The way points of this bicycle route:
Starting at the corner of McKinley and Bancroft, head south on Bancroft
Left onto Channing
Right onto Milvia
Left on Russell, take it past Berkeley Bowl
Right on Hillegass
Take a left onto 62nd to the intersection with College
Right onto College Ave
Left onto Chabot, take it all the way past the tennis courts
Turn right, and pass through the overpass, climbing up the hill and hook around to the left at the top to get onto Broadway
Take a right onto Broadway
Take the second driveway into Lake Temescal Park, watch out for the tire puncturing spikes at the entance/exit
Veer left onto the bike trail
Get off the bike path onto the main road exiting to Broadway Terrace from the park
Left onto Broadway Terrace
Go straight onto Duncan, don't turn onto Broadway Terrace unless you want a grunty ride up to Grizzly Peak!
Right onto Mountain Blvd. Follow it until you get to Park Blvd
Take a right onto Park Blvd and cross over 13. If you go all the way to Lincoln and are at Joaquin Miller, you have gone too far.
Right onto Trestle Glen
take a left on Wesley, just before you reach Lakeshore.
Left on Lake Park and continue onto Athol
Right on Athol
Cross 18th and go down 2nd
Left onto 10th
Right onto 5th, continue under the highway overpass, and over the train tracks
Right onto Embarcadero
Right on Oak
Left onto 3rd - to bailout, continue on Oak until you reach Lake Merrit BART 6 blocks away
Follow the merge onto Nelson Mandela Parkway. Bailout here at West Oakland BART
Left onto Horton, take it across 40th. If you make it to Home Depot, you've missed your turn. There is food here around 40th and San Pablo
Left onto 62nd, then immediately right to ride along train tracks
Left onto 65th, cross the tracks and turn right onto Shellmound
Continue into Aquatic park and take the trail to the other end.
Here at Bancroft, you have the option to cut the route short by simply turning right onto Bancroft and riding it all the way back to the start point.
take the left up to the bicycle/pedestrian bridge over 80
Left onto the frontage road. You can either take the frontage road proper, or ride on the asphalt path on the side (shared with pedestrians)
Left on Gilman, and head towards Golden Gate Fields. If you smell horse crap, you are on track.
Climb up into the parking lot and descend the back
Cut across to the large parking area on the right at earliest convenient time and cut across it to Buchanan
Get onto Buchanan
Left onto the sidewalk on the bay side of the frontage rd. There is a bike path here that runs out to the CostCo on Central
Either go left around CostCo or go straight through Rudin Rd. Bailout here by taking Central back across 580 and 80, past San Pablo Ave to the BART station 4 blocks away. Food here at either the Ranch99 Plaza on Pierce, or El Cerrito Plaza on San Pablo
At the dog park, make sure you get onto the trailhead on the other side of the road. You can stop for water and restrooms here as well.
You can continue along the Marina Bay Trail here, but it often has slow moving, oblivious pedestrians. You can exit onto Marina Bay Parkway and connect to Regatta if you want to keep up some speed.
Exit the trail here before it dead ends at the bench. Right onto the largish street, Marina Way
Right onto Regatta
take the overpass over 580
Right onto 31st
Right onto Cutting
Right onto Carlson
Left onto Portrero
Cross San Pablo and turn right onto the Ohlone Trail under the BART rail. There is a bailout here by going left on the Ohlone trail to the Del Norte BART station.
Exit the Ohlone greenway at Virginia
Right onto Sacramento
Left onto Bancroft
Mostly flat ride through the Berkeley area cities.
