San Francisco → San Rafael
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Your whole outing, with time for stops. Rides start and finish at the Ferry Building, Sausalito, Rockridge, Walnut Creek or Stanford.
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Along the way
- San Francisco Railway Museum (museum), Exploratorium (museum), SIGNAL Coffee Roasters (café) · bakery, drinking water, toilets
- Magowan's Infinite Mirror Maze (sight) · bakery, picnic spot, toilets
- Truhlsen-Marmor Museum of the Eye (museum), Cartoon Art Museum (museum), National Maritime Museum (museum) · sight, café, toilets
- San Francisco Sea Scout Base (museum) · toilets
- Palace of Fine Arts (sight)
- Walt Disney Family Museum (museum), Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center (museum), Picnic Pod A (picnic spot) · viewpoint, drinking water, toilets
- Turn back at San Rafael
- Bayside Cafe (café) · drinking waterGood place to stop
- Bay Model Visitor Center (museum)
- Bay Area Discovery Museum (museum) · picnic spot
- Field Station (museum) · drinking water
- Museo Italo Americano (museum), Madonna (monument), Equator (café) · viewpoint
- San Francisco Maritime Visitor Center (museum), Musée Mécanique (museum), USS Pampanito (museum) · sight, café, ice cream, drinking water, toilets, bike shop
- Down to the Seas in Ships (monument) · drinking water, toilets
Drinking water is mapped at 16 points; the longest stretch without is 8.2 mi (mile 14.5–22.7).
Places are from OpenStreetMap within 60 m of the route (0.2 mi for a landmark such as a château or museum), and climbs from the modelled profile. Nothing here is checked on the ground and opening hours are not known. A good place to stop has food and water or toilets together, nearest the middle of the ride.
Ride from San Francisco
44.0 mi · 1,810 ft climbing · 1,810 ft descending.
Busier roads (model stress 3–4): 13% of the distance. Steepest modelled 0.3 mi: 8.5%. Unknown surface: 32%.
Modelled route, not a verified itinerary or a rider-specific recommendation. Check current road access and conditions.
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Route data: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Elevation: Mapzen Terrarium; 3DEP data courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey.
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