The Lake Miramar Recreation Area is a great place in San Diego for an easy bike ride or a nice long walk.

The trail around the lake is exactly 5 miles long and completely paved. Here is the official web site link. We bring our bikes and ride around, usually once clockwise and then turn around and do it again the other way for variety and it’s a nice 10 mile ride. We did just that this afternoon.

The terrain is mostly flat. On the weekend it’s quite busy and you have to watch for walkers and other bikers, but it never feels crowded. It’s also a good and safe place to bring small children to teach them to ride their own bikes in a traffic-free environment.

Only one thing about the place is curious. Check out their sign:

Can you even read that? Depending on the angle of the afternoon sun, this sign can be completely unreadable. See for yourself what it looks like from the road:

Now you can see why I missed it the first time I went there.