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Miracle Beach - Williams Beach

A ride described in Let's Go Biking

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Easy Smooth surfaces and gentle climbing.

Difficulty Our overall read of how demanding a route is. We score surface roughness, climbing, singletrack, and how far it runs from services. The route publisher's own rating, a lot of busy road riding, or sheer scale can push the tier up, never down.

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Between Miracle Beach and Williams Beach north of Courtenay, out-and-back rides of 3 to 70 km follow quiet roads and forest trails along the shoreline, with Saratoga Beach's long sands and warm shallows the family favourite. Gentle grades, frequent wildlife, and more beach stops than progress allows.

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Where this ride goes#

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Map key & layers

Show stops Mute other bike trails

Food & DrinkAttractionsSuppliesCampingAccommodation

Riding near fast trafficFastest stretches

Dashed line = our rough sketch of where the ride goes. The rideable route lives at get the book from Let's Go Biking.

Fast-road stretches#

We believe these are the fast, unprotected roads on this route. We can tell you which roads and roughly how far, but not the order you will ride them. If you see an error, tell us and we'll fix it.

about 6 km of Coleman Road · near Grantham
about 6 km of Bates Road · near Grantham

☕Stops worth stopping for20 along this route

Communities along this route#

Saratoga Beach 11 Black Creek 3 Oyster River 3 Grantham 2 Courtenay 1

Saratoga Beach (11)

Mattone Italian KitchenInfo· Restaurant · $$ · Casual

Miracle Beach Provincial ParkInfo· Park / Nature · Free

The Breakers Beachfront ResortInfo· Resort · $$$ · Mid-range

Coastal Sands ResortInfo· Private Campground

Island Silver Sands CottagesInfo· Resort · $$ · Budget

Pacific PlaygroundsInfo· Private Campground

Salmon Point Resort RV ParkInfo· Private Campground

Saratoga Beach ResortInfo· Private Campground

Taylor's Sandy Beach ResortInfo· Resort · $$$ · Mid-range

The Beach Retreat at SaratogaInfo· Resort · $$$ · Mid-range

+1 more in Saratoga Beach →

Black Creek (3)

Miracle Beach CampgroundInfo· Public Campground

Timberlane Beach ResortInfo· Resort · $$$ · Mid-range

Driftwood Marine Regional ParkInfo· Park / Nature · Free

Oyster River (3)

Discovery Foods Oyster RiverInfo· Grocery Store

Oyster River Liquor StoreInfo· Liquor Store

Plus the fast-food chains — Forbidden Zone Pizza

Grantham (2)

Kitty Coleman Woodland GardensInfo· Park / Nature · $$

Kitty Coleman CampgroundInfo· Public Campground

Courtenay (1)

Bates Beach FarmInfo· Farmers' Market

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⛴Getting here, bike and allCourtenay

Getting to this ride, bike and all#

Courtenay is the handiest transit doorway for this ride. Buses, rental cars, ferries, and carpools will carry you and your bike there:

Cumberlandbest: bus
Nanaimobest: rental car
Vancouverbest: ferry + carpool
Victoriabest: bus + carpool

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🪶Traditional territories

This route travels through the traditional territories of the Homalco, Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group, K’ómoks, Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ, ɬaʔamɩn gɩǰɛ (Tla’amin), We Wai Kai, and Wei Wai Kum.

Territory data from Native Land Digital, for educational purposes only.

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