08/05/2025
I know this road! Zoom zoom Mary Wagstaff, California.
Charcoal landscape of Ridgecrest Boulevard heading west towards Mt Tamalpais, Marin County.
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Via Bay Area Mountain Bike Rides-
This short road ride loops over some of the most scenic roads you’ll
find along the Marin ocean coast. The first of these is Ridgecrest Boulevard. This road is scenic for not only what you can see from the road, but also for what the road itself looks like. It playfully meanders through grass-covered rolling hills that descend to the coast on one side. This is the darling of car commercials. If you see a curvy road through rolling green hills with the view of the sea in any car commercial on TV in the US, I would claim that there’s something like a 30% chance that it was filmed on this road. It’s that common. When you see it (unless you have already), you’ll understand why. Riding or driving on it makes you feel like you’re in a made-up landscape, designed just to be pretty.
