Redding & Sacramento River Trail
Redding · near Redding · Shasta Cascade
Road Cycling
At a glance
- Distance
- medium
- Best season
- Near year-round; ride at dawn in the brutal summer heat
What is here
- Scenery
- valley
- Amenities
- Landmark Sundial Bridge · Car-free paved river trail · Full Redding services · Links to Shasta Dam & Whiskeytown routes
- Best for
- An easy, family-friendly, year-round cycling base in the region's hub
- Features
- 17 mi of car-free river trail · Iconic Sundial Bridge · Add-on climbs to Shasta Dam & Whiskeytown · Rideable almost year-round
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Extreme summer heat (100F+) - ride at dawn · Hwy 299 traffic on the Whiskeytown climbs · Shared path - watch for walkers
- Beginner friendly
- Yes
Road Cycling detail
- Nickname
- The Car-Free Base
- Ride types
- loop
- Road
- mixed
- Climbing
- 2
- Ride notes
- A car-free paved river trail through the heart of Redding past the landmark Sundial Bridge, plus road climbs out to Shasta Dam and Whiskeytown - the region's easy, year-round cycling base (best ridden at dawn in summer)
- Stats note
- ~17 mi of car-free paved river trail; add road climbs to Shasta Dam or Whiskeytown (Hwy 299 traffic) for distance & vertical
- Intl tip
- In summer ride at dawn - Redding heat is brutal by midday. The car-free river trail is perfect for families and beginners; add the Shasta Dam or Whiskeytown road climbs (Hwy 299 traffic) when you want distance and vertical.
The guide
Redding is the region's cycling hub, and its Sacramento River Trail is the easy, car-free heart of it - some 17 miles of smooth…
In the Guidebook
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Getting there
- Coordinates
- 40.596, -122.377