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The Strand - North – Doheny State Beach loop from Crouch Street

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The Strand - North – Doheny State Beach loop from Crouch Street

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The Strand - North – Doheny State Beach loop from Crouch Street

06:03

103km

510m

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: May 7, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 4.92 km for 121 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.40 km

Oceanside Blvd - ramp to Buccaneer Beach

Highlight • Beach

Paved ramp makes the beach here accessible by bike. Or rather what's left of it: greedy housing development pushed so close to the waterline that at high tide there's no beach left.

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4.97 km

Beach

5.48 km

The Strand - North

Highlight • Cycleway

Mostly quiet street along the waterfront with beach access along the whole stretch

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6.60 km

Harbor Beach

Highlight • Beach

Last publically accessible beach before the Camp Pendleton military area, that blocks beach access for dozens of miles north of Oceanside.

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30.5 km

San Onofre State Beach Campground

Highlight • Beach

Miles and miles of a linear campground on the San Onofre State Beach cliffs. The Old Pacific Highway is now essentially a campground access road, much of it widened to accommodate camping trailers lined along the cliffs.

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38.4 km

San Onofre State Beach

Nature Reserve

46.6 km

North Beach

Highlight • Beach

Spanning wider than the other beaches in San Clemente, North Beach boasts plenty of amenities like picnic tables, fire rings, swings, and volleyball courts.

This northern point connects to the …

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51.1 km

Doheny State Beach

Highlight • Beach

Bounded to the South by a private beachfront community that blocks bike access for several miles, Doheny has a long bike trail along the sandy beach, some of which is car-free.

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52.7 km

Group Campsite

Beach

53.7 km

Butterfly Garden

Highlight • Natural

Shady grove with a trail lined by info panels, benches, planted with milkweed and other plants favoured by butterflies, particularly focused on Monarch butterflies.

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97.7 km

San Luis Rey River

Highlight • River

This is the end point for the 69 mile long San Luis Rey River, stretching from it's headwaters in the Palomar Mountains all the way through Cleveland National Forest to the Santa Rosa Mountains

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103 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

44.7 km

36.3 km

12.4 km

3.63 km

2.86 km

2.55 km

473 m

Surfaces

69.5 km

32.4 km

760 m

133 m

Elevation

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Weather

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Tuesday 26 May

21°C

15°C

21 %

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The Strand - North – Doheny State Beach loop from Crouch Street

Oceanside Blvd - ramp to Buccaneer Beach

The Strand - North

Harbor Beach

San Onofre State Beach Campground

North Beach

Doheny State Beach

Butterfly Garden

San Luis Rey River

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