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Presidio Promenade – Golden Gate Bridge loop from UCSF Parnassus

Presidio Promenade – Golden Gate Bridge loop from UCSF Parnassus

Hard

4.6

(1454)

9,543

riders

Presidio Promenade – Golden Gate Bridge loop from UCSF Parnassus

05:48

115km

1,650m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 13, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 36.1 km for 121 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

4.03 km

Inspiration Point 🌲

Highlight • Viewpoint

Near the highest point in the Presidio, this viewpoint offers grand vistas across the Monterey pine forest and historic officers' houses down to the San Francisco Bay

Tip by

6.52 km

Newly refurbished Biking and Hiking trail with spectacular views across Crissy Field and the Bay, as well as the beaches all the way along the Bay to Fisherman's Wharf and downtown skyline. It then leads up to more viewpoints of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Tip by

7.03 km

Battery East Road Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Battery East Road is the continuation of the well paved, two-lane bike trail that starts as Presidio Promenade from the Presidio Main Post, and is usually very busy with tourists biking and walking to the Golden Gate Bridge. It contours the former Battery East, part of the coastal defenses built in the mid 19th century to ward off intruders from the Golden Gate.

Tip by

17.0 km

Sausalito Path

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

The Sausalito Bike Path runs through Mill Valley. It's a paved route with great views of the wetlands on the old Northwest-Pacific rail line, which operated from 1884 until its closure in 1971. The path ends near Mike’s Bikes in Marin City, where riders can continue along the busy Bridgeway into Sausalito or take quieter marina backroads.

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28.3 km

Tiburon Linear Park Bike Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

The Tiburon Historical Trail is a joint project of the Tiburon Peninsula Foundation and the Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society. This trail runs between Blackie's Pasture and the Donahue Depot in downtown Tiburon. Each plaque displays an early photograph taken from the location of this plaque so you can compare it then and now. For a map of the wheelchair accessible trail and a virtual tour clickon the markers.
tiburonpeninsulafoundation.org/historical-trail.php

Tip by

36.1 km

Tiburon Uplands Nature Preserve

Nature Reserve

67.3 km

Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Nature Reserve

70.1 km

Alpine Lake

Highlight • Lake

This lake was formed by the building of Alpine Dam in 1917. It sits between Kent Lake and Bon Tempe Lake, and is popular for a variety of outdoor activities.

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70.7 km

Alpine Dam

Highlight (Segment) • Structure

Constructed in 1917 this dam forms Alpine Lake, which sites between Kent and Bon Tempe Lakes. The road across the top of the dam make it a great place to ride on a loop around the lake.

Tip by

105 km

Golden Gate Bridge

Highlight (Segment) • Bridge

When you think of the iconic features of San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge is one of the first things that comes to mind. This impressive suspension bridge links the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County, with fantastic views of the city, marina and Crissy Field.

It is one of the most internationally recognized symbols of San Francisco, California, and the United States, putting it at the top of many cyclist's bucket lists. While crossing, you can gaze up at the towering beams above or look down into the deep waters of the San Francisco Strait below you as sailboats drift by in the mouth of the Bay.

Traveling along the Bridge can be cold, windy, and foggy, even in the summer, so dress appropriately. At the south end, you can purchase a souvenir at the Golden Gate Bridge Pavilion and visit the café next to the visitor center.

Restrooms are at both the north and south ends, and cyclists have toll-free access to the Bridge's sidewalks 24 hours a day. A bike ride across this extraordinary Bridge is an adventure you don't want to miss!

Tip by

115 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

58.0 km

49.5 km

4.98 km

2.17 km

387 m

148 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

103 km

11.3 km

439 m

236 m

Elevation

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Highest point (620 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

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Sunday 30 August

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Presidio Promenade – Golden Gate Bridge loop from UCSF Parnassus

Inspiration Point 🌲