Riding the San Gabriel River Trail in So. Cal., From The Foothills to the Surf.
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- Опубліковано 4 сер 2024
- The San Gabriel River Trails extends from the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in Azusa California, to waves of Seal Beach 38-miles away. This may not be the most beautiful ride you'll ever do, but its 38-miles of nearly uninterrupted pedaling. Thats hard to find in any city environment.
Encanto Park
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The Hangout Restaurant
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Metrolink A-Line Schedule & Route
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0:00 Start
0:04 Intro
1:10 Encanto Park, Duarte CA
2:10 Santa Fe Dam
2:27 First Street Crossing
4:00 The Only Climb
4:22 Only On-Street Section
5:04 Second Street Crossing
6:30 Third Street Crossing
6:37 The Finish
6:50 Seal Beach
7:08 The Metro Link A-Line Home
Very cool to see this ride from Azusa to Seal as I've ridden the trail a few times, so it was fun to see the familiar sights including the Hang Out Restaurant, Thanks & maybe see you on the trail someday.
Glad it brought back good memories for you. Thanks for watching the channel, commenting, and subscribing. See you on the trial.
Las Vegas has many of these dedicated bike roads. The one called the River Mountain trail along Lake Mead goes 36 miles but it’s very challenging with many serious inclines.
Good to know, I'll check it out and try to make plans to ride it. Thanks for watching and the trail info.
You guys are lucky to have that trail it’s rare to have a dedicated bike trail from the clayey to to ocean I live in Ventura Ca. & we have a 30 + miles trail going from Ventura to Ojai Valley
i agree. I've done the ride from Ventura to Ojai before I started this channel. Its a great trail as well. Thanks for watching my channel and commenting.
I have always wanted to make the ride on the San Gabriel River Trail to Seal Beach but I have always been intimidated of not knowing what to expect on the trail. Your video inspires me to make that ride happen soon. Thank you ! subscribed by the way :D
Thanks for reaching out. That is exactly why I make these videos, I'm glad you found it helpful. Let me know how the ride went for you after you've completed it. Good luck, have fun, and thanks for subscribing.
Great video. I've ridden the San Gabriel River bike path for nearly 40 years. FYI, the second street crossing, which is crosses Whittier Boulevard, can be avoided be using the tunnel adjacent to the bike path.
@@socalhomies I never noticed the tunnel. Thanks for letting me know, I’ll look for it the next time I ride it. Thanks for watching my channel, and your comments.
Santa Ana River Trail from San Bernardino to Huntington Beach
great video, i think i will give it a try. can you tell where is the second street crossing or the name? thanks
Thanks for watching, glad you liked it. The second street crossing is Whittier Blvd, just off the Whittier exit of the 605 Freeway. At about the 18 mile mark before the end of the train in Seal Beach. Enjoy the trail, let me know how it goes for you.
So nice to have nice weather right now
Yes, time to ride!!
For someone without a car how can you get to the start of the San Gabriel River Trail? You mentioned MetroLink on the end, but how about Amtrak? I live in San Diego and would love to do this ride.
Thanks for watching, and subscribing. Yes, for you this would be very easy to do. Just take the Amtrak to Grand Central Station in Los Angeles, then jump on the metro line (L/Gold Line) and take it to the Duarte/City of Hope exit. Then use Google maps to get you to Encanto Park, which is about a mile away from that metro line stop. I’m not sure the easiest way to get home from seal Beach, but I would imagine you could pick something up at a Long Beach. Enjoy, let me know how it works out for you.
Yes. You can take Metrolink from Oceanside or Amtrak from San Diego (more expensive) to Los Angeles Union Station. From Union Station take the Metro Rail A Line to Azusa/Downtown. Get on your bike and ride north on N Azusa Ave (Hwy 39). Turn off to the right on Ranch Rd and continue north. When Ranch Rd comes back into Hwy 39 cross the highway and get onto the San Gabriel River Trail (SGRT). Ride north on the SGRT to the "end" of the trail. Distance from the train station is only 2.6 mi.
Ride the 38 mi to the "beginning" of the SGRT at Seal Beach. To get to a Metrolink/Amtrak station by a scenic route on bike paths and roads mostly with bike lanes you can ride 26 mi to the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center. From the SGRT at Seal Beach go east on Ocean Ave. Ocean become Seal Beach Blvd as it swings north. Turn right on Pacific Coast Hwy and continue to Sunset Beach. Turn toward the beach on Anderson St and left on South Pacific Ave. Where it ends at a cul-de-sac continue parallel to the beach on the Bolsa Chica asphalt "boardwalk". Take this "boardwalk" through Bolsa Chica State Beach, Huntington City Beach, and Huntington State Beach. When you get to the Santa Ana River Trail (about 12.6 mi from Seal Beach) turn inland on it and ride 13 mi to the Anaheim train station. From Anaheim take Metrolink or Amtrak back to Oceanside or San Diego. Of course the Metrolink or Amtrak schedules are key.
A related fun bike trip is to start in Seal Beach, ride parallel to the coast to Long Beach and then ride north on the Los Angeles River Trail (LART) to Union Station (31 m). Take Metro Rail A Line to Azusa, and ride back to Seal Beach (38 mi). Of course you could also start in Azusa or anywhere along the loop route. The difficulty is that the LART ends at S Atlantic Blvd and doesn't start up again until near Elysian Park. City streets must be used to get from S Atlantic Blvd to Union Station. I know a route that is safe (IMO) for an experienced cyclist. I can write it out if anyone is interested. You can also make the loop smaller by connecting the LART to the SGRT via Gardendale St/Foster Road or via the Rio Hondo Bikeway between Imperial Blvd (@ the LART) and Whittier Narrows (@ the SGRT).
@@scotth5132 Great detail, thanks for adding it. Thanks for watching my channel as well.
What’s the time table for such a ride ?
3 hours at 10 mph but cut that in half if you do 20 mph on an ebike.
The train ride back is 2 hours.
If you start early in the morning, you can make it easily in 2 to 2 1/2 hours. But if you start later, say after 10 or 11 o’clock, you’ll be facing headwinds pretty much all the way down so that adds a lot of time. On the flipside, if you leave from seal Beach and head north to Azusa, sometimes you can get a pretty good push the whole way.