Pleasanton, CA: Seven Canyons Century

Dist: 98.89 mi	Points: 1688	Calories: none
Time: none	Speed: 0.0 mph	Pace: 0:00 / mi

Distance	Instruction		Distance to next
0.00 mi	Start		Then go 0.14 mi
0.14 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Willow Rd	Then go 0.22 mi
0.36 mi	Bear Right	Slight right to stay on Willow Rd	Then go 0.89 mi
1.25 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at W Las Positas Blvd	Then go 1.10 mi
2.35 mi	Bear Left	Slight left to stay on W Las Positas Blvd	Then go 0.23 mi
2.58 mi		Continue onto Foothill Rd	Then go 0.08 mi
2.66 mi	Turn Left	Turn left to stay on Foothill Rd	Then go 1.00 mi
3.67 mi	Bear Right	Slight right to stay on Foothill Rd	Then go 4.59 mi
8.26 mi	Turn Left	Turn left to stay on Foothill Rd	Then go 0.92 mi
9.18 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Bond St	Then go 0.19 mi
9.37 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Main St	Then go 0.09 mi
9.45 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Niles Canyon Rd	Then go 0.14 mi
9.59 mi	Bear Right	Niles Canyon Rd turns slightly right and becomes Paloma Rd	Then go 0.79 mi
10.38 mi		Continue onto Calaveras Rd	Then go 14.15 mi
24.53 mi	Turn Right	Turn right to stay on Calaveras Rd	Then go 1.36 mi
25.89 mi	Turn Left	Turn left to stay on Calaveras Rd	Then go 1.05 mi
26.94 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at Evans Rd	Then go 1.09 mi
28.03 mi		Continue onto Jacklin Rd	Then go 0.09 mi
28.11 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at N Park Victoria Dr	Then go 1.53 mi
29.64 mi		Continue onto Green Valley Rd	Then go 0.14 mi
29.78 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Scott Creek Rd	Then go 0.04 mi
29.82 mi	Bear Left	Slight left to stay on Scott Creek Rd	Then go 0.65 mi
30.47 mi	Turn Right	Turn right to stay on Scott Creek Rd	Then go 0.03 mi
30.49 mi	Bear Right	Slight right at Warm Springs Blvd	Then go 3.15 mi
33.65 mi		Continue onto Osgood Rd	Then go 0.63 mi
34.28 mi	Bear Left	Slight left to stay on Osgood Rd	Then go 1.49 mi
35.77 mi	Bear Left	Slight left to stay on Osgood Rd	Then go 0.01 mi
35.78 mi		Continue onto Driscoll Rd	Then go 0.51 mi
36.29 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Joyce Ave	Then go 0.01 mi
36.30 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Driscoll Rd	Then go 0.24 mi
36.54 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at Harrington St	Then go 0.03 mi
36.57 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Kensington Dr	Then go 0.22 mi
36.80 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at Chiltern Dr	Then go 0.05 mi
36.85 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at Driscoll Rd	Then go 0.41 mi
37.26 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Mission Blvd	Then go 2.57 mi
39.83 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at CA-84 W/Niles Canyon Rd	Then go 2.21 mi
42.04 mi	Bear Left	Slight left at Palomares Rd	Then go 4.47 mi
46.52 mi	Turn Right	Turn right to stay on Palomares Rd	Then go 5.24 mi
51.76 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Palo Verde Rd	Then go 0.33 mi
52.08 mi	Bear Left	Slight left at E Castro Valley Blvd	Then go 1.53 mi
53.61 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at Justco Ln	Then go 0.23 mi
53.84 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at Crow Canyon Rd	Then go 0.31 mi
54.15 mi	Bear Right	Slight right to stay on Crow Canyon Rd	Then go 2.83 mi
56.98 mi	Bear Right	Slight right to stay on Crow Canyon Rd	Then go 0.04 mi
57.02 mi	Bear Right	Slight right at Crow Canyon Rd/Norris Canyon Rd Continue to follow Norris Canyon Rd	Then go 0.53 mi
57.55 mi	Bear Right	Slight right to stay on Norris Canyon Rd	Then go 1.91 mi
59.46 mi	Bear Left	Slight left to stay on Norris Canyon Rd	Then go 1.45 mi
60.92 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Bollinger Canyon Rd	Then go 0.81 mi
