AboutSteve Springer Expertise I was born and raised in Los Angeles. I`ve lived in the Valley, west side, east side, and South Bay, so I`m an expert on getting around town. I`m knowledgeable about all of the Southern California tourist attractions. I am also an expert on state beaches in Southern California, and have an expansive camping background. No relocation/moving questions, please.
Expert: Steve Springer Date: 5/10/2008 Subject: bike paths
Question i live in palm springs, and would like to spend a weekend at la county coast, utilizing the bike paths that run along the beaches. if i wanted to do about 40 to 50 miles total, where would you recomend i put in and take out? or is there one continuous route that is that long? thanks!!
Answer Hi Darlene,
Sadly, there is no continuous bike path along the beach. The only ones that come close are the San Gabriel River Bike Path and the Santa Ana River bike path.
Along the beach, you can start at Will Rogers State Beach and ride south though Santa Monica and Venice. At Marina Del Rey, the path ends and you must go inland a bit to get around the marina and then pick up the South Bay path. (Wave to the airplanes taking off from LAX). This will take you through Hermosa, Manhattan, and Redondo Beaches, all the way to Torrance. At that point, you either have to turn around and go back (which should give you close to 40 miles total) or try and navigate through Torrance and Palos Verdes to get to Long Beach, where the bike path begins again. PV is nice (a bit hilly), but I'm not sure of any safe/good way to get from PV through San Padro over to Long Beach without extreme danger.
labikepaths.com is a very good site, with photos and warnings about the paths. I didn't know you could get a ticket riding past the Redondo Pier (guess I was lucky all those times). Be careful in Santa Monica/Venice... LOTS of peds don't respect bikers there.
