Worth the ride near Santa Clarita, CA
We list 9 places worth riding to around Santa Clarita, CA, across views, food, and coffee.
Views
Bouquet Reservoir
Viewpoint
Pullouts along the water at the top of the Bouquet Canyon climb.
Castaic Lake State Recreation Area
Viewpoint
Use it as the starting point for Lake Hughes Road, either for a break or the full climb to Lake Hughes.
Vasquez Rocks Natural Area
Viewpoint
Tilted sandstone slabs from a hundred films, with free parking under the rocks at the end of a Sierra Highway and Agua Dulce Canyon run.
Food
Halfway House Cafe
Food
Breakfast before the canyon roads or burgers after, as long as you arrive before 3pm, with parking out back.
The Rock Inn
Food
Aim the Lake Hughes Road climb and the Elizabeth Lake loop at this 1929 tavern for a burger at the end.
Charlie Brown Farms
Food
Texas style BBQ, date shakes and candy aisles at a roadside stand going since 1929, a turnaround point for Angeles Forest Highway runs.
Coffee
Bodhi Leaf Coffee Traders (Sierra Highway)
Coffee
House roasted beans right on Sierra Highway, toward Vasquez Rocks and Angeles Forest Highway, with counter service from 6:30am weekdays.
Honu Coffee
Coffee
Open daily from 7am in Newhall, an easy staging point before Sierra Highway or a San Francisquito Canyon run.
Henry's Coffee
Coffee
Espresso in Old Town Newhall with easy parking, before the canyons wake up.