West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail — Attraction in Lakewood

The SG River bike trail is a very pleasant and easy trail to navigate. The scenery and birds you may see along the way are such a delight. Generally, you can meet very nice and helpful people along the way...It's best to plot your map before you head out, so you know where the safe places for restroom breaks are located. You can bring your lunch and find a nice spot to rest or go with friends and meet up. The ride to River's End (Seal Beach) is about 30 minutes from Bellflower...(for example) ...On Sundays, there is a Farmer and Merchant market that takes place on Marina Drive (Just behind PCH & 2nd Str-in Long Beach)...There are many breakfast locations and good coffee in Seal Beach and Long Beach... Going North on the bike trail, you can stop in at El Dorado Nature Center or Eldorado Park...It's most fun and safe to travel with a group of friends or a meet-up group...If you like to ride solo, that's ok...

This is a beautiful stretch of a walking path with very well manicured flora. If you're a birder, you'll have a lot of opportunity to see a variety of interesting birds. It's fun to watch the herons hunt for gophers. One problem this place has is inconsiderate people leave litter at the entrance. Please take only photographs and leave...

Very nice trail. Visiters are nice too. There are big trees that provide adequate amount of shade. It is well maintained with planted flowers to attract butterflies. The water in the river along the trail is low, thus, we only found a snowy egret, and a great blue heron. There are plenty of common land birds like scrub jay, sparrows,...