Advanced Hiking San Francisco

Hike On! 10th Annual Picnic at Kennedy Grove (🥳)

Joaquin Miller Park: trails, tales, trees, 5.3 miles, 935 ft, 80% shaded, dog ok

💚Green Exercise Easy 5 Miles 🥾Hike SF Golden Gate Park🏞️

**Hello Golden Gate Park Lovers,** Let's meet up go for a Wellness Walk/Hike, come explore the wonders of San Francisco Golden Gate Park! For our physical health and mental well-being😇 Meeting new friends and get a good workout together. Discover Golden Gate Park The rumors are true. Golden Gate Park is as fantastic as they say. Explore this iconic park’s 1,017 acres, from bucolic lakes and meadows to vibrant activity destinations. Golden Gate Park has something for everyone. **Meet time: 1:30pm** and **Hike/Walk time: 2pm** Great Highway & John F Kennedy Drive, San Francisco, CA 94121 across from the Beach Chalet Brewery at beach side parking lot GPS: https://goo.gl/maps/QUFRePaoDCEFWBYL8 Route: Golden Gate Park Loop Parking: Free Level: Easy to Moderate Length: 5 miles+ Elevation gain: 350ft+ Route type: Loop Dog: No **Bring Smiles for Miles!** Water, Snacks... Wear Hiking/Walking shoes, Layers, Sunscreens.. Encouraging carpooling if you know each other well for everyone's safety. Please contact each other in a private message not on the message board. Thank you! https://www.groupcarpool.com/t/qfyv8x Optional Social dinner after Hike: Thai food Place coming soon... 💚 Support Our Group! Thanks for joining our wellness club event, it does take time and money to make it happen. Thank you for being prepared and supportive 🌿 Our hikes, dinners, and events run thanks to member support. A small contribution is appreciated to help keep our wellness community active and fun! Thank you for helping us make every event special! **\*Requested contribution** suggested amount $5-$20 to keep the club going! **​Dr. Heidi will ask for the contribution during event check-in.** Accepted in person. Your support helps cover the many behind-the-scenes efforts that make these events possible, including route scouting, Meetup platform fees, permits, communication with park staff and members, and planning hikes, dinners, and road trips. This community exists because of the support and kindness of its members. **The organizer reserves the right to ask a participant to depart!** If they refuse to contribute or follow event guidelines. This ensures our community remains a positive and respectful space for everyone. Thank you for helping keep our wellness community positive, respectful, and active. 🌿 Our meetup events have a very positive impact on people's lives, people meet, fall in love💘 meet new friends, HAPPY, better health, less stress, anxiety, depression, isolate being alone and got extra bonus for LOVE ​💞 ⚠️ Please Read Before Joining: These hikes and group dinners are hosted voluntarily and with love for the outdoors and community. Participation is completely voluntary, and everyone joins at their own risk and responsibility. 👉 We kindly ask you to review the event details carefully — including directions, trail descriptions, and dinner spots — before joining. Trails are part of nature and may not match everyone’s preferences. Dinner venues are selected based on group size, availability, and location. We do our best but can’t guarantee personal favorites. 🧡 Most importantly, come with an open heart, positive energy, and kindness. Let’s enjoy what we can control — good company, fresh air, and meaningful connections. **\*DO NOT ATTEND** if you're experiencing any cold or flu symptoms, have a compromised immune system. **\*Hike/Walk at YOUR OWN RISK.** Open trails aren't necessarily free of hazards--by entering the wilderness, you assume responsibility for your safety and must use good judgment. **\*Participation in this event is strictly voluntary**! The event host/organizer assumes no responsibility for any injury, damage, or loss you may incur. You join and hike entirely at your own risk. \*We are an intermediate hike group. Please be ready to keep up hiking with us from 5-8 miles without any health issues. **\*LIABILITY WAIVER:** By signing up for the wellness walking/hiking event, you hereby release its organizers, hosts, and participants from any and all liability, claims, demands or causes of action that you now have, or may have in the future, for illness, injuries, damages, and/or economic loss of any kind or nature, arising in whole or in part out of the activities, advice, or information contained herein. You agree to full responsibility for your own health issues. **\*DISCLAIMER:** By participating in this wellness hiking event, you understand that Meetup event Host/Organizer assumes ABSOLUTELY NO responsibility and you have to assume all at your own risk of injury, damage, and economic loss, without limitation, and release host/Organizer of all liability. If anyone wishes to join our hike team, please answer the RSVP question every time for everyone's safety in the group. If you are unable to send me a message confirming that you are in good health and you are able to hike 5-8 miles without health issues we CANNOT approve you come to the hiking event. \*Please don't just walk in. Thank you for your cooperation! I'm looking forward to meeting, hiking with you and making good memories together. Yours in good health! Dr. Heidi💝 ❤️American Heart Association BLS-CPR, Heartsaver CPR, First Aid Courses -Learn and Live!❤️ \*Three courses available upon request: [https://visibook.com/ahacprfirstaid](https://visibook.com/ahacprfirstaid) \*By taking this course, you're contributing to the safety and well-being of those around you. \*These skills are crucial for everyone to know, as they can help save the lives of loved ones, friends, or even strangers in the community.

