Arroyo Seco Bike Path

The Northeast Los Angeles area of Los Angeles County, California, has a Class I bicycle path called the Arroyo Seco Bicycle Path that runs along the Arroyo Seco river channel for about two miles (3.2 km). In the canyon, it runs parallel to the Arroyo Seco Parkway (CA Route 110). The cycling path links the communities of Highland Park at Sycamore Grove Park, Montecito Heights at Sycamore Grove Park, Hermon at Hermon Park and Ernest E. Debs Regional Park, and Hermon at Ernest E. Debs Regional Park with the city of South Pasadena at the Arroyo Seco Stables. Tall California sycamore and California oak trees provide shade for the pathway.

Through chain-link fence, the 0.25-mile (0.40-km) section of the trail that faces southwest extends along the top of the canal and provides a view of the Arroyo Seco. For the remainder of the journey, it then dips into the Arroyo Seco flood control channel's bed. A small and constant uphill grade in the northeastern/upstream direction, following the channel hydraulics, is present, with certain sections under overpasses having significantly steeper slopes.

Hermon Park/Arroyo Seco Park, Sycamore Grove Park, Ernest E. Debs Regional Park, and the Montecito Heights Recreation Center all have parking and access. A pedestrian bridge crossing the Arroyo Seco is the only way to get to Sycamore Grove Park. Along the way, the trail passes under numerous other automotive and pedestrian bridges.

If you're alright with pedaling down some residential streets, you can make your way all the way up to the Rose Bowl, where you'll find a loop of protected lanes, but the designated path is right at where York Boulevard merges into Pasadena Avenue.

Length: 2.1 miles