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Dawn - Dusk Parking Fee Based Parking $10 or Poppy Pass.
$3 one-day trail use fee (or $35 annual pass), payable at self-pay stations at most trailheads.
Overview
This ride has great views of the bay and has a very wide, well maintained trail. This is an extremely high traffic trail but it's easy to pass in most areas. Watch out for tons of hikers, runners and walkers on the last three miles of the ride. The
Bay View Trail (upper section) is used almost exclusively by mountain bikers.
Need to Know
The trail has multiple branches along the route with signs directing you back to the
Shoreline Trail everywhere. Note that any trail sign pointing you to the "
Ridge Trail" is actually taking you to a fireroad that runs along the ridge of the park.
Class I (pedal-assist) e-bikes are allowed on China Camp's trails, with a maximum speed of 15 mph (5 mph on blind corners and when passing other trail users).
Description
Start in the first listed parking area as you enter the park at the west end. You can't miss it - there will be a couple dozen cars with riders everywhere. Starting from the campsite entrance, look for
Bay View Trail on your right. Proceed up the trail for about 2 miles of switchback climbing that will eventually flatten out to some nice rolling singletrack.
The appeal of this trail is about 6 miles of rolling mostly downhill after the initial two mile climb. After about 1.5 miles of downhill singletrack you'll come up on a fire road. Follow down this road and you'll see several turns taking you back towards the
Shoreline Trail - make sure you take the last turn for
Oak Ridge Trail and the best ride.
Ignore any signs taking you to the
Ridge Trail as this is nothing but a fire road running along the ridge (nice view). The last section of the
Oak Ridge Trail has some narrow, slightly rocky singletrack before it joins back up with
Peacock Gap Connector and then back to
Shoreline Trail again.
Shoreline Trail is a nice scenic rolling singletrack with a 1/4 mile section of fire road taking you back to your start point.
History & Background
Originally an old fishing village location.
Contacts
Shared By:
Shayne Holderby
with improvements
by Anne Sauer
and 4 others
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