Bay Area Bike Rides Deck by Ray Hosler

Author:Ray Hosler [Hosler, Ray]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
Published: 2020-01-14T16:00:00+00:00

25. CAÑADA ROAD

San Mateo County deserves a gold star for encouraging family cycling. Every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. the parks department closes Cañada Road for non-motorized recreational use between the Filoli Center entrance and Highway 92. An eight-mile ride free of cars starts on Edgewood Road. Although the road has plenty of riders on Sunday, congestion isn’t a problem. Gorgeous scenery makes this ride memorable. There are the blue waters of Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir, nestled in a valley overlooked by a forested hillside. On summer evenings, fog spills over the Santa Cruz Mountains accompanied by a refreshing breeze. San Francisco Watershed lands surrounding the lake are among the most pristine in California. In addition, the Pulgas Water Temple beckons with its Roman architecture next to Cañada Road. Water piped in from the Sierra Nevada via the Hetch Hetchy pipeline can be seen and heard gushing out and flowing into the Crystal Springs reservoirs. The reservoirs were built in 1877 (Upper) and 1888 (Lower) to store water for burgeoning San Francisco. One of California’s wealthiest residents, William Bourn II, built his summer home here in 1917 and called it Filoli. The second owner, William P. Roth, donated the estate to the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1975. Today it’s world-renowned for its spectacular flower gardens. Another popular recreation venue, a few miles up the road on Skyline Boulevard at Crystal Springs Road, is Sawyer Camp Trail. It winds through the forest next to the Lower Crystal Springs Reservoir shoreline. Closest freeway and city: Interstate 280, San Carlos.

MILEAGE LOG > Since there is so little traffic on Cañada Rd. beyond the barricade, the ride starts at Edgewood Rd., where most people park their cars. 1.25 Filoli Estate entrance. 1.6 Pulgas Water Temple. Drinking fountain. 3.7 Ralston Ave. bike trail. 4.0 Hwy. 92. Turn around. 8.0 End ride.

Elevation: +/− 539 ft

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