Motorcycle Roads in California
"California (CA) offers an incredible diversity of motorcycle road scenery. The state is blessed with over 1,100 miles of Pacific Coast shoreline, countless miles of arid canyon and twisted mountain road riding, vast stretches of alpine mountain roads, and some of the most appealing cities in the world. And, as one of the most popular tourist states in America, the Golden State is sure to offer motorcyclists looking for things to do off the bike an amazing menu of choices.
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Best Rated Motorcycle Roads & Rides
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Color Key: top-5 ranked routes in the state
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You will travel in hills and the backside of Mt Diablo.
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Climbs up along the coastal range as you travel west from Coalinga to San Lucas. The higher it climbs the more wooded it becomes. The scenery ranges from pasture to forest. At about the halfway point…
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Lots of scenery. Open hills, Redwoods, Cliffs, Small Mountains, etc. Nice 360 photo/image of Platform Bridge with a couple of motorcycles riding over it at - https://www.google.com/maps/place/…
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South of Hemet the scenery goes from chapparal covered slopes to mixed oaks and pines as the elevation climbs up and over the pass to Warner Springs Ranch. Long ranch vistas from this point forward,…
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we just took this ride so the spring time colors are out as well as green grass. this was one of the best rides ive ever taken. easy, beautiful, and fun. during the spring these rolling hills are…
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Route leads out of Redding into farm country. You'll experience many up and down hill grades with some graveled pull offs for photos. Fantastic views of forested canyons.
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The first half of the ride is rolling meadows giving way to the edge of the desert in Anza-Borrego state park. The last half of the ride is mountain riding through nice forrest, with many vista /…
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A wide variety of mountain scenery, ranging from woods, to outlooks over 10s of miles of valleys and mountains.
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Excellent views of the mountains / ocean from Latigo. Spectacular mountain views throughout ending with a scenic descent to Pacific Coast Highway with a panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean from high…
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Beautiful twisty roads in the Santa Monica mountain range with several sections overlooking the Pacific ocean.
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The scenery on this road is absolutely beautiful. Over ridge tops with distant, mountainous vistas, along creeks, and beneath lush canopies.
Kings Ridge Rd makes for a spectacular ride. There's…
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If you love the country side the first part of the road offers a lot of great views. The second part of the road, once you enter the Bear Valley, offer stunning views of a wild and untouched valley.…
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From the little town of Gazelle to the smaller town of Callahan (pop = 50 and they're exaggerating). Beautiful views over pass yields to ranches in small valley!You could take a side trip to Kangaroo…
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Jesus Maria drops down into a small river valley and then climbs up the foothills to Railroad flat. This whole area burned in a fire in 2017 but has really grown back except for the big trees that…
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This road has a handful of high vantage points, but its best feature is the curvy valley portion deeply shaded with overhanging trees for several miles on the ocean side of the summit.
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This route winds though the San Bernadino Forest and has short scrub trees, steep hills and normal high
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This little loop is a great, one-hour detour from your trip on highway 101. You'll start the cruise through the open expanse of Santa Maria Valley's strawberry fields. As you curve gently past the…
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Views of the Altamont Pass wind farms, Carnegie SVRA and LLNL Site 300, Livermore/Tri-Valley and Tracy/Central Valley from the passes.
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This road is fairly well shaded, running through dense redwood forests; there are some camps, and the quaint town of Occidental. Other than that, you'll be focused on the twisty road.
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This route picks up at the southern most part of Route 25 and travels South in the California Central Valley through farmlands, rolling hills and lots of wild animals. The road is often narrow with…