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Harbor Beach – The Strand - North loop from Coast Highway

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Harbor Beach – The Strand - North loop from Coast Highway

Moderate

2.9

(15)

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Harbor Beach – The Strand - North loop from Coast Highway

04:17

72.2km

400m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 18, 2026

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Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 6.48 km for 14.7 km

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After 52.2 km for 14.7 km

Permit required

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.01 km

Buccaneer Beach Park

Highlight • Beach

The beach provides a pleasant combination of pebbles and sand along its shoreline. Additionally, the park features several benches, restroom facilities, and a café, creating an ideal spot for taking a break and relaxing.

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1.33 km

Witherby St Beach overlook

Highlight • Viewpoint

Stairs lead down to the long sandy beach

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1.69 km

Oceanside Blvd - ramp to Buccaneer Beach

Highlight • Beach

Paved ramp makes the beach here accessible by bike. Or rather what's left of it: greedy housing development pushed so close to the waterline that at high tide there's no beach left.

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5.00 km

Harbor Beach

Highlight • Beach

Last publically accessible beach before the Camp Pendleton military area, that blocks beach access for dozens of miles north of Oceanside.

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28.9 km

San Onofre State Beach Campground

Highlight • Beach

Miles and miles of a linear campground on the San Onofre State Beach cliffs. The Old Pacific Highway is now essentially a campground access road, much of it widened to accommodate camping trailers lined along the cliffs.

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36.7 km

San Onofre State Beach

Nature Reserve

41.8 km

San Onofre State Beach gate

Highlight • Rest Area

Protecting the beach squeezed to the north by the defunct Nuclear Power Plant and to the South by the active military area at Camp Pendleton, the main route through the …

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46.8 km

Pendleton Bicycle Route (open gate section)

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Camp Pendleton blocks the free passage along the coast between Ocenaside and San Onofre for more than 10 miles. These first two miles in the North at San Onofre are …

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69.3 km

The Strand - North

Highlight • Cycleway

Mostly quiet street along the waterfront with beach access along the whole stretch

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72.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

44.9 km

19.3 km

5.99 km

1.47 km

361 m

162 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

40.3 km

31.5 km

272 m

201 m

Elevation

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Tuesday 18 August

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Harbor Beach – The Strand - North loop from Coast Highway

Buccaneer Beach Park

Witherby St Beach overlook

Oceanside Blvd - ramp to Buccaneer Beach

Harbor Beach

San Onofre State Beach Campground

San Onofre State Beach gate

Pendleton Bicycle Route (open gate section)

The Strand - North

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