American River Bike Trail Tour (Sacramento to Folsom, CA)

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Many may not know (especially if you’re new to Sacramento) but Sacramento has a world-class bike trail that’s easy to access from Midtown Sacramento. It goes from Discovery Park to Folsom, CA. The question is if it’s still safe? In recent years the homeless situation has gotten worse on the trail. In this video I tour the trail from Discovery Park to Sac State and show you what the current trail is like.
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@vlovbg 3 года назад

Campus Commons Golf Course

@GuysontheGrid 3 года назад

Nice thanks! I was having trouble finding what it was yesterday.

@victorkan7288 3 года назад

Folsom to Sac St and back is a great ride, 40 miles and you don’t go through the homeless encampment

@GuysontheGrid 3 года назад

Nice! That’s the best part of the trail right there. I’ll have to load up my bike soon and start at Sac State

@Ms_Dana 3 года назад

You rode the worst parts of the trail. There was 20 more good miles to show

@CaliforniaTravelVideos 3 года назад

Great information and a great job on the video. We will be heading toward Folsom next week and checking out the trails.

@SippyCupAdventures 3 года назад

And watching the boaters launch on a busy weekend! 😆

@CiderSessions 3 года назад

My wife ran her first marathon back in December (CIM was cancelled) so we started off at Beals Point and I rode behind her all the way to Guys West Bridge...we were supposed to go all the way to McKinley but we took a wrong turn over a bridge and it added 3 miles to her marathon...anyways yeah beautiful ride and from Beals Point to Midtown is supposed to be a 2 1/2 hour bike ride (she did her marathon in about 5 hours). I take that same blue diamond trail and haven't had any problems, way more tents these past few years and there's the smell to contend with people using parts of the trail as a restroom...

@GuysontheGrid 3 года назад

Wow props to you for riding that far at such a low speed. Hopping on the trail by Blue Diamond is more an annoyance than anything. Trying to get past people blocking the trail etc. wouldn’t go on it at night though.

@FollowThomas 3 года назад

Looks like a really nice trail. I need to check this trail out at some point. I already rode 5K miles in Florida, it's time to get out and explore other states trail systems. Thanks for sharing 👍😊

@GuysontheGrid 3 года назад

Yes! Very nice trail. I only showed a portion of it but it goes from Discovery Park to Folsom Lake.

@livingthehartslife6538 3 года назад

Nice video, I just subscribe. I live in Sacramento and will check out the trails.

@JoeyHollister Месяц назад

You can go all the way to Granite Bay Beals Point

@bittEMELOn 3 года назад

Nice! Thanks for sharing.

@GuysontheGrid 3 года назад

No problem!

@bittEMELOn 3 года назад

Hopefully one of this days I can ride that trail also. Please check out my RU-vid channel too on your spare & subscribe. Thanks!

@SippyCupAdventures 3 года назад

New sub here. This video came up on "suggested." I will follow most anyone documenting travel in NorCal (because that is what we do), and being that I am in Roseville, any info on Sac will be cool. Although we don't bike or hike, this video was very informative. It's just too sad about the homeless. I help with homeless a couple times a month at Sutters Landing, so, I am doing my part. Really rooting for the city and county to house these folks (Not that they will want to go).

@GuysontheGrid 3 года назад

Nice! More travel stuff to come. We planned on hitting South Lake this weekend but had to postpone it because it’s still a little too closed for our liking.

@SippyCupAdventures 3 года назад

@@GuysontheGrid yeah, but the outdoors are open!? 😎

@jordansteffen 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing this I’ve been wondering how the homeless situation is along the trail since I’ve heard bad things. It’s definitely much worse than the last time I hopped on by blue diamond but not terrible

@GuysontheGrid 3 года назад

I still ride it weekly. It doesn’t affect me ever. Definitely worse than a few years ago though.

@raphaelklaussen1951 2 года назад

@@GuysontheGrid My wife and I were planing to go to Sacramento and do the trail in a few days. I showed her your video and she cancelled on me because of the homeless filth.

@GuysontheGrid 2 года назад

@@raphaelklaussen1951 hop on by Sac State and ride towards Folsom and you’ll miss all of this.

@alanbomb 2 года назад

You can ride from Discovery Park to Folsom. No homeless visible.

@tkeyserpetty 3 года назад

Whoa! I never am on the trail below Guy West Bridge these days, and now I for sure won't. I've been chased by way too many unleashed dogs usually belonging to homeless, so not taking that chance. I think, as a female, I would never go it alone sadly.

@GuysontheGrid 3 года назад

Yeah it doesn’t affect me. I’m a guy and riding fast through there. Joggers and women need to definitely be more careful. And yes, stray dogs are the main complaints I hear about.

@biketrailing4277 3 года назад

Good to know about the unleashed dogs. I'd probably not go on the trail as a pedestrian - as a cyclist though, it's pretty easy to avoid dogs.

@GuysontheGrid 3 года назад

@@biketrailing4277 yeah I’ve only cycled the trail and have never had issues. It helps to be moving fast.

