Coop Routes

Routes:

This year we are offering several routes to serve a variety of coop tourists from families to serious cyclists.  Each route has information provided in a few formats.  Please review the Coop Route Navigational Options  page for more details on how to use the various formats.

Smaller – Neighborhood Routes – These routes are specifically designed to be shorter and more family friendly in terms of the routes selected:

•  Willow Glen San Jose Neighborhood tour maps and cue sheets   – A flat, 6.8 mile ride with about 2 coops.
• Willow Glen San Jose Neighborhood with Cambrian Coop  – This tour is the Willow Glen Tour plus a out and back to Cambrian for a coop.
•  Rose Garden Tour A flat 6.6 mile ride with about 5 coops
•  Rose Garden and downtown San Jose Tour – 5 coops and 11 miles
•  Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View Coops –  7 coops about 15 miles – Starts at Cuesta Park in Mountain View
•  Mountain View and Los Altos Neighborhood Tour – 2 Mountain View coops and 2 Los Altos Coops – 10.0 miles – Includes the Stevens Creek Bike trail for a large segment of the route  – Starts at Shoup Park in Los Altos. 
  
•  PA Tour Website Page – 14 miles and 4 coops
•  Sunnyvale Full Circle Community Farm and Santa Clara University Farm Tour  This tour visits two community farms. – 11 Miles and 2 coops/community farms – This tour starts at Full Circle farms in Sunnyvale.

• More Serious Cyclist  Routes – These longer routes are designed for proficient cyclists who are comfortable riding on longer rides, climbing hills and sharing roads with motorists on expressways.

• Annette’s 12 coop loop – 38 Mile Loop created by Annette   – runs Mountain View to Portola Valley and through Palo Alto.  (Updated 9.6.2013)

• Heidi’s Loop – Los Altos, Los Altos Hills to Portola Valley, Palo Alto to Sunnyvale, San Jose  and back – 56 Miles, about 9 coops.  Includes some hills and goes over the coolest bike ride in Silicon Valley over 280.  Includes many hidden bicycle short cuts in PA and Mountain View.   This includes a stop at Heidi’s coop in San Jose!  If you like coops and biking, this is the ride for you.