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Big River 🌉- Mendocino – Agate Beach Cove loop from Point Arena Lighthouse

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United States

California

Mendocino County

Big River 🌉- Mendocino – Agate Beach Cove loop from Point Arena Lighthouse

Hard

2.7

(6)

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Big River 🌉- Mendocino – Agate Beach Cove loop from Point Arena Lighthouse

10:20

161km

2,120m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 7, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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46.3 km

Beach

56.1 km

Mendocino Bay Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

Short dirt trail off Brewer Gulch Rd to the cliffs overlooking the bay and coast

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56.4 km

Big River 🌉- Mendocino

Highlight (Segment) • River

Great views from the bridge. It has a decent shoulder to ride and stop on. Nice beaches at the mouth of the river, mostly on the north side.

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58.6 km

Jack Peters Creek bridge

Highlight • Bridge

The gulch cut by Jack Peters Creek is bridged since 1939 by this classic Hwy 1 bridge, without shoulders, so be mindful of the fast moving traffic when trying to …

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59.8 km

Russian Gulch State Park 🌳 and historic bridge

Highlight • Bridge

The Shoreline Hwy 1 bridge crossing Russian Gulch built in the 1930s provides panoramic views to the mouth of the gulch opening to the ocean, and east to the trailhead

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61.4 km

Agate Beach Cove

Highlight • Beach

Great coastal overlook form the cliffs high above the wild dang beach, right off the Shoreline highway

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79.1 km

Navarro River Redwoods State Park

Highlight • Forest

West entrance into a long, shady tunnel of magnificent second-growth redwood groves. Twisting Coastal Hwy 1, then the two-lane Highway 128 runs through the park and parallels the Navarro River’s …

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95.2 km

Elk Creek Beach Overlook

Highlight • Viewpoint

From the switchbacks climbing the hills on the south bank of Elk Creek there are sweeping beach views as a reward for the arduous workout. The beach access is further north of the creek.

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137 km

Anchor Bay Campground

Highlight • Rest Area

Tall coastal redwood grove with shaded and wind-protected campsites along a fishing creek leading down to the protected cove

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161 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

148 km

9.88 km

2.51 km

Surfaces

152 km

8.24 km

558 m

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Monday 18 May

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Mendocino Bay Viewpoint

Big River 🌉- Mendocino

Jack Peters Creek bridge

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