@johnbull1844 3 года назад

Damn, I didn't realize the homeless camps were that cramped up to the trail these days. Crazy.

@GuysontheGrid 3 года назад

Yeah it doesn’t affect me since I’m riding fast on a bike but I could see it being a problem for joggers more

@johnbull1844 3 года назад

@@GuysontheGrid for the most part they leave people alone. I haven't heard too many people getting messed with

@GuysontheGrid 3 года назад

@@johnbull1844 most issues in the past have seemed to be from stray dogs. I wouldn’t test the night though lol

@johnbull1844 3 года назад

@@GuysontheGrid no I wouldn't test it either at all

@vladez12 3 года назад

Great video! I'll be in Sacramento this October for the Aftershock festival at Discovery Park and I was thinking of going there by bike, since they offer bike valet parking for the festival. However, my concern is for the safety of going there by bike, specially for the return home at night. I'll be staying near Redwood Park on southwest Sacramento. Any advice would be appreciated!

@GuysontheGrid 3 года назад

Nice! I’m hoping to hit Aftershock myself! I’ve never been on the bike trail at night. My thought would be if you’re sober, have good lighting, and in a group you should be good. I wouldn’t do it by myself or as a woman though.

@vladez12 3 года назад

@@GuysontheGrid Thank you so much for the answer, I'm still thinking about my options for how to get to Aftershock and will consider going by bike now following your advice. For the moment it's just me and my wife going, we are travelling all the way from South America and it will be our first time ever in California :)

@GuysontheGrid 3 года назад

@@vladez12 nice! Let me know if you need any advice on anything. If you stay in Downtown Sacramento, it’s a very easy ride through Old Sac to the bike trail and then to Discovery Park. I didn’t show that part of the trail in the video

@vladez12 3 года назад

@@GuysontheGrid Awesome, thank you so much! I'll sure be needing advices on any number of topics for my trip :P It will be our first time there and we really don't know much about Sacramento and moving around in the city, so having someone to ask for guidance and also getting to know them would be amazing! Perhaps we could contact you on social media? Mi IG is @vladez12

@02chef 3 года назад

i used to ride the full length of the trail years ago, but maybe im wrong, i heard its not safe anymore, lots of gang activity and robberies, i hope its not true, would love to know, it was a wonderful experience

@GuysontheGrid 3 года назад

I still ride through the worst areas and haven’t had issues. I just wouldn’t be doing it after dark.

@biketrailing4277 3 года назад

Between Pipe's Bridge and Jibboom Street Bridge, I personally prefer Jibboom. Pipe's Bridge is very bumpy. I go through that area every day and yes, the homeless - while there are a lot of them - leave cyclists alone. I've commuted through that area for a year and I've never had a problem. As far as cycling at night on the trail, while Discovery Park technically closes at dusk, you can still bike through there and won't be bothered. All winter I was commuting through that area well after dusk and never had an issue with the rangers. I was carrying some seriously bright bike lights though. The one issue with Discovery Park after dark is that the gates are closed. You can get around the gate, however, using an elevated sidewalk.

@tjrioux3059 3 года назад

Luv the trail, but NOT in the summer heat.

@CrunkyOMan83 Год назад

can you give me direct map navagation to park?

@avoiceinthechoir5791 3 года назад

I would love it if there were no homeless anywhere near the American River Bike Trail. This is the way it used to be back when I rode it daily about 20 or 30 years ago. Those were the days!

@GuysontheGrid 3 года назад

That would be nice! I’ve actually never seen it like that!

@barryrobbins7694 Месяц назад

Yes, it would be nice if people were not homeless.

@cyclingboss469 3 года назад

I ride the ARBT often from the East Sac area out to Folsom. Great views, safe riding. Sample group ride: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-M9AfP8ZASls.html

@Squidward_Tikiland Месяц назад

At this point, it’s safer to just ride your bike from your house and on the road. Further from encampments and bum hiding places

@raygarcia403 3 года назад

Super sketchy

@cyclingboss469 3 года назад

Watch out for Rangers shooting radar for speeding bikes on ARBT, video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hrdkc7I5o2g.html

@GuysontheGrid 3 года назад

Wow thanks for the heads up! I didn’t realize they actually do this.

@cyclingboss469 2 года назад

@@GuysontheGrid I think they could be spending their time on something better personally.

@alionintights4074 3 года назад

Domt be afraid of the trails, they are homeless people not criminals. While there are exceptions and sometimes trouble to avoid, they live there so they arent trying to start trouble. You will regularly see people parkind and dropping off food water and supplies.

@Victorylap-fy4ke Год назад

People should be aware. Homeless are people with mental issues (thanks to the state government putting them on the streets back in the 1980s) and a lot with drug and alcohol issues. The other group are people who've been priced out of where they rent. Some of them are able to stay employed. There is another group that live in their cars and work also. The entire situation is so sad as I can recall when you didn't see this problem years ago.