Distance: 13-mile lollipop
Elevation gain: 785 ft

This isn’t a life-changing ride—just a sweet little lollipop with a varied contour through nice Clear Lake woods, past a lot of unpretentious ranches, and (briefly) along a charming creek. I’d be more enthusiastic if the road surface were better—it’s only OK, but a very worthy little hour’s outing nonetheless. The elevation total is mild, but the ride is mostly rollers and you’ll have the chance to work some. It’s nowhere near as swell as our Clear Lake to Cobb ride, which is just down the road, so do that one first, then this, unless you’re trying to avoid climbing.

Start at the intersection of Kelsey Creek Rd. an Hwy 29. There’s dirt shoulder parking.

A short stretch into the ride you’ll see Wight Rd. prominently forking off to the R. Our loop ends there.

At some point in the ride the road changes its name to Adobe Creek Rd.

Turn R onto Wight Rd. and ride Wight back to the Wight/KCR intersection. Return to your car on KCR.

There are at least two ways to make the ride longer by enlarging the loop: instead of turning on Wight, continue north and turn R on Bell Hill Rd. or (still further) Merritt Rd. Both routes have substantially less interesting road contour/scenery and I don’t recommend them.

Shortening the ride: Not much need to, but the best miles are the loop, so you could start at the Kelsey Creek Rd./Wight Rd. intersection.

Adding miles: From our starting point it’s about 4 miles of flat to Clear Lake State Park, a lovely park and campground where you can pick up Soda Bay Rd., a pleasant 9-mi. (one-way) stroll along the lake shore and through some classic old Clear Lake settlements to an intersection with Hwy 29.