North Beach access – Sea Lions Cove Overlook loop from Drakes Estero

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North Beach access – Sea Lions Cove Overlook loop from Drakes Estero

Hard

4.9

(3000)

17,562

riders

North Beach access – Sea Lions Cove Overlook loop from Drakes Estero

03:42

49.3km

800m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: July 18, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 25.0 km for 82 m

Waypoints

Start point

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3.55 km

Estero Trail Bridge - Pt Reyes

Highlight • Bridge

At the end of the road continue across the wooden bridge for an excellent firm trail to the other side of the estuary

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5.36 km

Estero Trailhead Point Reyes National Seashore

Highlight • Trail

5.40 km

Estero Trailhead - Drakes Bay Hereford Ranch 🐂🐃

Highlight • Trail

Firm road closed to traffic and even quieter parallel trail to the estuary

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11.0 km

Historic F Ranch

Highlight • Historical Site

Short spur trail to one of the historic cattle ranches

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12.8 km

North Beach access

Highlight • Beach

This should perhaps be called 'Middle Beach', as it is roughly in the middle of miles of straight undisturbed pacific beach lining the Point Reyes west shore. It probably got …

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20.4 km

Historic B Ranch -- Point Reyes

Highlight • Historical Site

When you cross Inverness Ridge toward the Point Reyes headlands, you leave the pine/fir forest behind and enter the stark beauty of the coastal grasslands, dotted with cattle and scattered …

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23.3 km

Mini Chimney Rock at Junction of Road to Chimney Rock

Highlight • Natural Monument

No, this is not the Chimney Rock this road leads to, but it's a cool natural sign post

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25.0 km

Sea Lions Cove Overlook

Highlight • Viewpoint

These cliffs at road's end that form Point Reyes are so tall that visitors focused on the historic lighthouse might miss the marine mammals enjoying the protected coves hundreds of …

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49.3 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

38.3 km

10.9 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

34.7 km

10.9 km

3.63 km