| Difficulty Rating: 6 Time: 2 - 3 hours
Distance: 60 KM
Start Point: Peace Arch Border Crossing
End Point: Same
Bike Friendly: Shoulder most of the way - Take
care
Traffic Rating: 1 - Low Traffic
Training Focus: A Bit of Everything
Route Highlight: Scenic ride along Semiahmoo Bay
and Birch Bay
Details: As this ride is in the USA you must have
appropriate citizenship documents with you and you may want to check your travel insurance
coverage.
Begin by finding your way to the Peace Arch Border crossing. If riding to the border
crossing, get onto Hwy 99 at the 8th avenue exit in White Rock. After crossing at
Peace Arch, continue down Peace Portal Drive and turn right when you reach Blaine
Road. Turn right on Drayton Harbour Road and follow it around the harbour. You
will pass Semiahmoo Spit and the road will follow around to the left where it becomes
Semiahmoo Drive. As you cruise by the Semiahmoo Bay, you will come to Birch Point
(the farthest west point) and then the road will curve to the left and become Birch Point
Road. As you ride around Birch Bay, the road will become Birch Bay Drive on the
south side of the bay. Turn left on Point Whitehorn Road and then another left onto
Grandview Road. You will continue East on Grandview for awhile until you reach
Kickerville Road where you will turn left. Turn left once you reach Loomis Trail
Road and bike past the Loomis Trail Golf Course. Loomis Trail Road will turn into Blaine
Road. Continue on Blaine Road until you reach Peace Portal Drive where you turn left
to bike back to the border. |