Biking 15 Miles from Ojai to Ventura on the Ojai Valley Trail
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- If you are looking for an adventure when you visit Ventura or Ojai, consider the awesome bike path that runs between the two cities. This path is around 15 miles each way and you can ride it from Ojai all the way to the Ventura Coast. The bike path is beautiful with lots of trees and shade, as well as pull-offs for great views. Plus, if you only ride it one way from Ojai to Ventura, it is pretty much flat and downhill!
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Fun fact, this trail is built on what used to be the old Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way built in 1898. The Ojai passenger depot stood in the now empty lot where the trail crosses Bryant Street near the beginning of the trail in Ojai. It's a great ride each way. Thanks for sharing!
It's going from Ventura to Ojai that is VERY uphill. Ojai to Ventura is a breeze
Ventura...always beautiful🇺🇸
I took this ride yesterday with friends and we opted to rent e-bikes in Ventura. I'm not sure if it was entirely necessary as the incline is gradual but consistent. Anyways, those pillars on the side of the bike lane are works of art. Also, there's a bus line along the trail. People can take their bikes on the bus in Ventura and ride down from Ojai back to Ventura if they aren't sure if they can handle the incline.
The trail actually heads north on Main Street for a very short ways. You cross over Main St right before the Ventura River Bridge. The bike path follows the Ventura River to the Ventura beach bike trail.
My Grandparents lived in Casitas Springs for quite a few years, I really do miss it out there. Thank you again for sharing these videos.
Thanks, Josh, these bike trail videos are an excellent addition to your awesome collection of work!
Thank you! I rode that route dozens, maybe more, times in the 70s & 80s. Great long loop along through Santa Paula, down the Denison grade, through Ojai, then back to Ventura. Lots of interesting features, great views. You can extend the loop through Santa Barbara or do a figure 8. Also, Pier to Mt. Pinos.
Godamn dude all the way to Mt. Pinos? You're talking Sasquatch territory.
Thanks for sharing that nice bike ride. The "markers" along the trail measure off the
entire Ventura River trail in miles (left side) and kilometers (right side). Its 32 concrete distance markers topped with artifacts from Ventura Avenue oil fields and cryptic messages invite contemplation.
Thanks for rails to trails!
I live in Ventura county!!!! I am soooo lucky 🍀
Haha! You rode right past our house... just before the bench... tall green roof. Would have been fun to shake your hand. We love your videos and take notes for our own travels.
This is such a cool trail. Can't wait to try it. Looks much more scenic than the Pacific Electric Trail (PET) which is Ranch Cucamonga to Claremont/ Upland.
One of my favorites.
Have biked that trail multiple times, in both directions. Always a fun ride. Going from Ventura up to Ojai has some challenging grades if you are without pedal assist, but hey, the reward coming back down the hill on a round trip is worth the effort. When you're at the beach, you can ride NW along the coast for quite some distance too. The multiple pieces of artistic sculpture (with text) that you mention along the Ventura River portion of the trail are whimsical takes on "markers" and cause for some reflection along the way. I was totally surprised to see how much the population of van lifers and other mobile dwellers has grown in that one section of roadway adjacent the trail. A decade ago, when I lived in the area, there were maybe 1, 2 or 3 at a time as I recall.
Very nice bike trail. The twins are getting big😍
Nice! Ventura is our home town. We camp a little further up the road where the cool vehicle bridge is.
I have ridden this trail several times starting in Ventura. It's a great ride.
Very cool! My wife and I used to visit Ojai for some awesome tamales when we lived in Santa Barbara. The Ventura Pier is an great walk on a sunny day. Those tacos from Beach House were good! Hello to Amy and the kidlets! 😊
Thank you !!!
Also, you could have taken the path itself all the way to the beach. A little nicer than the jog down through the streets.
Would really like to see more bike path rides like this. Thanks, Josh.
I live in Ventura. I remember when that trail was all old railroad tracks. Now they have ripped out the tracks. The industrial work I lots of oil fields owned by shell and that was the water treatment plant. I do love that bike route tho I love the beach trail from vebtura to Santa Barbara. Lots of art along the way. The bike trail ends at the beach. When the kids are old enough, take your kids to marina park. It’s pretty fun. Great Mexican food in Ventura. Great food period. Main Street has bomb restaurants but off the beaten path there are so many amazing places snd are covid friendly outdoor dining. Glad you all got to enjoy my home town. Kids are getting so big snd so cute. Thanks for posting
Omg your babies are so cute!
Wow I did not realize the bike path around Ojai went to Ventura. Looks fun. Thanks for sharing.
LOVE THIS
I live here in Ventura and have ridden the path a few times. Well done, you did it justice. 👏
Loved this! Thank you for posting. I used to live in Ventura and still miss it.
