Obern Trail – Goleta Pier loop from Goleta

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Obern Trail – Goleta Pier loop from Goleta

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Obern Trail – Goleta Pier loop from Goleta

02:15

38.5km

160m

Cycling

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

Last updated: October 9, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 18.9 km for 135 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

4.55 km

Goleta Beach State and County Parks

Highlight • Beach

This is a county run park located a stone's throw away from the University of California Santa Barbara. The park features a long wooden pier, plenty of sand, picnic benches, shady trees, café and public toilets.

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4.58 km

Obern Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

This is a really nice portion of bike path. Such a pleasure to ride here.

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11.2 km

Obern Trail - Cieneguitas Creek section

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Start of the mostly dedicated bike trail, with some short parts on quiet residential streets, following seasonal streams (arroyos)

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11.9 km

Modoc Preserve

Nature Reserve

15.7 km

Pilgrim Terrace Park Bike Path and Coast Route at La Cumbre

Highlight • Cycleway

A car-free bike trail branches off Modoc Rd, which is the Pacific Coastal Bike Route, to a safe bike bridge across the US 101 freeway.

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19.0 km

Santa Barbara County Courthouse

Highlight • Historical Site

One of the most beautiful government buildings in the United States, the Santa Barbara County Courthouse is a working courthouse. We are encouraged to explore what the grounds have in store for us. Here we find the sunken gardens where many weddings are held, an elevator to the 85-foot tall “El Mirador” bell tower with panoramic views of downtown Santa Barbara, many hand-painted rooms full of detail, and many wrought iron handrails and window coverings that make the courthouse what it is - spectacular. We open one of the many doors, behind which a court hearing is currently underway. We sit on the back bench and listen for a few minutes. Two felony handcuffed and shackled prisoners are paraded right past us.

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27.0 km

Obern Trail connector, Nueces Dr at Atascadero Creek

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Nueces Drive deadends at Atascadero Creek from both sides. Only bikers can continue, using the dedicated paved Obern Bike Trail

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30.8 km

Maria Ygnacio Bike Route

Highlight • Cycleway

The excellent dedicated paved Maria Ygnacio Bike Rout branches perpendicularly north off the Coastal Bike Route. A great connection going inlands along Maria Ygnacio Creek.

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33.7 km