Top Trails and Hikes in San Francisco
Discover scenic trails, nature walks, and hiking routes in San Francisco with curated picks, local tips, and free itinerary planning tools.
🥾 Trails and Hikes in San Francisco
- Lands End Coastal Trail — A rugged cliffside walk with views of the Golden Gate, shipwrecks and Sutro Baths.
- Crissy Field walk — A flat waterfront path with kite surfers, picnic spots and bridge views.
- Golden Gate Park loop — A long loop through the park’s gardens, lakes and museums.
- Twin Peaks hike — A short hike to the top of the Twin Peaks for panoramic city and bay views.
- Presidio loop — A loop through the former military base with forest, views and the Golden Gate Bridge.
- Mount Tamalpais hike — A hike to the mountain with views of the Bay Area.
- Lombard Street to Coit Tower walk — A hilly walk from the crooked street to Telegraph Hill and Coit Tower.
- Chinatown alleys walk — A route through narrow alleys, markets and temples in America’s oldest Chinatown.
- Fisherman’s Wharf to Fort Point — A waterfront walk from Pier 39 to the Civil War-era fort under the bridge.
- Marina Green to Golden Gate Bridge — A flat path from the Marina to the bridge with excellent photo spots.
- Baker Beach to Marshall’s Beach — A coastal cliff and sand walk with Golden Gate views.
- Golden Gate Bridge pedestrian path — A walk or bike across the bridge’s east sidewalk with bay views.
- Muir Woods redwood walk — A gentle boardwalk among ancient redwoods just.
- Ocean Beach promenade — A long walk along the Pacific beach with surfers and bonfire pits.
- The Embarcadero walk — A bayside walk from the Ferry Building to AT&T Park and the Bay Bridge.
- Mission murals walk — A route through the Mission District to see colourful street murals and alleys.
- Coit Tower to North Beach — A downhill walk from Telegraph Hill to Little Italy and Washington Square.
- Haight-Ashbury hippie walk — A route through the historic counterculture neighbourhood of the 1960s.
- Alamo Square Painted Ladies walk — A walk to the Victorian row houses and the park with skyline views.
- Sutro Baths ruins trail — A coastal trail to the ruins of a 19th-century swimming pool complex.