Paradise Loop (Tiburon)
Tiburon / Marin · near Tiburon / Mill Valley · SF Bay Area
Road Cycling
At a glance
- Distance
- medium
- Best season
- Year-round; clear and calm mornings are best
What is here
- Scenery
- coast
- Amenities
- Sweeping bay & Angel Island views · Mostly flat & gentle · Cafés in Tiburon · Great beginner / recovery ride
- Best for
- A gentle, scenic bayside spin
- Features
- Beginner-friendly bayside loop · Quiet, waterhugging Paradise Dr · Angel Island & city views · Tiburon café stops
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Some traffic in Tiburon & on the approach · A few short rollers on Paradise Dr · Share bike paths with walkers · Wind can pick up in the afternoon
- Beginner friendly
- Yes
Road Cycling detail
- Ride types
- loop · coastal
- Road
- mixed
- Climbing
- 2
- Ride notes
- A gentle, gorgeous bayside loop around the Tiburon Peninsula — mostly flat, quiet Paradise Drive hugs the water with views of the Bay, Angel Island, and the city, one of the best beginner-friendly rides in the Bay Area
- Stats note
- ~13 mi loop, gentle rolling terrain; sweeping bayside views
- Seasonal
- No
- Intl tip
- One of the Bay Area's most beloved gentle rides — a ~13-mile loop around the Tiburon Peninsula whose highlight, quiet and mostly flat Paradise Drive, hugs the shoreline with continuous views to Angel Island, the East Bay, and the SF skyline. Only a few short rollers, so it's a great beginner and recovery ride, easily linked from Sausalito or Mill Valley with a café stop in Tiburon. Some traffic on the approach and in town; mornings are calmest before the afternoon wind. Perfect for a newer rider.
The guide
The Paradise Loop, circling the Tiburon Peninsula in Marin, is one of the Bay Area's most beloved gentle rides — a roughly 13-m…
In the Guidebook
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Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.89, -122.47