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Here are some gravel bike rides I’ve done on the San Francisco Peninsula and down through the South Bay to give you some ideas. I’ve put them in order of distance\/climbing.

The “Gravelish” rides are all 100% or close to that on dirt, the last “Mixed Terrain” feature a fair amount of pavement:

Gravelish – Dirt: Dirt Alpine, Crazy Pete\u2019s, Russian Ridge OSP, Clouds Rest.
<\/strong>12.5 miles\/2000 feet
https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/1670309501<\/a>

Gravelish – Monstercrossin’ Monte Bello. Up Dirt Alpine & up, up, up…and back.
<\/strong>15 miles\/2750 feet
https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/1892989587<\/a>

Gravelish\/MixT – Dirt Mt Umunhum Trail Up, side spur into Sierra Azul to Bald Mountain, then road back
<\/strong>15 miles\/2650 feet
https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/1461624499<\/a>

Gravelish \u2014 Checking out the new Oak Cove Trail at Calero County Park in the South Bay
<\/strong>18 miles\/1450 feethttps:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/3092248315<\/a>

Gravelish – 5 MidPen Preserves Ride
<\/strong>20 miles\/3300 feet
https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/1424495021<\/a>

Gravelish – Dirt Alpine to Black Mountain out and back
<\/strong>20 miles\/3300 feet
https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/2019116053<\/a>

Gravelish – A Whole Buncha MidPen Preserves Ride (lost count)
<\/strong>29 miles\/4100 feet
https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/1718822098<\/a>

Gravelish – Stevens Canyon – Montebello – Skyline Open Spaces – John Nicholas Trail – Sanborn Road – Hwy 9 – Redwood Gulch
<\/strong>35 miles\/5450 feet
https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/1750251120<\/a>

Gravelish – Calero, Ca\u00f1ada del Oro, and Rancho San Vicente
<\/strong>34.5 miles\/4500 feet
https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/3132549279<\/a>

Mixed Terrain – The Daydream Series: Palo Alto 2018
<\/strong>47 miles\/4700 feet
https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/1931021095<\/a>

Mixed Terrain – The Daydream Series 2019
<\/strong>53 miles\/6230 feet
https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/2822553753<\/a>

Mixed Terrain – Loop up through Waterdog, Sawyer Camp to Sweeney Ridge, down Mori to Pacifica,
south through Devil’s Slide, back through Purisima Redwoods. Down 92, up Sheep Camp
<\/strong>62 miles\/6100 feet
https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/1444764311<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bonus! East Bay Gravel & Mixed Terrain Exploring:
SF Bay levees, Coyote Hills Regional Park and Don Edwards
<\/strong>23 miles\/600 feet (mostly flat, but windy in the afternoon)https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/2250536751<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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