop from Lake Merritt

02:52

53.9km

980m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 13, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 53.1 km for 51 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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590 m

Camron-Stanford House Museum

Highlight • Historical Site

The Camron-Stanford House was built in 1876, about 150 years ago. It is the last of the beautiful 19th-century mansions that were built around Lake Merritt. Its graduates played an …

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13.9 km

Bay Overlook

Highlight • Viewpoint

A nice reward after climbing up Tunnel Road and Skyline Boulevard!

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15.4 km

Skyline Boulevard

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

With rolling climbs up and down, this area is wooded, paved, and often foggy. When the fog breaks, enjoy photo opportunities of the Bay Area.

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17.3 km

Skyline Gate Redwood Regional Park

Highlight • Rest Area

Skyline Boulevard crests near the entrance to Redwood Regional Park. There are bathrooms and viewpoints into the park that drops to the east, generally north-east along and below the ridge of the Oakland hills.

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26.8 km

Redwood Regional Park South Entrance

Highlight • Rest Area

As Redwood Road follows Redwood Creek upstream, it skirts the South and West side of Redwood Regional Park, or go straight into Redwood Park Entrance Road, which becomes a gravel Multi-Use Trail after a mile, closed to cars, but bikable.

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33.8 km

Old San Leandro Creek Stone Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

Pinehurst Road descends into a grove of tall redwood trees just before reaching an old stone bridge. There is a tiny group of houses and a post office tucked beneath the towering forest giants.

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38.0 km

Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve Upper Pinehurst Entry

Highlight • Trail

A fully protected area (no biking inside) on the East side of the Oakland hills, sloping down between Sibley Volcanic Preserve and Redwood Regional Park.

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52.9 km

Lake Merritt Channel Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

This bridge spans the channel that joins Lake Merritt to the Oakland Estuary, which in turn flows into the harbor.

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53.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

39.6 km

12.8 km

1.18 km

286 m

120 m

Surfaces

51.3 km

2.51 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (440 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Today

Monday 17 August

23°C

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Bay Overlook – Skyline Boulevard loop from Lake Merritt

Camron-Stanford House Museum

Bay Overlook

Skyline Boulevard

Skyline Gate Redwood Regional Park

Redwood Regional Park South Entrance

Old San Leandro Creek Stone Bridge

Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve Upper Pinehurst Entry

Lake Merritt Channel Bridge

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