Venice Beach Bike Path – Venice Beach Boardwalk loop from 17th Street/SMC

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Venice Beach Bike Path – Venice Beach Boardwalk loop from 17th Street/SMC

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Venice Beach Bike Path – Venice Beach Boardwalk loop from 17th Street/SMC

01:30

25.4km

80m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 29, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 2.75 km for 62 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

2.47 km

Santa Monica & Route 66 sign

Highlight • Monument

The Santa Monica & Route 66 sign marks the iconic end of the famous highway. It's a popular photo spot for travelers, symbolizing the journey's end at the Pacific Ocean. Don't miss the opportunity to capture your moment here.

Tip by

3.04 km

Santa Monica State Beach

Beach

5.56 km

Venice Beach Bike Path

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Perfectly paved concrete bike trail meandering through the sand, separate from the pedestrian promenade, through shaded palm groves and always with a view of the wide sandy beach to the Pacific, and the lively promenade to the other side.

Tip by

12.4 km

Lighthouse and Fisherman's Village, Marina del Rey

Highlight • Structure

Waterfront dining and shopping area with a historicised faux lighthouse.

Tip by

13.0 km

Ballona Creek Bike Path - 0 mile

Highlight • Cycleway

While the trail continues another mile west on the wave breaker/pier to the creek mouth into the Pacific pier, this is the official starting point of one of the best long distance dedicated bike trails across LA.

Tip by

18.7 km

Venice Beach Boardwalk

Highlight • Beach

We don't have enough bike trails in the US yet, but this iconic beach trail is a great example for how good life is with the right infrastructure to roll your wheels 🚴😎

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18.9 km

Venice Beach Skate Park

Highlight • Structure

Extensive play area in good concrete condition for boarders and trick bike artists, showing off their skills right off the Venice Beach trail, partially shaded by elegant palm trees.

Tip by

21.2 km

Beach Green - The Promenade

Highlight • Beach

Beach Green is a well-groomed grassy lawn shaded by elegant palm trees with picnic tables along the promenade and bike path, with great ocean views on Venice Beach. The street artists and lively scene at the promenade is just a few steps away, but this little park is usually a welcome oasis of quiet in all the bustle nearby.

Tip by

22.8 km

Santa Monica Pier & Route 66 End of the Trail

Highlight • Monument

The Beach bike trail winds its way through the one of California's most well known amusement parks: Santa Monica Pier is one of the biggest attractions and the landmark of the California city of Santa Monica. It starts from Colorado Avenue and stretches across the public Santa Monica State Beach into the Pacific Ocean. At the same time it forms the terminus of the famous Route 66, which originates in Chicago and winds through the western desert heartland to end in what at the time was the incarnation of the American dreamland.

Tip by

25.4 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types