Advanced Hiking San Francisco

💚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.

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

Point Pinole Regional Shoreline Hike (5 miles, Easy) Dogs OK

Buena Vista Park & Sutro Mountain Hike (Haight Street Fair) Dogs welcome

This San Francisco Urban Hike starts in the Duboce neighborhood and Park and will move up to Buena Vista Park with views of the bay the ocean and the bridge then we’ll go through Haight Street **(Haight street fair)** in the and the Haight-Ashbury district, with bazaar hippie stores, collection of retro clothes stores. The Haight is one of the few neighborhoods that was not hit hard by the 1906 earthquake. As a result, it has the highest concentration of still-intact Victorian homes in the city. We then make a way up to Sutro Mountain Home of Sutro Tower. We head to tank hill which is just north of twin peaks and then visit Mount Olympus statue, climb the steps to the top of Corona Heights Park and make our way back through Buena Vista Park and the starting point. **Trailhead / Meeting Point:** Duboce park near the Harvey Milk Recreational Arts Center, Duboce Avenue and Scott Street, 50 Scott Street, San Francisco, CA 94143 **Level:** Intermediate **Total Distance:** 8.3 miles **Hiking Time:** 3.5 - 4.5 hours **Elevation:** 575 feet Buena Vista Park Hill and 909 feet Mt Sutro, 320 Corona Heights Park **Information:** Restroom near staging area (Duboce Cafe), Free Parking around Duboce Neighborhood. Dogs are Welcome on Leash **GPS Coordinates for Trailhead:** Duboce park near the Harvey Milk Recreational Arts Center, Duboce Avenue and Scott Street, 50 Scott Street, San Francisco, CA 94143 **Latitude:** 37°76'95.11"N Longitude: -122°43'44.88"W **Map:** (SFMTA – includes all City Transit information) https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/pressreleases/2015/Muni%20Map%202015.pdf **Hiking Directions:** Starting Point; Duboce park in front of the Harvey Milk Recreational Arts Center, head uphill on Duboce Avenue, up the stairs continue on the path uphill visit the left past the tennis courts up the hill continue left uphill reaching Buena Vista Heights (Group photo), then downhill continue right stay right on the trails continue right past the dog run continue straight to take the steps down and tell Heath Street left on eighth Street all the way up and into the Golden Gate park, left around keys are stadium and continue on Willard Street, left on Belmont Avenue right on Edgewood Avenue, at the end take Edgewood Trail up hill, last pass the wooden carvings, right up fairy gate Trail continue until you reach mount Sutro summit (Break), downhill on East Ridge Trail, right on Johnston Drive left on Medical Center, downhill on East Wood Trail, right on fairy gates trail continue right exit mount Central Park continue on Belgrave Avenue, upstairs on tank he’ll reach the summit then back down the stairs and right on the trail left on Twin Peaks Boulevard crossover 17th St. and right on 17th St. upstairs left up upper terrace upstairs to mount Olympus, Down Art Alley staircase left on upper Terrace, Right Roosevelt Way Up Stairway to Corona Park Right Path to the top, then downstairs Left Roosevelt Way, Right upper Terrace, and to Buena Vista Park continue middle fork Trail, exit Right downhill on stairs to DuBose Avenue, continue straight until reaching Deboce park and the starting point. **Directions:** From 101 north or south take I80 West Golden Gate bridge, exit 434A North central freeway onto Duboce Avenue, slight right on the Buchanan Street, turn left onto Waller Street, turn left onto Scott Street, Duboce park near the Harvey Milk Recreational Arts Center, Duboce Avenue and Scott Street, 50 Scott Street, San Francisco, CA 94143 **Carpooling Link: (Sign up here)** https://www.groupcarpool.com/t/y4vwis **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/)

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

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

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, 7 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 or 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 3 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.

Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park Hike 6.5 Miles

Join other east bay millennials for a \~6.5 mile hike with \~1000 ft elevation gain in Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park. Location of the hike will be visible to attendees upon RSVP. Dogs are very much welcomed to join! Please arrive a few minutes before 12:00PM. We will start the hike shortly after 12:00PM. We'll do our best to hike as a group, but I'd recommend downloading an offline map of the area on Google Maps on your phone just in case you happen to get separated. 
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 6.5 miles with hills. 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.

Claremont Canyon Hike (Dogs welcome)

In the Claremont Canyon Regional Perserve, part of the Eastbay regional park. Behind the historic Claremont Hotel is a 208-acre preserve with picturesque hiking trails. The Stonewall-Panoramic Trail is the primary trail, with the best views in the Berkeley Hills that include Downtown Berkeley, Downtown Oakland, and the San Francisco Bay. A steep climb uphill, but amazing views of the Golden Gate, Bay Bridge, Berkeley and Oakland and a lovely 360 views at the top. Do make sure you take in the full panoramic view, not just the golden gate. We will stop at the top for sneak/lunch break and enjoy the view and the company. **Level:** Intermediate Plus (Very Steep in places) **Total Distance:** 7.2 miles partial loop **Hiking Time:** 3 Plus hours **Elevation:** 1350 feet (Very Steep in places) **Parking:** Free street Parking **Information:** No Toilet or water at trailhead, Dogs should remain leashed in developed areas. If they are off leash, dogs must be under positive sight and voice command **Map:** from EBRPD (download the pdf). https://www.ebparks.org/parks/claremont_canyon/default.htm#map **Map:** from Claremont Canyon Conservancy http://www.claremontcanyon.org/map-trails **Meeting Point:** Main trailhead is 66 Stonewall Road, Oakland, CA 94705, **GPS Coordinates for Trailhead:** Alvarado Staging Area Latitude: 37°86'26.12"N Longitude: -122°24'4.03"W **Directions:** From 880 or 580 in Oakland take 24 east, take Claremont Ave Exit, Left on Claremont Ave, then Left on Stonewall Road. the trail head just up the block street parking all over the neighborhood. **Hike Route:** (Trails poorly marked) 7 Hills. We head uphill on Stonewall Panoramic trail, past at the second bench **(take Group Photo)** then continue uphill Stonewall Panoramic trail, Right at the Panoramic Way Fire-road, then continue uphill on East-West Trail, continue center trail uphill, the 4th Hill, then continue on up the longest 5th hill, continue straight second Right, then quick left up steep short 6th hill (Chaparral Peak) no view, left then straight on convict trail, 7th hill lookout with logs **(break),** then continue on convict trail downhill, Left on the Upper Jordon Fire Trail until we reach the junction with a fence, go through the fence. Left on Panoramic trail, Right downhill on Panoramic way street, left downhill steps on the Clark Kerr Trail, Left at junction through the woods and up to 1st hill lookout, then continue downhill on the Stonewall-Panoramic trail and back to the starting point. **Carpooling Link: (Sign up here)** **https://www.groupcarpool.com/t/z7pwmj** **Carpooling Procedures:** No negotiating in the comments, Add yourself to the carpool link, then contact the the driver or rider directly... Thank you ....... **Legal Disclaimer: Under what we are about Section** https://www.meetup.com/Urban-and-Bay-Hikers/

