Shut UpJoined: 03 Aug 2014Posts: 566Location: Beacon Hill
I'm taking off for a few weeks on my bike, planning on going out around the Olympics and then down the coast to San Francisco (coming inland around the lost coast of CA) and possibly San Diego through Big Sur depending on bridges / landslides / timing. I have the first few days planned out, but not much after that. I'm looking for route advice and must-see stops along the way.
key lime
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 5:50 pm
it never happenedJoined: 13 Mar 2008Posts: 1142Location: Wallenfjord
Good place to start is with one of those cycling guide books. Lists all the campsites and the notable points along the way. I think we used this one. Might be a little out of date by now. You can probably pick it up used for cheap, probably even someone here has one lying around.
donavanm
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 12:28 am
Joined: 14 Jun 2012Posts: 1342
the ACA maps are a good starting point for most of that trip.
I would recomend not being in the central valley south of reddingish. Its hot flat and dirty. Coastal range is cool but the only NS route is 1/101 as I recall.
The pfeiffer road closure is passable on foot. The big slide killed 1 a bit further south, but I think you can dirt road detour around it. I left a bunch of specific central coast recomendations in a thread the rez posted a year or two back on the same tooic.
axel
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 10:12 am
Joined: 15 Feb 2013Posts: 1654Location: St Johns PDX
I went around the Peninsula several years ago on this route:
if I were to do it over I would definitely have taken more of the Olympic Discovery Trail between Port Angeles and Lake Crescent. climbing Sol Duc Pass from the east end is big hot fun.
Mike and Kara did a Portland to Redwoods ride a few years ago:
I've never ridden between Wheeler and Tillamook, but you might try heading down Miami-Foley Rd instead of 101, then heading west from Tillamook to Whiskey Creek Rd from Tillamook to Cape Lookout State Park (best hiker-biker site on the coast in my opinion).
In Oregon, go to the Otis Cafe (located on Hwy 18 before you reach Lincoln City) and have the pie.
The most appealing aspect of the app seems to be this feature which doesn't exist yet in RWGPS:
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Calculate the distance between two points on the route and see the elevation profile.
axel
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 12:09 pm
Joined: 15 Feb 2013Posts: 1654Location: St Johns PDX
Andrew_Squirrel wrote:
The most appealing aspect of the app seems to be this feature which doesn't exist yet in RWGPS:
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Calculate the distance between two points on the route and see the elevation profile.
that feature exists in the non-mobile version of the site.
I don't use their app, but that's a bummer if it's not in there.
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Andrew_Squirrel
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 1:09 pm
Joined: 01 Mar 2010Posts: 2098Location: Greenwood
Yeah, the desktop version of RWGPS is really powerful once you know the shortcuts... if they could just roll that experience into the app I would be delighted.
I'm holding out faith that change is in the works. Every time I communicate with the company about technical issues I try to push a few feature requests in. I encourage others to do the same (and also subscribe!)
bobhall
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:52 am
Joined: 28 Jul 2006Posts: 460
I rode around the Peninsula and then went on to LA. I wanted to go fast, so I just stayed on 101. I started on Bainbridge Island, went over the Hood Canal bridge and went from there. I got to the Astoria Bridge in 2 days. I think that's about 300 miles right there. The first night I stayed at Bogachiel State Park, the second night I slept on the side of the road.
I really dislike that guidebook that got posted earlier. I have literally used it as fire starter.
I would love to see something similar for California but I don't know if it exists.
Having the guide is good, but if you're doing the basic US-101, US-1 route there really aren't too many stretches of 40 miles or more that don't have camp sites and/or services of some kind.
justgarth
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 12:10 pm
Joined: 04 Apr 2011Posts: 802
Nothing to add that hasn't been said, outside of this:
Make a point to go through the Willapa Hills in SW Washington--specifically, between Nemah and Seaview--on a weekday. It's gorgeous and worth the trip, but on the weekends you can end up with the nightmare scenario of no shoulder, fast speeds with blind corners, and weekend tourists.
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