San Francisco Bay Trail

Love this trail. I come here every time I'm eating at New England Lobster.
I park and walk by myself if I arrive early or with a friend for a good 15-20 mins before eating to work up my appetite.
The trail is right by the waters. So bring a jacket. Even if it's a nice sunny 75 degree day. Due to the open waters and open area, it gets extremely windy.
It's close to SFO, it's a nice view to watch airplanes take off and enjoy a nice coffee there too.
When walking on the trials, you'll some times see a bench or 2, so you can sit and rest.
I love meeting new people on the walk, esp when they have a really cute puppy!!

My husband and I love walking our pup through the trail! It's very scenic and the pathway is very wide. We love starting at Bayside Park, to play fetch, and walking our way down to Kincaid area or vice versa! The view is quite amazing!! There are also various built in exercise machines around the loop, super cute and fun!

One of my many places to walk and unwind. Parking is sometimes non existent but you can find more just across the street. It's all flatland along Airport Blvd. no inclines which I like when I'm doing my mild walks. You'll see an occasional plane take off, murky waters, and a dog park. Tbh I'll come just to park and look at the water...don't come here if you can't clean up after yourself or your fur baby, please.

I love coming over here and running on this part of the Bay Trail!!

This stretch goes from Seal Point Park to the Coyote Point Recreational Area right along the bay. It's flat and straight, you will find runners, walkers, skaters, and cyclists enjoying this stretch very often, especially on sunny weekends.

You get great views of the bay and the San Mateo Bridge here. I think all parts of the Bay Trail has something unique to offer since it basically runs throughout the Bay Area, and as a runner, I am so happy to have this trail everywhere!!!

A fine, flat, clean trail, but confusing due to detours or poor signage.

(Foster City) Tedious alert: I started at Port Royal Park in Foster City and went 3 miles to the Levee Pedway, which did not allow bikes contrary to Yelp reviews. Followed detours up Mariners Island, eventually hooking up with the Bay Trail at the Golf Center on 3rd Avenue. There, the Bay Trail was blocked due to construction, with no access to the 3rd Avenue Upper Launch where we saw windsurfers. Instead, we rode to Seal Point Park and beyond. And though Maps shows the trail reaching SFO, we were blocked off well before the marina. It's like finding out Wally World is closed with no moose to punch.

(SF): Rode from Crissy Field across the wind-wobbly narrow two-way path across the Golden Gate Bridge (full of angry cyclists) to Sausalito, and missed a few unmarked turns despite studying trail maps. On the way back, a missed turn put us on the actual freeway. I think maybe half the people who jump off the bridge had followed the online trail maps.

Lovely straight path for a stroll or biking. Some like to fish here on the flat rocks off the dock as well. Saw a couple of ducks swimming by or just chillin' like in the picture. Also saw a family of racoons running by across the water!

It's by the bay I love the ocean so it was nice. Howeve, it isn't as green and clean as I would like it to be. Half of the trail is very dirty. Half of trail, which is pavement and well constructed was clean.

We rented some bikes and took a ride to the Golden Gate. We ventured along the water, and rode up a hill and saw lots of wild life and beautiful architecture and houses and parks. Plenty of space for people to go opposite directions and not run into each other, well kept, no trash and plenty of stop areas. It was a great ride and so nice to go on again.

The family and I ventured out on this long trail seeking an area that wasn't congested with people. We ended up on the side going into Foster City which was spacious.

The trail is very long so you choose how long to walk, bike, roller skate, etc. The air was fresh, the sky clear, and the airplanes crossing above us. People were fishing on a certain part of the trail which was an interesting sight. The trail was very enjoyable except for the people who didn't respect the sections where it was only for pedestrians. The trail has signs that all pedestrians should be wearing a facial covering and keep a 6 foot distance. About 80% of people on this trail we're wearing facial coverings.

Most of the parking lots are closed to access the trails. All of the bathrooms are closed so make sure to go before you come to this trail.

Overall great trail. Come early to minimize groups of people around you as you walk. Great exercise on a paved flat surface!

Spent a beautiful Saturday afternoon biking here. I've always loved this trail, but haven't been here in about 15 years. The first thing I noticed were business buildings that weren't here before, and in parts of the area that was completely vacant land. I liked it better before, completely undeveloped, but that's life everywhere in the Bay Area. Silicon Valley was once filled with fruit orchards, believe it or not! Nonetheless, still a beautiful long trail, where you can freely bike for miles, without cars, and without being bombarded on the trail with numerous walkers and young children.

A great place to spend a nice day, and certainly a great escape from the City. This is the suburbs, folks. The Foster City portion of the trail is on landfill though, and in certain spots you can really smell that landfill!