King Ridge Road
Cazadero / Sonoma Coast · near Cazadero / Guerneville · North Coast
Road Cycling
At a glance
- Distance
- long
- Best season
- Spring & fall; fog & wind on the ridge; wet/slick in winter
What is here
- Scenery
- forest
- Amenities
- Wild, remote ridge riding · Redwoods & open grassland ridgelines · Levi's GranFondo epic loop · Deep quiet & solitude
- Best for
- A remote, epic ridge adventure
- Features
- Wild Sonoma coast ridge road · Relentless climbing & plunging · Deeply remote & quiet · GranFondo epic centerpiece
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Very remote — no services; carry everything · Steep, rough, narrow one-lane pavement · Fog, wind & damp surface on the ridge · Long day — plan food, water & time
- Beginner friendly
- No
Road Cycling detail
- Ride types
- climb · loop
- Road
- quiet
- Climbing
- 5
- Ride notes
- A remote, rollercoaster ridge road high above the Sonoma coast — endless climbing and plunging through redwoods and open grassland ridgelines, deeply quiet and wild, the epic centerpiece of the big Levi's GranFondo loop
- Stats note
- Long, relentless rolling ridge; big cumulative climbing; very remote
- Seasonal
- No
- Intl tip
- One of NorCal's great remote road adventures — a narrow, rough ridge road high above the Sonoma coast from Cazadero that endlessly climbs and plunges through redwoods and wind-scoured grassland ridgelines, wild and deeply quiet with ocean glimpses. The epic centerpiece of the longer Levi's GranFondo loop. Genuinely remote: no services, rough narrow pavement, foggy/windy/damp ridge. Carry everything, plan plenty of time, descend with care. Wild, beautiful backcountry.
The guide
King Ridge Road, riding the high spine above the Sonoma coast out of tiny Cazadero, is one of Northern California's great remot…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to King Ridge Road — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 38.55, -123.15