Why this ride
A 128 km one-way ride from near Agoura Hills, about 1 h 53 of riding. Long stretches are under trees.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Mulholland and Malibu Canyons · part 2
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 128 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 53
- 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.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Historic Route 66
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 82 km this is Historic Route 66, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 93 km
- Named road
- Historic Route 66
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Food stop near Agoura Hills
Planning note
Food stop near Agoura Hills is where the day begins. Next is Mulholland and Malibu Canyons photo pull-off.
2. 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
Mulholland and Malibu Canyons photo pull-off comes up about 93 km into the recorded legs. Next is Mulholland and Malibu Canyons checkpoint 8.
3. Near Westmont
Simon Rodia, an Italian immigrant labourer, spent more than thirty years building a cluster of tall, lacy spires in his back yard in Watts, using steel rods, mortar and fragments of broken pottery, glass and seashells. The Watts Towers, finished in the 1950s, are one of the great works of folk art in America, and they stand a short ride east of this finish, in a neighbourhood of small houses and palm trees.
Read the complete Near Westmont write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 125 km.
Leg by leg
Food stop near Agoura Hills to Rancho Palos Verdes
Food stop near Agoura Hills → Rancho Palos Verdes is 93 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.