Montaña de Oro & Turri Road
San Luis Obispo coast · near Los Osos / Morro Bay · Central Coast
Gravel & Bikepacking
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- Year-round (mild; wildflowers in spring)
What is here
- Terrain
- coastal
- Amenities
- Montaña de Oro bluffs · Quiet Turri Road ranch lane · Morro Bay & wildflowers · State-park coastal camping
- Best for
- Gentle, scenic coastal gravel near Morro Bay
- Features
- Wildflower coastal bluffs · The classic Turri Road · Morro Bay scenery · State-park camping
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Coastal wind & fog · Some car traffic on connectors · Rolling pitches · Ticks in grass
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Gravel & Bikepacking detail
- Ride types
- day-gravel
- Surface
- mixed
- Remoteness
- 2
- Riding
- Gentle, gorgeous coastal riding around Morro Bay — the quiet dirt of Turri Road through ranch land and the bluff roads of Montaña de Oro, with wildflowers and ocean air
- Terrain note
- Sea level to ~1,000 ft rolling coast; mixed lanes; mild, breezy
- Camping
- Yes
- Intl tip
- Gentle, gorgeous coastal gravel around Morro Bay — quiet Turri Road (a hushed paved-and-dirt ranch lane with Morro Rock views) and Montaña de Oro State Park ('mountain of gold'), where bluff roads trace a wildflower-strewn coastline. Mellow, welcoming riding (great for newer riders) in mild year-round weather. Coastal wind/fog, some connector traffic, ticks. Coastal state-park camping. Accessible, scenic, feel-good riding by the sea.
- Trip lengths
- day
The guide
The coast around Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo offers some of the gentlest and most beautiful gravel on the Central Coast, cent…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Montaña de Oro & Turri Road — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 35.28, -120.88