Urban Hiker SF

I'm on a mission to #hikeallofsf . These are the stories of my hikes. _______________ ______________________________ _________ Hike Statistics Distance: 0.5 miles one way Elevation: 150 feet Difficulty: Easy Time: <1 hour   Dog Friendly: No Introduction to The Visitacion Valley Greenway In 1995, Fran Martin and Anne Seeman had a vision for transforming Visitacion Valley, a working-class neighborhood that had developed a reputation for drugs and crime. The women worked with the Trust for Public Land to gain rights to empty lots in the neighborhood from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department. The women’s vision was the Visitacion Valley Greenway, a checkerboard of six adjacent one-block-long parks: Hans Schiller Plaza, a community garden, an herb garden, a children’s playground, an agriculture garden, and a native plant garden.      In 1999, the parties agreed to make the Greenway a r...

I'm on a mission to #hikeallofsf . These are the stories of my hikes. _______________ ______________________________ _________ In February,  I wrote about my first #hikeallofsf hike, Fort Funston to the Cliff House .  Today, I'm writing about a second hike around Fort Funston. This hike explores the area's upper trails. Fort Funston Loop Distance: 2.0 miles Elevation: ~100 feet Difficulty: Easy Time: <1 hour Dog Friendly: Off-leash walking is permitted Hike Description A view of the Ocean from the trails This hike is a nice, easy loop that will guide you through a number of Fort Funston’s trails. On a nice day, you get stunning views of the Pacific Ocean to the west and Sutro Tower to the northeast. Even on a foggy day, you can still take in ocean air, and enjoy the sandy landscape littered with ice plants and Monterey cypress trees.   Route Details Battery Davis To embark on this hike, you will start on the Sunset Trail, a...

I'm on a mission to #hikeallofsf . These are the stories of my hikes. _______________ ______________________________ _________ Interior Greenbelt and Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve Hike Name: Interior Greenbelt and Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve Location: Twin Peaks Distance: 3 miles Difficulty: Easy - moderate One of the best moments on our Urban Jungles tours is when our hikers enter a eucalyptus forest behind Sutro Tower. I love to see people's eyes widen when they discover a vast expanse of green space right in the center of the city. And this is just scratching the surface... Between the northwest end of Twin Peaks and the southeast end of Golden Gate Park are two parks that combine to form 80 acres of eucalyptus forest, the Interior Greenbelt (19 acres) and Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve (61 acres). About Adolph Sutro Eucalyptus Trees on the Trail These parks were once the private land of Adolph Sutro , the mayor of San Francisco from 1894 to ...

I'm on a mission to hike all of SF . These are the stories of my hikes. _______________ ______________________________ _________   With my goal to conquer all the hiking trails of San Francisco, I first had to figure out a starting point. I wanted to tackle something big to get my momentum up, and chose to hike all the segments on and near the California Coastal Trail , or CCT. One day, the CCT will line the entire 1,200 mile coast of California, and today, it is over half complete. Within San Francisco's city limits, the trail runs from Fort Funston to the Golden Gate Bridge. I decided to break up the trail into a number of segments, and started by hiking from Fort Funston to the Cliff House. About Fort Funston See, I told you there were a lot of dogs. Fort Funston was originally built as a military fort in the early 1900s, and was named for the Major General Frederick Funston after his death in 1917.     Today, when San Franciscans thin...