New San Diego bike park planned for San Marcos
The City of San Marcos is planning a new biking facility in Bradley Park, adding another bike park to San Diego’s growing options for the area’s BMX and mountain biking communities.
The 8-acre bike park will feature a pump track, perimeter trail, and three jump lines, catering to biking enthusiasts of various skill levels. The San Marcos City Council recently approved plans for the park, and construction is expected to be completed sometime this coming summer.
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, estimated to cost around $1.1 million, will be a welcome addition to San Diego’s portfolio of bike parks, which includes Pacific Highlands Ranch Community Park, Greg Cox Park in Chula Vista or Sweetwater Bike Park in Bonita.
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.”