Biking times & distances along 30A

[stolle]

Hello! My wife and I will be traveling down with our one year old in April (it can't come soon enough...winter in Wisconsin is getting old), and have bike rentals and a cart attachment on the back for the baby. We are staying at Sea Shadows Condominiums (appears to be around Seacrest Beach). I am wondering how long of a bike ride we might expect into Alys Beach and Rosemary (going east), and Seagrove and Seaside (going west). Also, which towns might offer us the best variety of inexpensive/casual lunch and snack spots. Thanks in advance for you help. I love this site!

 

[sbw]

Hello! My wife and I will be traveling down with our one year old in April (it can't come soon enough...winter in Wisconsin is getting old), and have bike rentals and a cart attachment on the back for the baby. We are staying at Sea Shadows Condominiums (appears to be around Seacrest Beach). I am wondering how long of a bike ride we might expect into Alys Beach and Rosemary (going east), and Seagrove and Seaside (going west). Also, which towns might offer us the best variety of inexpensive/casual lunch and snack spots. Thanks in advance for you help. I love this site!

Lucky you - you're in for some lovely biking. I can't quite picture where your oondo is, but if it's Seacrest, you're in a great spot for biking. Alys and Rosemary are an easy pedal. I make the run from the Camp Creek Lake side of Seacrest to Rosemary for coffee sometimes, and I can arrive back home while the coffee's still hot.

I also like to ride west to Flip Flops - a very casual, family friendly, yummy place to eat. That's about 15 or 20 mins bike ride from Seacrest. And you'll want to burn some calories so you can have the beignets.

I'm not in great shape, so your actual timing may vary. But take your time and enjoy the ride. You can't go wrong - either direction.

 

[Matt J]

I would guess around 10-20 minutes depending on your athletic ability to Seacrest/Rosemary/Alys. Seagrove is going to be much further. Generally speaking Seagrove is going to be much cheaper than going East.

 

[scooterbug44]

I would say 10-20 to Rosemary/Alys and 30-40 to Seaside depending on your speed/fitness.

 

[soappedaler]

You can google map your address and other locations and it will give you milage along 30A, then you can figure anywhere from 5-8 miles per hour on your bike if you pedal at a leisurely pace. Rosemary Beach will be a nice ride and they have cowgirl kitchen, wild olives or summer kitchen for lunch. Alys Beach has George's, nice porch and deck.
I live in Dune Allen and it takes me 2-2.5 hours to pedal to Rosemary depending on the wind and what kind of load I'm hauling, I'm not fast either.
Do consider the wind if you start with a tailwind your return trip into the wind will require more effort.