The best running trails around Westmont

Early morning rides are the best, wear layers

Scenic beach ride just watch for distracted walkers.

Long stretch of car-free public beachfront, only accessible by an excellent bike/pedestrian boardwalk trail.

This is the northern end of the beach section with fire rings, the only one on LA Bay allowing fires🔥, BBQ parties, the works. At low tide the sand along the water is firm enough to ride for most tires. Dockweiler State Beach has 3.7 miles of ocean frontage and 288 acres of beach. Amenities include restrooms, showers, picnic facilities, fire rings, and volleyball nets. The Marvin Braude Bike Trail, also known as the beach bike path, is readily accessible, which many visitors use for roller-blading, jogging, and of course, bicycling. Jetties at the north end of the beach provide ideal fishing opportunities. Shore fishing is also popular. The beach is home to a fenced enclosure for the western snowy plover, a federally protected shore bird. The beach is quite expansive with lots of sand. In the summer it can get quite busy, especially towards the evening when everyone is trying to gather around one of the various fire rings. The only drawback here is its proximity to Los Angeles International Airport; the noise can get quite loud for some. The nearby parking lots have over 1,200 spaces and there are so many activities available and the south end has a Recreational Vehicle Park with 118 full hook-up spaces. Nearby is the Dockweiler Youth Center, which offers a multi-purpose room and terrace, youth camps, and community programs. Free access on bikes https://beaches.lacounty.gov/dockweiler-beach

Noble Park is a small park right on The Strand. The Millennium Walkway winds through this small park that is a little more than an acre in size. This is a popular place for kids to learn how to ride a bike before graduating to the strand. There are tall palm trees here and a few grassy hills, but not much else. It's small and a nice stop along a beach ride.

The South Bay Bike Path is a 22-mile paved trail running from Will Rogers State Beach to Torrance County Beach, mostly along the beach with a few short sections on city streets. The 14-foot-wide trail is shared by cyclists, runners, skaters, wheelchair riders, and pedestrians. Riders can travel to all piers and Venice Beach's Strand. Rental stands along the path offer bicycles, rollerblades, and scooters. The path is generally smooth, despite being busy, and sometimes sandy after wind blowing. Traveling the trail in a manual wheelchair or skateboard is mostly obstacle-free.

The Exposition Park Rose Garden is a historic 7-acre sunken garden in Los Angeles. Known as "one of the city's best-kept secrets," the garden is celebrated for its vast collection of over 20,000 rose bushes. Originally part of the city's Agricultural Park, the garden was established in 1927 and features four marble statues by Thyra Boldsen, a central fountain, and several gazebos. The garden, which was once threatened by development plans, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 to ensure its preservation. It also is a popular filming location and attraction adjacent to the University of Southern California, the Natural History Museum, and the California Science Center.

Wonderfully soft sand and water that only gets deeper slowly. Quite cool though, the Pacific doesn't warm up as quickly as the Baltic Sea. The infrastructure is very good, everything you need is there.