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Murphy Windmill – Golden Gate Park loop from Duboce Avenue & Noe Street

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United States
San Francisco

Murphy Windmill – Golden Gate Park loop from Duboce Avenue & Noe Street

Moderate

3.1

(14)

79

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Murphy Windmill – Golden Gate Park loop from Duboce Avenue & Noe Street

01:47

29.1km

180m

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: August 13, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 17.4 km for 179 m

After 21.2 km for 53 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

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1

5.05 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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2

8.23 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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3

8.40 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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4

9.37 km

Cliff House

Highlight • Historical Site

The original Cliff House was built in 1863 after the Gold Rush as a high-end resort. It has been rebuilt at least three times since then, but the most recent …

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5

15.9 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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6

21.3 km

Murphy Windmill

Highlight • Monument

Two authentic dutch style windmills built over 100 years ago for pumping water around the park and some flour milling are well maintained for public viewing at the North and South ends of Golden Gate Park at Ocean Beach

Tip by

7

22.0 km

Golden Gate Park

Highlight • Parking

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

Tip by

8

22.8 km

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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B

29.1 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

23.3 km

4.02 km

662 m

614 m

305 m

245 m

Surfaces

22.9 km

6.01 km

148 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

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