Vertical Climb: +820 feet
Start/Finish: Lake Merritt
Major Climbs: None
Rest Stops: El Sobrante Gas Station, Point Pinole Pier, Pt. Richmond
Route Sheet: Point Pinole (HIA) [102K]
Ride through residential neighborhoods of North Oakland, Berkeley, Albany, El Cerrito, Albany and Richmond, then regroup in El Sobrante. Continue to Point Pinole pier. The return from the pier travels along the Point Richmond Marina and the Bay Trail to the Berkeley bike-ped bridge.
This route has been updated in 2011:
- The first rest stop on San Pablo Dam Rd has been changed from the ECG Gas Station to the Jack in the Box
- Some stretches on the Richmond Parkway that were particularly horrible have been avoided by using back streets
- More of the Bay Trail is included, starting at the Richmond Harbor
- The route returns to Lake Merritt after the University St. Bridge following Bicycle Blvd to Sacramento and then the same route we used as we left the lake: Market, 45th, MLK, 29th, Telegraph, 27th, Grand and Bellevue.