Overview
The San Francisco Bay Area is over 7,000 square miles (land mass) and home to more than 7 million people. The Bay Area includes nine counties that touch San Francisco Bay: - In the North: Marin, Napa, Solano and Sonoma - In the East: Alameda and Contra Costa - In the South: Santa Clara - On the Peninsula: San Francisco and San Mateo ...more
The San Francisco Bay Area is over 7,000 square miles (land mass) and home to more than 7 million people. The Bay Area includes nine counties that touch San Francisco Bay: - In the North: Marin, Napa, Solano and Sonoma - In the East: Alameda and Contra Costa - In the South: Santa Clara - On the Peninsula: San Francisco and San Mateo ...more
WikipediaSan Francisco Bay Area: The San Francisco Bay Area, also commonly known as the Bay Area, is a metropolitan region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses large cities such as San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas. Overall, the Bay Area consists of nine counties, 101 cities,... (see full San Francisco Bay Area Wikipedia article)
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Things to do in
San Francisco Bay Area
Trail running, Walking, Geocaching, Hiking, Motorcycling, Driving, Running, Road biking, Sightseeing, Mountain biking, Other
San Francisco Bay Area
Trail running, Walking, Geocaching, Hiking, Motorcycling, Driving, Running, Road biking, Sightseeing, Mountain biking, Other
Destinations in San Francisco Bay Area
Guides
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Easy:
5.5 miles, 1 hour
Angel Island State Park offers one of the best ways to see San Francisco Bay from sea level. Fortunate local boat owners have long plied its shoreline and picnicked on its...
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Moderate:
13.2 miles, full day
This guide covers a 13 mile section of the Bay Area Ridge Trail. It is a through hike that starts at the Sweeney Ridge Trailhead behind Skyline College and...
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Moderate:
7.7 miles, half day
Cataract Creek Trail offers a perfect excuse to play hooky from work or spend a vacation day in the woods. The creek's waterfalls provide a spectacular anchor for a 7-mile...
Easy:
11.5 miles, half day
Enjoy a walk or ride on a 6-mile paved trail from Pillar Point Harbor to Poplar Avenue in Half Moon Bay. All along the trail, paths lead to some of the best sandy State Beaches....
Hike at Briones Regional Park -- Bear Creek Trail Head
East Bay park offers ample solitude, abundant sunshine
East Bay park offers ample solitude, abundant sunshine
Moderate:
7.6 miles, half day
Briones Regional Park covers more than 6,000 acres in the rolling East Bay hills between Berkeley and Walnut Creek. Hikers gravitating to Tilden Park to the west and Mount...
Popular Trips in San Francisco Bay Area
With an extra hour of sunlight today I decided to walk along the Barbary Coast trail, a historic walk through downtown San Francisco, starting by Union Square and ending at Fisherman's Wharf.I walked through Chinatown, up to Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill, and then along Embarcadero up to Aquatic Park before getting a delicious breadbowl of crab chowder.
Well we wanted to make it Bridge Week and go over another bridge. Since we only logged Dumbarton Bridge once before, we decided to try it again. This time going OVER the Hwy 84 Toll Booth overpass just to see where it took us. Well we discoverd another gorgous place to ride. Much to our surprise the dirt trails where smooth and easy to ride. We took our time and made lots of short breaks...
There are plenty other Mt. Tam GPS tracks on this and other websites, but this is the first one I\'ve seen that goes from Stinson Beach to the summit and back. We started in Stinson, went up the Dipsea trail to Steep Ravine Trail to Pan Toll, then took the RR grade road to West Point. From there, we took the RR grade to Tavern Pump Trail, which cuts over to Fern...
A couple of weeks ago, I was poking around EveryTrail looking for a fun hike. I stumbled across Vaudesir's "Lake Del Valle to Murrieta Fall (Ohlone trail)", and immediately favorited it. A little more digging turned up tommangan's Ohlone Wilderness Trail Guide, who mentions that Murietta Falls only run after "several days of rain". With the Bay Area getting nigh-endless rain for the last week, it seemed like an ideal time to...
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Tips
If you plan do this historical walk yourself, be sure to check out the Barbary Coast Trail official website at http://www.barbarycoasttrail.org, where you can also purchase a guide to all of the important landmarks along the way.
by chris
in The Barbary Coast Trail®
on Mar 16, 2010 at 12:58:02 am
We planned to do this trip on the day of the West Point Inn pancake breakfast, but it was cancelled due to a red flag fire day. Guess those blazing hot pancakes could burn the mountain down or something...
by ace_sierra
in Mt. Tam - Stinson Beach to Summit
on Oct 13, 2008 at 11:20:49 am
Read both links in the first two paragraphs of the description; they'll tell you everything you might need to know about this hike.
by navratil
in Murietta Falls
on Jan 25, 2010 at 01:10:44 am
I was very happy with my choice of a lightweight, lined
jacket and vest. They weren’t heavy and the material blocked the cold wind on
top of the exposed portions of the ridge better than a plain fleece would have.
Layering like this was definitely the way to go. I shed my vest by noon, and
the jacket by early afternoon.Corrected vertical elevation should be more like 2,400'.
by croyle
in Fifield-Cahill Ridge Trail aka "Fifi Cahoots"
on Dec 20, 2009 at 05:06:07 pm
Watch out for the muddy trails in spring.
by sea2sky
in San Mateo County: Wunderlich County Park
on Feb 21, 2009 at 11:16:31 pm
This little hiking area is great for a free day in the city.
by oruwu
in Lands End in San Francisco
on Mar 07, 2010 at 11:56:54 pm
If you want to visit the Point Bonita light house, be sure you come Saturday, Sunday or Monday only between the hours of 12:30 and 15:30. As you can see from my picutre, the metal gate to the tunnel is locked if you miss the time.
by stevelabo
in Marin Headlands: Miwok Trail to Bonita Point
on May 11, 2009 at 09:58:06 pm
