{"id":1819,"date":"2012-03-12T19:22:39","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T18:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.islandwalking.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1819"},"modified":"2026-03-04T17:23:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T16:23:17","slug":"san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.islandwalking.com\/wordpress\/other-destinations\/san-francisco\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"font-family: Courier New Bold, Courier, monospace;\" align=\"center\">SAN FRANCISCO &#8211; California, USA<\/h1>\n<div style=\"font-family: Courier New Bold, Courier, monospace;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">S<\/span>an Francisco as such is well presented elsewhere on the web, I do not think I have much to contribute there. But I will say that for a US city San Francisco is unusually compact and pretty. I can only recommend it warmly. The below walk is just one I did while attending WWDC down in San Jos\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p><b>Selected walks:<\/b> For some information about possible hikes around San Francisco see &#8220;California &amp; Nevada Travel Survival Kit&#8221; by Lonely Planet, referred to below as &#8220;\/LP\/&#8221; (now out of print&#8230;). A current walking guide is Frommer&#8217;s &#8220;24 Great Walks in San Francisco&#8221;. I have not used that one myself so I do not know anything about it.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">\u20221 <\/span>4TH &amp; TOWNSEND &#8211; FISHERMANS WHARF &#8211; GOLDEN GATE (+ return) (my total time around 6h): A huge eight hour walk done in six hours. The plan was to do &#8220;An Energetic Marin Roundtrip&#8221; from \/LP\/, however past the Golden Gate the continuing bicycle path was seemingly &#8220;No Pedestrians&#8221; (???) so I returned the same way. On Sundays the bridge was closed for bicycles, so I guess it would have been safe to continue. However I believe this must actually have been a broken sign intended for the freeway. The idea is that you can take a ferry back from Sausalito.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: I did this walk last in 1999, as of 2024 (as seen on Google Streetview) the sign at the Golden Gate even says &#8220;DO NOT ENTER&#8221; and the former bicycle path seems completely closed off at the other end. There are however now stairs going down under the bridge so you can cross to the western side to the Headlands Parking. From there you can pick up a road going back under the bridge and continue.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"font-family: Courier New Bold, Courier, monospace;\" \/>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Good starting points:\u00a0<span style=\"white-space: nowrap;\">\u2022 I started at the CalTrain station<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0How to get there:\u00a0<span style=\"white-space: nowrap;\">\u2022 By air and\/or train\/bus<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0More info: Sorry, none yet<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"font-family: Courier New Bold, Courier, monospace;\" \/>\n<p style=\"font-family: Courier New Bold, Courier, monospace;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">T<\/span>his page was last modified at March 4, 2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Courier New Bold, Courier, monospace;\" align=\"left\">\u00a91999-2026 <script language=\"JavaScript\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar name = \"harald.haugli\";\nvar s = name + \"@\" + \"islandwalking\" + \".\" + \"com\";\ndocument.write('<a href=\"'); document.write('ma'); document.write('il'); document.write('to:' + s + '\">');\ndocument.write('<i>Harald Haugli\\<\\\/i\\>\\<\\\/a\\>');\n<\/script>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO &#8211; California, USA San Francisco as such is well presented elsewhere on the web, I do not think I have much to contribute there. But I will say that for a US city San Francisco is unusually compact and pretty. I can only recommend it warmly. 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