San Gabriel River Trail (SGRT) is a bike path in Los Angeles County, California that I had the pleasure of riding on many times during my vacation in Cali. Katie first took me on this trail the first day we arrived from Denver for an afternoon spin to the Ocean. Her dad recommended we ride this trail, but did warn us to watch out for shopping carts left in the tunnels by the homeless. He had heard of several accidents involving bikes and shopping carts!
In the picture, from left to right, you have the trail and river (cement), one of many railroad bridges with local art, one of a few homeless shelters, horseback riding trail that was adjacent to the bike path, my altitude on the trail at Seal Beach, and high security around buildngs located along the trail.
The South end of the SGRT is Seal Beach. From Seal Beach there are opportunities to ride North or South along the PCH - Pacific Coast Highway - much safer area for a cyclist alone.
The northern segment begins near Whittier Narrows Recreation Area, where riders can continue North into El Monte (via the Rio Hondo), North into Azusa (via the San Gabriel River Trail), or South to Long Beach (via the Rio Hondo bicycle path).
The trail is 38 miles long and the section that I started at, off Florence Avenue, was 17 miles to Seal Beach so 34 miles round trip. Normally I did some Dutch Hill Climbing on the way out to the beach into the nice headwind. With a tailwind return that made the end of the ride smooth sailing.
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