This is a short and easy road loop around one of the most scenic parts of the bay. I'd claim that it's easy enough to be a family ride, but that's only true if you're okay with having your family riding on the side of a road together with motor vehicle traffic (quite cozily in a few sections).

For this ride, I started from Blackie's Meadow, near the intersection of Tiburon Boulevard (Route 131) with Trestle Glen Boulevard. Plenty of parking is available there. But, in case you might be interested in killing some time at a Tiburon cafe after returning to your car at the end of the ride, parking in and starting from downtown Tiburon might be a better option for you, though it'll be harder to find free parking there. You might want to check out my parking suggestions around downtown Tiburon for the Angel Island ride on this website, if you're interested in pursuing that option. One more option for some of you could be to take a ferry to Tiburon to do the ride.

The ride initially follows some trails along the bay shore for as long as possible. Then, near Belvedere, it starts following paved roads.

The side trip through Belvedere is an optional part of the loop. To bypass this part, you can simply continue straight into downtown Tiburon on Tiburon Boulevard and pick up the rest of the loop from there. If you bypass Belvedere, it will also shave almost 300 feet off the total climbing of what's already a very easy ride, in case you have an inexperienced rider accompanying you.

The part of the ride shortly after passing Point Tiburon is the part where the road is at its narrowest. So, you might have to be especially watchful of traffic while riding through that portion. The scenery then changes in the second half of the loop, with more trees and fewer residences, as well as vistas of the opposite side of the bay compared to those from the first half of the ride.

The ride has no serious climbing to speak of (especially if you omit the portion through Belvedere). There are some mild ups and downs along the way but, after Belvedere, the grade barely ever reaches 10%, and that's only in a couple of spots and only for very short segments. Then, when you turn left upon reaching Trestle Glen Boulevard, a gentle climb over the backbone of the peninsula quickly ends the loop by dropping you back to your starting point.