61.73 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at Cobblestone Dr	Then go 0.03 mi
61.76 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at Creekside Dr	Then go 0.13 mi
61.89 mi	Turn Left	Turn left to stay on Creekside Dr	Then go 0.16 mi
62.05 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Park Pl	Then go 0.04 mi
62.08 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at Crow Canyon Rd	Then go 0.46 mi
62.54 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Old Crow Canyon Rd	Then go 0.44 mi
62.98 mi		Continue onto Omega Rd	Then go 0.15 mi
63.13 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at Purdue Rd	Then go 0.08 mi
63.21 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at San Ramon Valley Blvd	Then go 2.15 mi
65.36 mi	Bear Right	Slight right to stay on San Ramon Valley Blvd	Then go 0.63 mi
65.99 mi	Bear Left	Slight left at Hartz Ave	Then go 0.40 mi
66.39 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Linda Mesa Ave	Then go 0.12 mi
66.51 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Iron Horse Regional Trail	Then go 0.17 mi
66.69 mi	Turn Right	Turn right to stay on Iron Horse Regional Trail	Then go 0.91 mi
67.60 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Sycamore Valley Rd W	Then go 1.31 mi
68.91 mi		Continue onto Camino Tassajara	Then go 7.41 mi
76.32 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Highland Rd	Then go 2.01 mi
78.33 mi	Bear Right	Slight right at Collier Canyon Rd	Then go 0.02 mi
78.35 mi	Turn Right	Turn right to stay on Collier Canyon Rd	Then go 5.09 mi
83.44 mi	Turn Right	Turn right to stay on Collier Canyon Rd	Then go 0.33 mi
83.78 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at N Canyon Pkwy	Then go 0.78 mi
84.56 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Airway Blvd	Then go 0.30 mi
84.86 mi	Turn Right	Turn right to stay on Airway Blvd	Then go 0.01 mi
84.87 mi	Turn Left	Turn left to stay on Airway Blvd	Then go 0.88 mi
85.75 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at Kitty Hawk Rd	Then go 1.27 mi
87.02 mi		Continue onto Isabel Ave	Then go 1.78 mi
88.80 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at Vineyard Ave/Vineyard Dr	Then go 2.47 mi
91.27 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at El Capitan Dr	Then go 0.04 mi
91.32 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Whitney Dr	Then go 0.12 mi
91.44 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Grapevine Dr	Then go 0.08 mi
91.52 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at Vineyard Ave/Vineyard Dr	Then go 0.40 mi
91.92 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Bernal Ave	Then go 2.10 mi
94.02 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Case Ave	Then go 0.52 mi
94.54 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at Valley Ave	Then go 0.25 mi
94.79 mi		At the traffic circle, take the 1st exit and stay on Valley Ave	Then go 0.24 mi
95.02 mi		At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit and stay on Valley Ave	Then go 0.12 mi
95.15 mi		At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit and stay on Valley Ave	Then go 0.15 mi
95.30 mi		At the traffic circle, take the 3rd exit and stay on Valley Ave	Then go 0.75 mi
96.04 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at Pso Santa Cruz	Then go 0.01 mi
96.05 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Valley Ave	Then go 0.65 mi
96.71 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Hopyard Rd	Then go 0.59 mi
97.30 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at W Las Positas Blvd	Then go 0.35 mi
97.65 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Willow Rd	Then go 0.53 mi
98.18 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Stoneridge Dr	Then go 0.01 mi
98.18 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at Willow Rd	Then go 0.59 mi
98.78 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at Owens Dr	Then go 0.11 mi
98.89 mi	Stop