Angel Island mindfulness hike

Lyon & Baker Beach Stairs Hike (Dogs Welcome)

Near and Inside the Presidio Golden Gate National Recreation Area, we are going up several sets of historic and scenic staircases. We will enjoy the 'Wave Organ', an acoustic sculpture on the jetty in the San Francisco Bay. Working our way along the edge of the Presidio past the lovely and majestic palace of fine arts, we head up the steep and busy Lyon staircase to panoramic views of the San Francisco Bay. We enter the presidio and take the Mountain Trail where we have lush green and views on one side and million dollar mansions on the other. We make our way to Bakers beach, then the long steep climb up Bakers Beach stairs, we then enjoy historical batteries, while enjoying great views of the bay, Angel Island and the Marin headland and the Golden Gate Bridge shadows over your entire walk. **Level:** Intermediate Plus **Total Distance:** 10+ mile, loop **Hiking Time:** 4 - 4.5 hours **Elevation Change:** 322 stairs Lyon Street, 200 sand stairs Baker beach Parking fee: Free Parking lot in Crissy Fields, East beach, leashed Dogs allowed, along water may roam freely, standard restroom and water. **GPS:** Latitude: N37.805715° Longitude: W 122.44912° **Map:** https://www.presidio.gov/transportation-internal/Shared%20Documents/presidio-trails.pdf **Trailhead / Meeting Point:** Starting point, next to the benches in front of the Crissy Field center near East Beach Parking Lot. Crissy Field Center, 1199 East Beach, Presidio San Francisco, CA 94129 **Hiking Directions: Starting point,** Crissy Field center, Right on East-beach trail leave Crissy Fields, out the jetty to visit 'The Wave Organ', then back and cross the street and walk past the Palace of fine arts, then cross Lombard, Up Lyon street and continue on the steep staircase to the top Broadway street view, enter the Presidio at Broadway gate, then continue on Mountain Lake Trail, continue around Mountain Lake Lodge on Park Trail, left on Valley Trail and continue on Lobo's Trail, cross Lincoln Boulevard and enter Bakers Beach, break at Bakers beach, then walk along the beach and write up Bakers Beach sand stairway to the top Immigrant Point overview, then continue Left on to Batteries to Bluff Trail to the Golden Gate Bridge over look (toll Plaza), then down the stairs to Fort Point, then take the Gate Promenade back to the East Beach and the starting point. **Driving Directions:** From Highway 101 north head into San Francisco, stay left on North 101 towards Golden gate bridge, Turn Right onto Market Street, then Left onto Franklin Street, Left onto Lombard St, then Right onto Broderick Street, Left onto Marina Blvd with a slight right onto Old Mason Street into the Presidio, Crissy Field parking lot is driveway on the right. Park and the Crissy Field Center is in the Parking lot on the Right side, you will see the large buildings. **Carpooling Link:** (Sign-up here) https://www.groupcarpool.com/t/f9rzhm **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/)

Midweek Quad 4 Hike: Steep Ravine from Pantoll

4.3 miles / 1300 ft elevation gain Moderate but steady pace, about 2 mph No one left behind The hike will descend steeply through redwood forests beside a creek, and emerge from the woods with nice viewpoints of the waterfront, visibility permitting. We then have a challenging sustained (relentless) ascent, with lots of steps. One of the more beautiful forested hikes on the mountain. Steep Ravine is one of the 4 hikes of the Pantoll Quad program. For details, see https://www.friendsofmttam.org/wp-content/uploads/PanToll-Quad-Brochure-03022021.pdf. Upon completing all 4 hikes, you will receive a badge of Honor. This hike will be led by Docent Debra Hoitomt. Hike docents have been trained under the California State Parks Volunteers In the Park Program (VIPP). Meeting Place: Pantoll by the Friends of Mt Tam trailer Trails: Steep Ravine, Dipsea, Coastal FR, Old Mine Recommended: water, sturdy shoes, hiking poles, snack Cancellations: Rain, red flag days, winds above 30 mph, and unforeseen circumstances will cancel. Alerts will be provided via Meetup and notification also on Facebook. Parking: We strongly recommend carpooling and arriving 15 minutes early to find parking and pay parking fees. Pantoll parking requires an $8 fee. Protection: Ticks, mosquitoes, horse flies and yellow jackets are present, but not abundant. Sunscreen and layers for temperature changes, weather variability, fog condensation.