Although this ride begins at the usual location - mile 13.5 of the American River Bike Trail - it quickly (after only four miles) exits the trail at Rossmore Bar Park.  Rossmore Drive (photo below) is short and affords eastward views of dredged river rock.

You next bike through Rancho Cordova; as urban cycling goes, this is relatively safe.  Soon you arrive at the Folsom South Canal (photo below), which will treat you to six miles of water views and to both silence (berms block most sounds) and solitude (very few cyclists). 

Exiting the canal, carefully cross busy Hwy 16 and cruise southward to Sheldon Lake and Cresthill Drives.

Sloughhouse Road affords a view of the Sloughhouse region, an eastward view of Sacramento County's huge landfill (dominating Sloughhouse), and a view of the Sierras.  This road travels a largely undeveloped area and generally is quiet.

Grant Line Road carries a lot of traffic to and from Sacramento County's landfill.  I have experienced several flat tires (nails) on this section of road, so be sure to carry an extra inner tube and a patch kit.

The first and last sections of this ride are identical with those in the Wilton Loop.

Look to the east:  on clear days the Sierra Nevada Crystal Range can be strikingly visible (photo right).

Turn left onto Douglas Road.  Until relatively recently this road was undeveloped; you now will pass housing subdivisions (we're losing our bicycling habitat.).  As you near Sunrise Blvd you often will hear gunshots from a nearby gunnery range.  The next section (Sunrise Blvd)  is unsafe for cycling except on the sidewalk, which - fortunately - is wide and usually free of pedestrians; do NOT bike on Sunrise Blvd itself!

After Sunrise Blvd you will return to White Rock Road, which returns you to a revisit of your outbound course ending on the American River Parkway Bike Trail (photo below).

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