San Francisco, it was such a pleasure to walk your perimeter along with some very good friends. We walked and talked, connected to one another and to this place. We put our handheld machines away and soaked up all of the sights and sounds and smells you had to share with us. We learned about history and the present, about you and about ourselves.
Category: TripReports
One month, many adventures
You outdid yourselves for Crosstober 2025 – you joined us for no less than 24 walks, runs, and bike rides that spanned all of San Francisco. Dozens of you explored the Roundabout – our new 38-mile route along the city’s outer edge. Others took part in naturalist-led walks, tours of the city’s famed stairway mosaics,… Continue reading One month, many adventures
The Double Cross Trail
The following is a guest blog post by Arnold Thompson, who recently walked the Crosstown Trail and offered to share his experience. After a couple glasses of wine at a Christmas party in 2019, a friend and I talked about checking out an intriguing hike we’d read about in the newspaper – the Crosstown Trail.… Continue reading The Double Cross Trail
A Crosstown Trail adventure, sunrise to sunset
On a beautiful October day, Santa Cruz resident Philips Patton hiked the Crosstown Trail from Candlestick Point to Land’s End. He wandered off-trail to visit the Philosopher’s Way in McLaren Park, the ridgelines above Glen Canyon, Strawberry Hill in Golden Gate Park, and China Beach. You can follow his adventure here.
Transit-COVID Update, Fall 2020
After Spring 2020 service cuts, MUNI is once again starting to be a feasible option for making Crosstown Trail shuttle trips (with taxis and ride-sharing good alternatives). At the start of the COVID-19 shutdown San Francisco cut MUNI service to about a dozen lines that mainly served hospitals and city offices. Ridership was restricted to… Continue reading Transit-COVID Update, Fall 2020
My Trip Across Town
The following is a guest blog post by Marcus Brandford, a student at UC Berkeley and recent San Francisco transplant who recently walked the Crosstown Trail and offered to share his about the experience. By the beginning of May 2020 my days were starting to feel like reruns. For the last few months, most of… Continue reading My Trip Across Town