Group Hike at Lands End

Over 20 people have signed up on our main guest list! Join them for a relaxing SF beginner's hike at Lands End! Perfect for anyone feeling social anxiety or just wanting a unique way to meet new people, this event is designed especially for introverts who crave connection without the chaos but everyone is welcome. What a nice break from a loud bar or event space ****More details including specific meeting place will be on our guest list so please RSVP here and I will send you the link to officially register. Please feel free to DM me if you have any questions/issues Beautiful scenery, fresh air, cute dogs left and right, great conversations, a little exercise...this might be my favorite event we do Hope you can join us!

Anthony Chabot 5 mile hike

Join other millenials for a 5 mile hike with ~900 ft of elevation gain! Well behaved dogs are welcome on a leash. Location of the hike will be visible to attendees upon RSVP, but the hike is at Anthony Chabot regional park. Plan to arrive early so we can start the hike promptly at 1pm. Please bring:
• Positive attitude
• Water bottle
• Charged phone
• Snacks!!
• Hiking / athletic clothes and shoes
• Sunscreen 















Please only attend this event if you feel like you are in shape to walk at least 5 miles with a 900ft elevation gain. If you have any health conditions that prevent you from exercising, this might not be the best event for you.
The East Bay Hiking Club welcomes people of all backgrounds, genders, sexualities, races, ethnicities, nationalities, religions, or other identity. We do our best to create an inclusive and open minded environment.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
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By attending the event, you agree that you understand the risks involved in outdoor activities and take full ownership for your safety and assume all risks inherent in attending the event. You also release the event organizer and all event participants from any responsibility for your safety.

C2C and R2R Training: Mt. Tamalpais x4 (16.4 miles, 6400 feet)

Pastries, Cliffs & Ocean Views: SF Urban Hike

Join us for a relaxed San Francisco urban hike combining neighborhood streets, coastal trails, historic sites, and big Pacific Ocean views. We'll kick things off at Butter Love Bakeshop in the Outer Richmond, where we'll grab some baked goods and coffee before setting off (we'll wait until 9:45am for any late arrivals). From there, we'll walk toward Sutro Heights and make our way through the Land's End area, after which we'll finish by walking toward Sunset Dunes for the final stretch along San Francisco's oceanfront. This is a casual-paced hike. We'll take our time, enjoy the scenery, stop for photos, and give everyone a chance to chat and take in the views. (Dogs are totally welcome!) Looking forward to the event! Please let me know if you have any questions. 628-236-9369

