Bradley Bike Park – San Marcos
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Bradley Park Bike Park is an 8-acre mountain bike and BMX park in San Marcos, California, that opened in June of 2024.
The bike park is located in the southwest corner of Bradley Park and will include a pump track, perimeter trail, and jump lines for beginner, intermediate, and advanced skill levels.
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The bike park cost around $1.1 million, which was provided funding from the city’s General Fund, and additional support from the Friends of San Marcos Parks and Recreation, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors’ Neighborhood Reinvestment Grant, and the state Parks and Recreation Proposition 68 Per Capita Program.
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The project, a collaboration between the San Diego Mountain Biking Association (SDMBA), Friends of San Marcos Parks and Recreation, and the city, has been in the works since 2018.
The San Marcos facility will be a welcome addition to San Diego’s portfolio of bike parks. Other parks include Pacific Highlands Ranch Community Park, Greg Cox Park in Chula Vista and Sweetwater Bike Park in Bonita.
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San Marcos BMXers and mountain bikers have been advocating for the city to build a jump park since the city removed a bike jump line at an open space area that local kids had built.
Susi Murphy, the executive director of SDMBA, told the Coast News that Bradley Park is a great location for a bike park as it’s centrally located and easy to access.
“We believe that bike parks are a great way for people of all ages, but kids particularly, to ride safely,” she said. “I think probably over the past decade, bike parks have been seen as a newer, novel amenity that cities can build at sites that aren’t amenable to other kinds of parks.”