The way points of this bicycle route:
Bonita Museum & Library
The beautiful Bonita Valley!
Bike Path along Sweetwater Flood Control Channel
CV Bayfront
Historic Salt Works! 2nd oldest business in San Diego County. Established in 1870! http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2008/06/16/news/02saltworks061608.txt
Silver Wing Memorial Monument to John Montgomery. First controlled flight by man 1883 http://history.sandiego.edu/GEN/local/montgomery.html
Right On Monument Road
Border Field State Park U.S./Mexico border established here in 1850 http://www.trnerr.org/border_field.html
Check Out The "Art" sculpture - stand on the North side of the street to see "ART"!
Imperial Beach Pier http://www.cityofib.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={B5217DFC-6F0F-43C8-B295-F4B2D4A63F42}
Right On Elm
Left On 7th (Short Route Option - Turn Rt. on Elm and continue to Saturn Blvd. Left on Saturn and retrace route to Bonita. 44 miles total.
Left Onto Palm Avenue
Silver Strand - Part of the 24 mile Bayshore Bikeway http://www.efgh.com/bike/rsdbay.htm
The Cays on your right
"God smiled the day they built Coronado" Built in 1888, the Hotel Del Coronado is a classic on your left ahead http://www.hoteldel.com/
Old Ferry Landing. Catch the ferry here to ride to Downtown San Diego! Time your ride carefully - The ferry only leaves on the half hour! ($3.50 for you & your bike!) http://www.sdhe.com/san-diego-bay-ferry.html
Look for the Outspokin' For Jesus! Bike Club sign on the community board on your right! (Check the outgoing side!) Watch for blue and yellow dwarf dinosaurs coming up on your right when you get to Bonita Village!
Did you see the dinosaurs back there? Here's their story: The blue one is Rangui the Glarf, and the yellow one is Rumbi the glarf. Original created in 1959 by Jerry Lee Gauss Replication by Kelly Tracy in 2006. The story of Rangui and Rumbi was told in the 2000 Bonitafest Melodrama "When Dinosaurs Roamed the Valley", in The San Diego Union-Tribune and on Channel 7/39's "About San Diego."
Welcome to Bikely, take a step by step tour of this path:
Press Start Tour - then use the navigation buttons below to move along the path.
Bonita Valley, Chula Vista Bayfront, Silver Wing Monument, Border Field State Park, Imperial Beach Pier, Silver Strand, Coronado, Coronado/San Diego Ferry, Downtown San Diego, Bayshore Bike Route back to Bonita. See Links . . .
http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2008/06/16/news/02saltworks061608.txt
http://history.sandiego.edu/GEN/local/montgomery.html
http://www.trnerr.org/border_field.html
http://www.cityofib.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={B5217DFC-6F0F-43C8-B295-F4B2D4A63F42}
http://www.sdhe.com/san-diego-bay-ferry.html
Tagged with: Recreational, Training, Onroad, Smooth, Intermediate, Low traffic, Safe, Urban, Rural, Scenic, Touring
