A couple of good drives in the SF Bay Area -

- hwy 84 from Woodside over Skyline to hwy 1
- Calaveras Blvd from Milpitas past the reservoir to Niles Canyon Road
- hwy 9 from Saratoga to Santa Cruz
- Tesla Road from Livermore towards Tracy

I'd say Skyline from hwy 92 south but there are way too many militant bicyclists on the road to make it a fun drive.

Oh - and let's not forget hwy 1, either from Morro Bay north to Carmel, or Bodega Bay north to Fort Bragg. Both segments are fun, scenic and not for those with severe acrophobia.

I just went down Page Mill off Skyline for the first time in years the other day and noticed they repaved it, which moves it up into my top 10 drives.

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Redwood road

Here is my brother driving the 2.7.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-CTLu4XRHk

No entrances or exits.

here is a guy in a mini....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ-ITSjeSfY

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So let's see - hwy 9 Saratoga to Santa Cruz, hwy 1 north to 84, 84 east to Skyline to Page Mill and down the hill. Sounds like a great drive!

Redwood Road is definitely excellent.

Tesla to Mines Rd to Del Puerto Canyon...but leave early in the morning. Or stay on Mines, and it becomes San Antonio road and turns west toward Mt. Hamliton. Up, over and down 130 into San Jose.

Or in the North: its been many many years, this is great:
101 North to Canyon Road in Geyersville, to Dry Creek Road, which becomes Stewart's Point road, take that to the Hwy 1 on the Coast. Then south on 1 to Fort Ross road and back inland. The either loop on King Ridge or go south in the hills....

If we're on the topic, how about a drive early Sunday morning?

Did the hwy 9 -> hwy 1 -> hwy 84 loop yesterday starting around noon. Went down 84 instead of down Page Mill because my wife wanted to stop bu Bick's for lunch. Oh well. hwy 9 and 1 were nice except for the Boulder Creek Arts and Wine festival - had to detour off 9 on to a side street to get around it. And there was a tad too much traffic on 84 from La Honda on up to the top then down to Woodside. I need to try it again some time when the flower children, bikers and soccer moms are not out in force. Any suggestions for a better time/day for this ride?

i still like hi1 in either direction from sf
mainly for the view
this is my favorite drive
been driving for 35 years in about 20 cars
i have driven all of the roads mentioned but their view is not as nice

pointnshoot,

I drove the 101 > 84 > 9 > Los Gatos loop last week to avoid the truck accident that closed 101 south in Mountain View. Surprisingly, the traffic was extremely light at 6pm heading up 84 and all the way down 9 into Saratoga. I highly recommend ending the work day with some Cayman therapy.

True - but they're more fun!

OTOH, have you taken hwy 1 from Stinson Beach north to Fort Bragg? Great views AND lots of fun! This is on my list for after I get through the break-in period. I'm a bit acrophobic, so the southbound (cliff-side) direction is a lot more challenging for me and I would guess, a lot slower! So I'd go hwy1 north to Fort Bragg, then out to 101 to head back south.

Great drive - unfortunately I work in Santa Clara and live in Fremont. Maybe 237 to Calaveras Blvd. up and around past the reservoir to Sunol then 680 south? I think I'll be home a bit late on Friday.....ooops, no - can't! My daughter gets in from LA 645 pm Friday and I have to go pick her up at SJC. Oh, well - I'll just have to wait 'til next week!

if you read a little closer i said hi 1 in either direction north or south

let me know
saturday is better

Can someone be more specific about where Redwood Road is? Quick search on the maps couldn't locate it.

Thanks in advance,

pf

What city? Lots of "Redwood Road"s in the Bay Area.

redwood road is in oakland or part of it anyway

And also -

Redwood Rd, Napa, Napa, CA 94558

Redwood Rd, Hercules, Contra Costa, CA 94547

Redwood Rd, San Anselmo, Marin, CA 94960

Thanks bantsai, pointnshoot. Looking a little bit more on Google Maps in hybrid after my post last night, I made an assumption that the Redwood Road mentioned by DaveN007 and shown in the video clips was the one up by Oakland, as it was a long strech with no side streets/turn offs.

I did the following route early this AM up to Mt Hamilton:

Super long Yahoo maps url here

While the scenary was great and I didn't see 1 other car/motorcycle on the way up (2 bicycles only), I don't think I got out of 2nd gear the whole time. On the way back to San Jose, there was some event going on in the park where 130 meets Quimby Rd. and the traffic coming up 130 got a lot heavier. I almost got slammed head-on buy some lady in a new white Suburban who had half of her SUV over the yellow line coming around a sharp right hander (right hand turn for me, left hand turn for her coming at me) while she was chatting on her phone. All I can say is thank GOD for the brakes on the Cayman....

Aside from that, the road was in fair to decent condition, with some of the better turns towards the peak of Mount Hamilton having been freshly paved. I would have preferred a little bit more open route, as I found 130 a little too tight to really enjoy.

I am going to try this route next weekend or the following weekend if I can find a few hours:

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Thanks,

pf

pointnshoot,

Are these other Redwood Rds any good to drive? I am heading up to Sonoma for the 4th of July week and am looking for some good routes.

Thanks,

pf

NIles Canyon Road? Nice drive but lots of SLOW traffic. But, if you go east from 680 at Niles Canyon Road, you'll be on Calaveras and that goes up past the reservoir and down into Milpitas at Calaveras Blvd. That should be a nice drive and not too many cars until you get down around Ed Levin Park.

Re; your question about the other Redwood Roads, I really don't know - haven't been on them. But if you check them out, please report back here!

I'm in Taiwan on business this week but plan to take a long drive when I get back (assuming I'm not totally upside down) on Saturday.