Your videos are filled with so much positivity. Loved the 66 trip video that you took with your dad. Stay safe 👍
I live in Ojai. The bike path originally was a railroad.
One time while riding down the path, A good sized stick was blocking the entire path. Going fairly fast, I decided to Bunnyhop it. By the time I realized it was a large rattlesnake, I was already committed. It work but I don’t know if I would recommend it
thank you. good job. I did it before, but my bike flat half way.
Another fantastic video! Several years ago, my sister and I rode up to Ojai on the Ojai Valley trail, had lunch, then had the fun of riding downhill to where our car was parked. It's a nice alternative when going one way on the trail is not logistically possible.
Love your bike trail riding video! Some of the best on youtube. You started with food and ended with food.
I live in Ventura,thanks for the ride 🏖🚲
The kids look great. They get big quickly so enjoy.
Nice Video brings back memories. Awe this chick used to ride the equestrian Trail on horseback and if I wasn’t riding horseback I was running. So that trail of love thanks you. I used to run from East End down to Foster Park good 13 miles on good running feet. When there was water back in the rivers back in the day. Oh I jumped in. When you cross over the 150 Highway there used to be ponds or rolling, trickling waters so what is there to do then but jump in to the river, kiddos not now it’s dry. Every now and then the river still runs but not full like thirty five years ago. Thanks for the memories, good video dear one. Nicer on bike… bumpy still…
Great video! This is a favorite ride for us on eBikes. Also it’s a nice ride to go Ventura up to Carpenteria on the beachfront trail! 😊
awesome vide as always; Ojai is a nice escape ... son went to prep school there; great that you mentioned Casitas Spring's claim to fame - Johnny Cash
You were so close to reconnecting to the bike trail that connected you to the pier. Great video!
You inspire me!
EXCELLENT tour 👍🚲🚴♂️
Great Video!!! Your Babies are Beautiful !!! Congratulations, Thanks Josh, greetings from The Beautiful San Diego !!!
Sweet ride. Thanks Josh!
Oh, we sooo want to ride this trail! We’re full time nomads and saw the trail when we stayed in Ventura and Ojai. Love the video, Josh 🤗
Thanks for the ride along on the bike trail! I use to have a Ventura Hot Glass art studio on N. Olive, one mile from the beach!
Thanks for the bike trail film Josh. I've walked The Santa Ana Trail in its entirely in parts. I loved your clip of that ride. Enjoying The Ojai Valley Trail. Hope to see Amy & the twins later in the clip.
Very Interesting, thank you 😊
what a beautiful trail, and e-bikes must be so fun!!!! Thanks for the tour!
68i poi l o 7yr
This must be a new trail, I lived in that area early 90s.
Cute kids! Congratulations! 😊👍🏼
Full dad mode with the bike content you have been cranking out lately. Haha love it, Josh! Thank you for showing us a new place!
Awesome ride! I decide to follow your trip!
Nice biking video!😃👍
oh beautiful babies, congrats!
Oh man, you made the right choice cycling from Ojai to Ventura. Like idiots, we tried to cycle back from Foster Park to Ojai and I had to get picked up in the car! Too steep for me not on a mountain bike! 😂
Thanks
Thanks to your video, will do this trail tomorrow :)
if at Main st, you kept going for 50 yards (right), the bike trail goes along the river to the coast. You kind of cut the bike path with street riding.
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Yes. From the beach the bike trail goes along the river and behind the fairgrounds. Nice ride.
great video
Nice Adventure, as always.
My friends have been telling me about that trail and I've been meaning to do it, so thanks for the video. now I know more of what it's like. And I'm glad you mentioned Beach House tacos o, that is seriously one of the best restaurants I've ever been to in my life, and I was wondering if it was still there, because I haven't been in a few years. I think I'm going to take that ride and finish it off at beach house tacos!
Josh! This is one of my favorite two or three bike trails in all of SoCal. Just did it a year ago with about 12 of my friends. :-)
Really enjoy your videos, as always!
Pretty ride, even with the highway
God bless your family.
Fun to watch😊😊😊
You should check out the American River Bike Trail in Sacramento!
All homeless people
amazing footage, per usual!
Starting in Foster Park, I used to skate up to Ojai and back. In Ojai, I'd get some carrot juice and an oatmeal cookie and relax for a while in the Libbey Park before skating back down. It was a great way to get some exercise, beautiful and lightly trafficked. However, that was many years ago and it looks like the path has deteriorated, making it hard for skaters.
It’s so steady like a skateboard cruise
Awesome trail ✌
Had you made a right on Main Street rather than a left it's only a little over a block ()just before the road crosses the Ventura River) until you encounter the bike path and parking lot on your left. This would have allowed you to ride on the path all of the way to the pier without using surface streets. Used to live in Oxnard years ago and we would meet at the above mentioned parking lot to begin our recumbent trike rides up to Ojai for lunch or towards Santa Barbara or Carpentaria along the Pacific Coast Highway. Should also add that since this is an old rail bed the grade heading up to Ojai is not that steep and easy to do.
