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Los Angeles: route map

Own The Mile, Nike Run Crew. Free weekly runs. Meet at the start point shown on the city page.

Draft route. Not an official Nike route. Check it on the ground before you rely on it.

Landmarks on the way

1. 1. Santa Monica Pier Start and finish. Home of the Ferris wheel and the sign marking the end of Route 66.
2. 2. Original Muscle Beach Rings, ropes and bars on the sand, where the beach fitness scene began in the 1930s.
3. 3. Crescent Bay Park A small bluff-top park. The beach is at its widest here.
4. 4. Ocean Park The last stretch of Santa Monica before the path crosses into Venice.
5. 5. Rose Avenue The Venice Boardwalk starts here. The short route turns around at this point.
6. 6. Windward Plaza The centre of Venice Beach: the skatepark is on your right and the Venice sign hangs over Windward Avenue.
7. 7. Muscle Beach Venice The outdoor weight pen that made Venice famous.
8. 8. Venice Fishing Pier The turnaround. Touch the pier and head home with the mountains ahead of you.

Turn by turn

Pier to Pier 5.4 mi / 8.8 km

0.0 mi	Start: Santa Monica Pier, beach path on the south side of the pier. Head south on the Marvin Braude beach path (ocean on your right)
0.2 mi	Original Muscle Beach
0.4 mi	Bay Street beach
0.7 mi	Pico-Kenter / Crescent Bay Park
0.9 mi	Ocean Park Blvd
1.1 mi	Ashland Ave
1.3 mi	Navy St (Santa Monica / Venice line)
1.5 mi	Rose Ave, start of the Venice Boardwalk
1.7 mi	Brooks Ave
2.1 mi	Windward Plaza / Venice Skatepark
2.2 mi	Muscle Beach Venice
2.4 mi	Venice Blvd
2.7 mi	Venice Fishing Pier (Washington Blvd). Turn around
3.0 mi	Return: Venice Blvd
3.2 mi	Return: Muscle Beach Venice
3.3 mi	Return: Windward Plaza / Venice Skatepark
3.7 mi	Return: Brooks Ave
3.9 mi	Return: Rose Ave
4.1 mi	Return: Navy St (Santa Monica / Venice line)
4.3 mi	Return: Ashland Ave
4.5 mi	Return: Ocean Park Blvd
4.7 mi	Return: Pico-Kenter / Crescent Bay Park
5.0 mi	Return: Bay Street beach
5.2 mi	Return: Original Muscle Beach
5.4 mi	Finish: Santa Monica Pier

Pier to Rose 3.0 mi / 4.8 km

0.0 mi	Start: Santa Monica Pier, beach path on the south side of the pier. Head south on the Marvin Braude beach path (ocean on your right)
0.2 mi	Original Muscle Beach
0.5 mi	Bay Street beach
0.7 mi	Pico-Kenter / Crescent Bay Park
1.0 mi	Ocean Park Blvd
1.1 mi	Ashland Ave
1.4 mi	Navy St (Santa Monica / Venice line)
1.5 mi	Rose Ave, start of the Venice Boardwalk. Turn around
1.6 mi	Return: Navy St (Santa Monica / Venice line)
1.9 mi	Return: Ashland Ave
2.0 mi	Return: Ocean Park Blvd
2.3 mi	Return: Pico-Kenter / Crescent Bay Park
2.5 mi	Return: Bay Street beach
2.8 mi	Return: Original Muscle Beach
3.0 mi	Finish: Santa Monica Pier