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Monterey Bay Coastal Trail – El Estero Lake Park 🌳 loop from Marina

Monterey Bay Coastal Trail – El Estero Lake Park 🌳 loop from Marina

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3.0

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Monterey Bay Coastal Trail – El Estero Lake Park 🌳 loop from Marina

01:39

37.3km

230m

Road cycling

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 20, 2026

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Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 20.3 km for 71 m

After 21.1 km for 53 m

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17.0 km

Monterey State Beach

Highlight • Beach

Monterey State Beach is a wide, expansive sandy beach that connects to the other surrounding beaches. It's a popular spot just off the side of the Monterey Bay Coastal Trail.

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17.7 km

Monterey Bay Coastal Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Wide paved multi-use trail along Monterey's beaches and dunes, separated from the highway by a wide landscaped strip.

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20.3 km

El Estero Lake Park 🌳

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Serene Park close to the beach behind the Visitors Center surrounded by a lake, with a playground in the middle.

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23.4 km

Del Monte Lake Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

The Del Monte Lake Trail is a part of the Monterey Bay Coastal Trail. This wide, paved, multi-use path takes you along the scenic coastline past the famous Monterey beaches. …

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24.8 km

Roberts Lake Park

Highlight • Lake

Small lake surrounded with paved bike trails across the road from Laguna Grande Regional Park, both are connected and lie in the flat coastal plain behind the tall dunes

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25.6 km

Seaside State Beach

Highlight • Beach

Nice little spot to stop and take in some ocean air as you travel the Monterey Bay Trail

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27.5 km

Sand City Beach section of Monterey Bay Coastal Recreation Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Beach

The Monterey Bay Coastal Recreation Trail is a 19-mile-long trail that hugs the coast from Castroville to Monterey Bay. This section is a beautiful stretch near Sand City and gives …

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32.0 km

Fort Ord 🚴 Monterey Bay Bike Path

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A crown-jewel of Californian bike trails, this stretch of the coastal path along Monterey Bay is smoothly paved and wide, perfect for fast rides between Monterey and Castroville (and onward to Santa Cruz on less-well developed trails.)

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37.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

18.4 km

14.6 km

3.45 km

643 m

270 m

Surfaces

29.1 km

8.18 km

< 100 m

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Saturday 23 May

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Monterey Bay Coastal Trail – El Estero Lake Park 🌳 loop from Marina

Monterey State Beach

Monterey Bay Coastal Trail

El Estero Lake Park 🌳

Del Monte Lake Trail

Roberts Lake Park

Seaside State Beach

Sand City Beach section of Monterey Bay Coastal Recreation Trail

Fort Ord 🚴 Monterey Bay Bike Path

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