Why this ride
A 173 km one-way ride from near Garden Grove, about 2 h 31 of riding. San Pedro is the high point.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Big Bear Rim Roads · part 1
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 173 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 31
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Fuel stop near Garden Grove
Planning note
Big Bear Rim Roads is where the day begins. Next is Big Bear Rim Roads high point.
2. San Pedro
The road out to Point Fermin ends at a Victorian lighthouse built in the 1870s, a wooden tower with gingerbread trim that once guided ships into San Pedro Bay. It stands in a cliff-top park at the very southern tip of Los Angeles, and beside it the land has been slowly sliding into the sea for a century, leaving a jumble of broken streets and foundations known as Sunken City.
Read the complete San Pedro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
You top out here; the road stops climbing. Next is Big Bear Rim Roads scenic road.
3. Rancho Palos Verdes
The Palos Verdes Peninsula is a big block of hills pushing out into the Pacific at the south-western corner of Los Angeles, and Rancho Palos Verdes wraps around its southern edge. The coast road here, Palos Verdes Drive South and its continuation west, is about as scenic as a short ride in the LA basin gets: bluffs dropping to the sea, coves, kelp beds, and on a clear day the long grey shape of Santa Catalina Island floating on the horizon.
Read the complete Rancho Palos Verdes write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 59 km into the recorded legs you reach Big Bear Rim Roads scenic road. Next is Photo stop near Camarillo.
4. Photo stop near Camarillo
Planning note
Photo stop near Camarillo closes the day.
Leg by leg
Fuel stop near Garden Grove to San Pedro
Fuel stop near Garden Grove → San Pedro is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.