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SACRAMENTO TO VALLEJO / SAN FRANCISCO

86 MILES / 1,340 FEET

START:  Mile 13.5, American River Parkway Bike Trail, Carmichael, CA

 MILE WP R/L ROAD
   0.0 01   proceed west on American River Bike Trail               Elev = 50’
   5.1   R veer right off bike trail under Howe Avenue bridge up to levee bike path
   5.7 02 L cross American River on Guy West Bridge
   5.8 03 R right turn onto levee bike path
   6.3 04 R veer right to continue north under H Street Bridge
   6.4   L 160° hairpin turn to left (very slowly!)
   6.5 05 S exit bike path.  Proceed west on H Street
   6.9   S RR underpass
   8.7   R veer right to remain on road adjacent to McKinley Park
   8.8 06 S cross Alhambra Blvd into G Street
   8.9   S
!
cross 29th Street onto G Street
bypass vehicle barrier to remain on G Street
   9.6   ! RR tracks
 10.2   ! RR tracks (Light Rail)
 10.6 07 L 7th Street
 11.1 08 R Capitol Mall
 11.6   !
S
RR Tracks
cross Sacramento River on Tower Bridge
 11.8 09 R veer right onto W Capitol Avenue
 12.1   S RR Underpass
 15.4 10 R right turn onto bike path toward Davis
 15.9   S start Yolo Causeway passage
 19.1 11 R exit Yolo Causeway onto bike path
 19.3 12 L
S
bike path turns left
then exit bike path, continuing straight (west) on Road 32A (no road sign)
 21.3 13 R cross RR tracks; then immediately left to remain on Road 32A
 22.4 14 R Mace Blvd
 22.8   S becomes E Covell Blvd
 26.0   S becomes W Covell Blvd; continue west to cross Hwy 113
 28.9 15 S cross Road 98.  Becomes Road 31
 33.9 16 S veer left:  becomes Road 93A (Road 31 continues straight)
 34.9   S veer right:  becomes Russell Blvd
 37.9   S cross I-505.  Becomes E Grant Avenue.  Start Hwy 128
 38.1 17 R
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on right:  Chevron Station Food Mart                           Elev = 120’
REST & REGROUP #1   Climbing So Far (csf) = 205’
 38.1 17 R continue west on E Grant Avenue (Hwy 128)
 38.9 18 L Railroad Avenue
 39.3   S cross Putah Creek (narrow bridge)
 39.6 19 R Putah Creek Road
 44.4 20 L Pleasants Valley Road
 56.0 21 R Cherry Glen Road
 56.8 22 R Lyon Road
 59.1 23 R Hilborn Road
 61.5 24 R Waterman Blvd
 61.6 25 L
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on left:  Waterman Village Shopping Center
REST & REGROUP #2                                               Elev = 100’
 62.8   S becomes Mankas Corner Road
 63.7 26 L Abernathy Road
 65.6 27 R
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Rockville Road (1/4 through roundabout)
Historic Route US 40
 67.3 28 L Suisun Valley Road
 68.6 29 R Mangels Blvd
 69.5 30 L Green Valley Road
 70.0 31 R I-80W on-ramp
 70.2 32 R bear right onto bike path
 71.2 33 S
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exit bike path onto Hwy 12
CAUTION:   loose gravel!
 76.9 34 L Hwy 29
 80.9   !

S
on right:  American Canyon Marketplace
Safeway + fast food outlets
becomes Sonoma Blvd
 82.7   S Hwy 37 underpass
 84.4   ! RR tracks
 85.1 35 R Florida Street
 85.8 36 L Mare Island Way
 86.1 37 R END:  Vallejo Ferry Terminal (289 Mare Island Way [& Georgia Street])
Total Elevation Gain =  1,340’                                         Elev = 7’
      Baylink Ferry Vallejo to SF:  26 miles, about 60 minutes

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SAN FRANCISCO / VALLEJO TO SACRAMENTO

86 MILES / 1,365 FEET

STARTS:  1) San Francisco Ferry Building OR Fisherman's Wharf Pier 41, San Francisco, CA  2) Vallejo Ferry Terminal, 289 Mare Island Way (& Georgia Street), Vallejo, CA

   MILE WP R/L ROAD
      Baylink Ferry SF to Vallejo:  26 miles, about 60 minutes
   0.0 01   proceed north on Mare Island Way from Vallejo Ferry Terminal
                                                                                          Elev = 7’
   0.3 02 R Florida Street
   0.9 03 L Sonoma Blvd (Hwy 29)
   1.6   ! RR Tracks
   3.4   S Hwy 37 Underpass
   4.4   ! on right:  Chevron Food Mart & McDonalds Restaurant
   5.2   S
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becomes Broadway
on left:  American Canyon Marketplace:  Safeway + fast food
   9.2 04 R Hwy 12
 12.5   S leave Napa county & enter Sonoma county:  road narrows
 15.0 05 L
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STOP!  Cross Hwy 12 very (!) carefully
DANGER:  very heavy traffic
proceed east on bike path on north side of Hwy 12
 16.0 06 S exit bike path
proceed straight (east) on I-80 on-ramp
 16.1 07 L Green Valley Road
 16.6 08 R Mangels Blvd
 17.3   ! on right @ Business Center Drive: covered benches (nice spot to eat)
 17.5 09 L Suisun Valley Road (no road sign)
 18.8 10 R
!
Rockville Road
Historic Route US 40
 20.5 11 L Abernathy Road (3/4 through roundabout)
 22.3 12 R Mankas Corner Road
 23.2   S becomes Waterman Blvd
 24.5 13 R
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on right:  Waterman Village
REST & REGROUP #1           
                      
Climbing So Far (csf) = 535’                 Elev = 100’
 24.6 14 L