This is an excellent tip. Thank you for sharing.
You missed the last portion of the bike trail that takes you to the ventura pier. You needed to make a right on main street and right before the freeway over path to the left the trail continues. It will lead you straight into the pier and away from traffic
I believe the sculptures do invite contemplation as someone said below. Also, I think they refer to various elements of punctuation or mathematics that can have several meanings such as "mark"... or "point" (ex.. to point at something or a point one stops at). These are actually really understated and fun sculptures to find along the more industrial part of the trail. There are also ground art pieces on the south side of the Crowne Plaza in the courtyard there with some good contemplation aspects. Looks like you missed just a small portion of the trail as you came to ventura. Next time! There's much to see. You can aslo turn right on main street instead of the left you made and go all the way up to Santa Barbara on bike trails pretty much along the coast, which is stellar!
Try the Santa Barbara to Ventura bike trail that runs along the coast the entire way....
Beach house tacos is the bomb
Do the bike trail from Norco to Downtown Riverside along the Santa Ana River.
Excellent Video, Josh. I hope you do more of these type of Bike Trails. How about doing a bike trail video with your family (Amy, Twins, and your parents) biking behind you??
Son: "FOOD!!!!!!!" Your son wanted that Taco, didn't he? LOL
There’s a large boarding stable near the San Antonio Creek bridge, so heads up for equestrians in that area!
Iv done the Ojai one before when little ...didn't know it goes that far 🤔
That kid is a born taco lover for sure!
Very nice ride. Done it a hundred times. Sorry you missed the last little portion that explains the "markers".
Oh my. Officially it does end where you say it ends.
However the "blue dashed line" on the traillink map would have shown the explanation of the "markers"
You shoukd check out the San Gabriel trail.
definitely stop at Ventura Spirits next time and grab a cocktail or a bottle of spirits. its literally off the bike trail.
How about Ventura to Ojai? That would be a workout.
At 5:40 in the video he showed an overpass with people parked under it (near Foster Park). A great ride is to park there, ride up to Ojai then back down to Ventura then back to where you parked. That way you get most of the uphill done first. From Ventura back to Foster Park it's an easy grade. That makes for about a 30 mile or so ride. You can easily extend it by going north on the coast trail in Ventura.
@@johnburwell6609 sounds fun. Reminds me of when I worked at Point Mugu. Used to ride my 18 speed mountain bike to and from. Depending on where I lived in Oxnard or Port Hueneme at the time, it was between 22 and 28 miles a day. My calves looked like Popeye's forearms, with the whole onshore/offshore wind switch around midday, it was usually always in a headwind both directions. I should get another bike. Starting to get a little pudgy.
thas my home! :)
Just biked there a few months ago! :) You should hike Matilija Falls in Ojai, it's so great!
cool video 🔥
Bob Jones Trail is pretty dope! It ends at Avila Beach.
lol, its about 3 miles...
@@hankgs what’s so funny about that?
What does Oak View have to fix your bike?
you should do a CAMPGROUND edition...
It would be nice if you can put the GPS locations for the start and every stop point
How long did it take from start to finish?
The “markers” are by sculptor Jud Fine: “The Ventura River Trail, 6 1/2 miles through a former oil field east of Ventura. Fine has fashioned distance markers out of oil drilling bits, sunk in concrete pedestals, each inscribed with a different definition of the word “mark.” The regularity of the markers, mile after mile, suggests to Fine the American notion of “manifest destiny,” with settlers sweeping to the sea “without caring what’s in the way.”
“MARK, 1999
The site of the VRT in its historic and current use, biological and geological importance and uniqueness, and varied and remarkable lives, events and artifact associated with its ground, is a complex physical, visual, perceptual, geography that embodies the history of Ventura County. The art plan takes the same form as the site, asserting itself most directly in a sequential series of moments and apex points, witnessed as 33 distance demarcating Midden Markers, that, in their variation and multiplicity, reflect that of the site, and its place in the successively largess spheres of the city, the state, the nation and the world. These varying shaped and colored pre-cast concrete herms with archeological oil industry artifacts gracing the tops are spaced every 1/2 mile proceeding west to the coast and every 0.5 kilometer advancing inland. They are inscribed with 33 different definitions and 33 examples of the word “mark.”
Probably new trees being planted.
Are you going to provide a map of the area?
Which kind of bike do you have?
Not sure if you live in the area but let me know if you are down for backpacking/hikes, I am a local and am looking for new adventures! Anyways, awesome video!
You should of stopped off at Ojai Pizza at the end of the bike ride. Literally the best pizza