Dublin/Pleasanton BART

Location: 37.701343°, -121.899104°
Start your ride at the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station on CA 580 on the border of Dublin and Pleasanton.

Lucky Supermarket

Location: 37.682122°, -121.904554°
This grocery store is the last guaranteed supply stop until reaching Milpitas near mile 28.

Foothill Road

Location: 37.674854°, -121.921635°
You'll pedal down Foothill Road until reaching Sunol. Take advantage of the bike lane on this relatively flat stretch of pavement.

Calaveras Road

Location: 37.585670°, -121.868677°
Cruise past rolling green hills, typical of the Northern Californian countryside, as you pedal south on Calaveras Road.

Sunol Regional Wilderness Climb

Location: 37.532531°, -121.853657°
Enter the Sunol Regional Wilderness, featuring 6,589-acres of rolling, emerald foothills, and begin the ride's first climb. The first section of the climb gains 580 feet over 2.9 miles. After a brief respite, the climb concludes with a 2.1-mile stretch that climbs 311 feet.

Calaveras Reservoir

Location: 37.489842°, -121.830740°
Pass the Calevaras Reservoir, a 100,000 acre man-made lake created with the construction of the Calaveras Dam in 1925.

Public Restrooms

Location: 37.446925°, -121.850739°
There are public restrooms located across from the Tularcitos Golf and Country Club on Calaveras Road.

Bonfare Market

Location: 37.447981°, -121.888161°
Refuel at the Bonfare Market in Milpitas. Then head north through the city's residential neighborhoods on Park Victoria Drive.

Safeway Store

Location: 37.489808°, -121.928802°
There are plenty of food stops throughout Milpitas. This Safeway has a deli inside and tables outside for eating.

First Bailout Point

Location: 37.565365°, -121.961997°
Near mile 39, this is the ride's first bailout point. To head home, make a left on Walnut, follow the signs for the BART (on the right side of the road) and ride it back to the Dublin/Pleasanton Station.

Niles Canyon Road

Location: 37.576300°, -121.971502°
Niles Canyon Road is an extremely busy thoroughfare. There are two particularly dangerous points on the road (detailed in upcoming waypoints): proceed with caution.

Caution: Road Narrows

Location: 37.589751°, -121.957212°
The road narrows significantly here as it crosses under a train overpass. Find a space in traffic, use clear hand signals and pedal into the middle of the lane to pass safely.

Caution: High-Traffic Left Turn

Location: 37.597470°, -121.946998°
On this curvy intersection on Niles Canyon Road, you'll need to make a quick left turn against potentially fast-moving traffic. Drivers here have limited visibility and are likely driving at high speeds: proceed cautiously but firmly while making this turn.

Long Climb

Location: 37.601278°, -121.947770°
As you hit Palamores Road, a narrow but low-traffic road slicing through thick woods and peaceful countryside, you'll be thrust from the frying pan into fire as you leave the busy Niles Canyon Road only to begin the ride's toughest climb. Gaining 1070 feet, this 4.8-mile quad-killer proceeds upward at an average 4.2 percent grade.

Palomares Road

Location: 37.610832°, -121.941891°
© Steve and Stella Rosefield

Barn

Location: 37.639689°, -121.962404°
Relics of Northern California's past, like old barns and farmhouses, dot the tranquil countryside of Palamores Road. © Steve and Stella Rosefield

Rural Relics

Location: 37.693873°, -122.023473°
© Steve and Stella Rosefield

Second Bailout Point

Location: 37.695027°, -122.052569°
Continue straight on Castro Valley Boulevard. Make a left at Redwood Road. Then turn right into the Castro Valley BART station and return to the Pleasanton/Dublin stop.

Climb

Location: 37.702600°, -122.044244°
At mile 54.7 on Crow Canyon Road, begin a 4.6-mile climb gaining 752 feet at an average 3.1 percent grade. Not particularly steep, this climb does damage with its length.

Pristine Countryside

Location: 37.750087°, -122.019997°
Slice through more gorgeous countryside while heading north on Norris Canyon Road. © Steve and Stella Rosefield

Rewarding Panoramas

Location: 37.754158°, -122.017465°
From the top of Norris Canyon Road, reap the benefits of your climbing by savoring well-deserved rural panoramas. © Steve and Stella Rosefield

Wild Blackberries

Location: 37.753378°, -122.006178°
Celebrate your climb by plucking a few wild blackberries that grow on the side of the road (if they're in season). Then, gear up for the adrenaline-inducing descent down Norris Canyon Road. © Steve and Stella Rosefield

Left Turn Ahead

Location: 37.773564°, -121.985450°
Prepare for a left-hand turn across a three-lane road as you approach CA 680 on Crow Canyon Road. Make sure to maintain enough speed from your descent to comfortably cross into the left lane before the traffic light.

Danville

Location: 37.821413°, -121.999483°
There are many mid-ride lunch options along the route in Danville. Make sure to stock up here, as options are limited along the remaining 30-plus miles back to Dublin.

Iron Horse Trail

Location: 37.822531°, -122.003646°
Pick up the Iron Horse Regional Trail to easily cross under CA 680. Heading southeast, you'll begin your last significant stretch of climbing on the ride. Ascending at a mellow grade over 12.4 miles, this mild climb gains 523 feet before culminating just before mile 80.

Third Bailout Point

Location: 37.810971°, -121.989827°
If you've had enough cycling for the day, bear right to stay on the Iron Horse Regional Trail, which is dead flat and leads directly back to the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station. Otherwise, head east in the bike lane on the tree-lined Sycamore Valley Road.

Downhill

Location: 37.757144°, -121.815033°
From here, the remaining 20 miles of the ride are predominantly downhill. Savor your hard-earned descent as you glide through a stretch of quiet countryside along Collier Canyon Drive.