Sharp Park to Pacific Beach Ocean Hike - Pacifica

Weekly Hikes at Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park

A Sunday at 3;00 PM moderate hike in addition to our regular Wednesday hikes at Redwood Park. This is a mostly shaded, 6 mile, 1000 feet elevation, moderate paced hike at Oakland's Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park. Enter from Redwood Gate https://goo.gl/maps/PrGuttC8dEnxN1KC9 We meet at Fishway Lot (the first parking lot on the left). Fishway is a small, unpaved lot on the left, closest to the entrance gate. Parking is free and there are 4 parking lots. At 3:00 pm we start with a meet and greet; and each person gets to share 1 - 2 things that made them happy this week. Please be on time and get to know your new friends during the hike. We leave for the hike at 3:05pm. Route to be determined day of the hike. Hike is about 2 hours. We stop at most trail intersections along the hike to regroup. Please make sure to bring enough water and clothes and respect for everyone and nature. If you cannot make it, please update your RSVP so others can join the hike. Participants assume responsibility for their own safety Doggie friends are currently not part of this group hike.

City Hike & Picnic - Glen Canyon & Twin Peaks - 4 miles - Moderately Strenuous

Fort Funston / Lake Merced Hike (Dogs Very Welcome)

In the south west corner of San Francisco lies Fort Funston part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. It features 200-foot high sandy bluffs over-looking the coast where the winds blow reliably wildly. One of the premier hang-gliding spots in the country. Dog Heaven, you will see hundreds of dogs through the trails and on the beach and owners will can take leashes off here. It is also home to the Fort Funston Native Plant Nursery. Sand Dunes: Plants with deep roots and a tolerance for harsh conditions are uniquely adapted to growing on a constantly shifting sand-dune landscape. The San Francisco peninsula was once covered with sand dunes, and today the peninsula's largest remaining dune field can be found at Fort Funston. Bank swallows (Riparian riparian) once migrated through California in great numbers, but today they are listed as a state threatened species; their only known coastal nesting sites are at Fort Funston and Año Nuevo. **Level:** Intermediate plus (steep areas and chain climb down-must be approved) **Total Distance:** 9+miles loop **Hiking Time:** 3-3.5 hours **Elevation:** 221 hill & 200 feet sand ladder, Total elevation 700 feet **Information:** Free Parking, Dogs off leash, Restrooms & Water at trailhead and at Observation Deck. **GPS Coordinates for Trailhead:** **Latitude:** N 37. 726534° **Longitude:** W -122.502378° **Map:** https://www.parksconservancy.org/parks/fort-funston **NPS Map:** https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/upload/GOGA_X3-web_sm3-2.pdf **Directions:** From 80 South or North, take John Daly Blvd, go west until you reach Skyline Drive, Right on Skyline Drive, then Right into Lake Merced; Harding Road, Boat House Parking is shortly through the entrance. **Meeting Point / Trailhead: Lake Merced:** Harding Road, Boat house Parking Lot, 1 Harding Road San Francisco, CA 94132, we will meet by the logs in front of the Boat House. **Hike Route: Starting point,** Harding Road, Boat house Parking Lot, take Harding road Right, continue on path over bridge left after statue around Lake Merced path, cross street left around zoo, cross hwy 1, Left on bluff above beach, then uphill into Fort Funston, Right on the path - Coastal Trail, continue left, then at fork at Bench, Right uphill on Bunker Trail, stop observation deck (Group Photo), then continue Right on the Coastal trail up and down through the sand dunes along, at thorton beach up the hill to lookout break, then continue trail, down steep hill by chain, Right on Thorton bluffs then merge Right on horse trail down to Ocean Beach, Right on Ocean Beach, Lunch break at Logs on the beach, then continue Right on Ocean Beach, up the sand Ladder, then Left Horse trail, at Fork Short Right on path then off path on the left onto sand trail, downhill to Skyline, then cross skyline, Left Merced Path, Right Harding Road, and return to Boat house Parking Lot starting point. **Carpooling Link: (Sign up here)** https://www.groupcarpool.com/t/fyioeq **Carpooling Procedures:** No carpool discussion in the comments, join the carpool link and contact the driver or rider directly. **Thank you .......** **Legal Disclaimer:** Under what we are about Section [https://www.meetup.com/Urban-and-Bay-Hikers/](https://www.meetup.com/Urban-and-Bay-Hikers/)

Potrero Hill stairways