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Salmon Creek Beach – North Salmon Creek Beach ⛱️ loop from Bodega Bay

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Salmon Creek Beach – North Salmon Creek Beach ⛱️ loop from Bodega Bay

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Salmon Creek Beach – North Salmon Creek Beach ⛱️ loop from Bodega Bay

02:58

41.1km

810m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 10, 2026

Tips

Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 1.21 km for 488 m

Open: • Monday-Thursday: 11:00 AM-6:00 PM • Friday-Sunday: 11:00 AM-7:00 PM (otherwise closed)

After 40.5 km for 464 m

Open: • Monday-Thursday: 11:00 AM-6:00 PM • Friday-Sunday: 11:00 AM-7:00 PM (otherwise closed)

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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533 m

Birdwalk Coastal Access Trailhead 🐦

Highlight • Trail

Even if the gate for the day use parking lot is closed, bikers and hikers can access the birdwalk loop trail that circles on the lever around a wetland basin …

Tip by

1.32 km

Lucas Wharf, Fishetarian

Highlight • Restaurant

Lots of fish restaurants, and enough birds to recreate Alfred Hitchcock's movie filmed here

Tip by

34.6 km

Coleman Overlook 🌊 Sonoma Coast State Park

Highlight • Viewpoint

Dramatic clifftop overlook, no beach access

Tip by

35.1 km

Salmon Creek Beach

Highlight • Beach

A 1-mile long stretch of sand with low dunes along the Coast Highway to Salmon Creek, and continuing for another 10 miles past the small village of Salmon Creek.

Tip by

35.7 km

North Salmon Creek Beach ⛱️

Highlight • Beach

Great overlook on the clifftop north side of the Salmon Creek estuary. A narrow trail leads down the steep cliffs to the beach

Tip by

36.2 km

Salmon Creek

Lake

37.7 km

Coastal Prairie Trailhead, Bodega Dunes 🌿

Highlight • Trail

New smooth gravel trail connecting Bodega Bay with Salmon Creek, between the dunes and the highway. Parallel to Hwy 1 but safely far enough away in nature that you even don't see or hear any cars.

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38.4 km

Bodega Bay Coastal Prairie Bike Trailhead

Highlight • Trail

Southern trailhead for a smooth gravel trail that's great to avoid the busy, shoulderless highway

Tip by

41.0 km

Bodega Harbor Yacht Club ⛵

Highlight • Rest Area

Smith Brothers Rd is a calm alternative parallel to the busy Hwy 1, with scenic overlooks of Bodega Bay Harbor

Tip by

41.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

29.3 km

10.5 km

1.08 km

156 m

131 m

Surfaces

27.2 km

13.4 km

257 m

131 m

Elevation

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Highest point (330 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Today

Friday 10 July

18°C

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Salmon Creek Beach – North Salmon Creek Beach ⛱️ loop from Bodega Bay

Birdwalk Coastal Access Trailhead 🐦

Lucas Wharf, Fishetarian

Coleman Overlook 🌊 Sonoma Coast State Park

Salmon Creek Beach

North Salmon Creek Beach ⛱️

Coastal Prairie Trailhead, Bodega Dunes 🌿

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Bodega Harbor Yacht Club ⛵

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