Foothill
Reg Pk
Bothe-Napa
Valley St Pk
Armstrong
Redwoods
St Pk
SC 66
Transit to Trails
VINE 11
(Mon, Tue,
Wed, Sat only)
SC 29
(Summer only)
SC 60
Forestville
W
Hood Mtn
Reg Pk
es
er
ou
t C
n
en
J
To
SC 20
Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa
Cr k
•Transit
G reenway
Sugarloaf
Ridge St Pk
VINE 10
N A PA
SC 20
nt
rai
y T
l
Laguna de
Santa Rosa
SC 24
Ragle Ranch
Reg Pk
Jo
e
Ro
t
do
Mall
rail
a T
Car-Free Hiking Adventures in the Bay Area
Annadel
St Pk
Sebastopol
Many Bay Area parks, beaches, and trails are accessible by public transit. This map gets you started by highlighting
some of the possibilities for great car-free outings. Look for more transit-accessible hikes at the transitandtrails.org
website. You can visit baynature.org and parkinfo.org for information on Bay Area parks. Keep in mind that routes
and schedules are subject to change, so check with 511.org before you go.
SC 30
SMCB 95
Sonoma Valley
Reg Pk
Vacaville
er
n
Jen
To
Glen
Ellen
Jack
London
St Pk
Rohnert
Park
Bodega
Bay
SONOMA
FS 40
(Weekday)
Sonoma
Overlook
Trail
Bodega
Head
GG 80
Napa
VINE 1a
Westwood
Hills Pk
Sonoma
Skyline
Wilderness
Pk
VINE 2
JFK
Memorial
Pk
Petaluma
Fairfield
Rockville Hills
Reg Pk
SC 40
FS 7
(No Sunday)
FS 7
(Weekdays only)
Hill
Slough
Wildlife Area
FS 7
(No Sunday)
Shollenberger Pk
VT 85
Helen Putnam
Reg Pk
Rush
Ranch
OSP
SC 38 / VM
(Weekdays only)
FS 90
VT 85
FS 7
VINE 10
FS 40
Mt Burdell
OSP
River
Pk
Novato
Verissimo
Hills OSP
Loma Alta
OSP
R
China Camp
St Pk
MT 233
Ri
dg
e
Tr
Ho
rse
Re
gio
ST 390, 391
Menlo Park
ST 85
(Weekday)
ild
lif
OSP
Windy
Hill OSP
S A N M AT E O
San Gregorio
St Beach
ST 17
Re
fug
Mountain
View
Preserve
VTA 22
VTA 51
VTA 26
Foothill
College
VTA 45
San Jose
VTA 22
VTA 51
Alum Rock Pk
Penitencia
Creek
County Pk
•
Diridon
Transit
Center
VTA 26
VTA 22
Tamien
Pomponio
St Beach
oy
ST 17
Coyote Hellyer
County Pk
ote
Pk
Pescadero Marsh
Natural Reserve
wy
VTA 64
VTA 63
Blossom
Hill
s
VTA 27
Pescadero
VTA 27
VTA 27
Los Gatos
Almaden
Lake
Los
Al
am
it
St. Joseph's
Hill OSP
Map prepared by GreenInfo Network for Bay Area
Open Space Council and Bay Nature magazine.
Transit data from 511.org Regional Transit
Database; park data from California Protected
Areas Database and park agencies. Cartography
by Louis Jaffe. © 2009 BAOSC & Bay Nature
il
S A N TA C L A R A
Sunnyvale
Baylands
VTA 40
Rancho
San
Antonio
s s Tr a
Ed Levin
County Pk
VTA 22
Arastradero
rne
e
VTA 40
Portola
Valley
Bus Number
e
Palo Alto
Baylands Mountain
View
Shoreline
Palo Alto
Huddart
County
Pk
W
e Wi l de
Crk
County line
e
all
l V Pk
De eg
R
t ’l
Ohlon
Mission Peak
Reg Preserve
C
Other rail
il
Na
Stevens Crk Tr
Light rail
ra
l T
Ba
CalTrain
na
SF
BART
n
s
Purissima Creek
Redwoods
OSP
Edgewood
County Pk
Ohlone Reg
Wilderness
Sunol Reg
Wilderness
AC 218
DB
(Weekday)
(Weekday)
ST 85
Alameda Contra Costa Transit
County Connection (Contra Costa)
Dumbarton Express
Fairfield-Suisun Transit
Golden Gate Transit
Marin Transit
San Francisco Municipal Transportation
Sonoma County Transit
South Mendocino Coast Bus
SamTrans (San Mateo County)
Tri Delta Transit (Contra Costa)
Napa Valley Transit
Valley of the Moon Commute Club
Vallejo Transit
Santa Clara Valley Transportation
Western Contra Costa Transit
Livermore Amador Valley Transit
West Marin Stagecoach
Ohlone
College
AC 218
rd
Half
Moon
Bay
Fremont
Ardenwood
Historic Farm
wa
Ferry
I ro
Ed
ST 17, 294
r
sT
Half Moon
Bay St Beach
Pulgas
Ridge OSP
ing
Bus
Tr
Coyote Hills
Reg Pk
n
ST 294
(Weekday)
DB
(Weekday)
Cre
ek Trail
Do
Belmont
pr
Featured hike
in g
Alame
da
Hillsdale
lS
ta
ys
Cr
Trail
21
99
ri
Other land
ALAMEDA
Union City
Foster
City
Foster Shoreline
City
Sp
Urbanized area
Sycamore Grove Pk
& Veterans Pk
Dry Creek
Pioneer Reg Pk
AC M
r)
pT
m
Ca
er
r
wy
oi
(Sa
rv
Tr
as
se
re
nd
Re
s
nA
Sa
ng
AC
CC
DB
FS
GG
MT
Mu
SC
SMCB
ST
TD
VINE
VM
VT
VTA
WestCAT
Wheels
WMS
Wheels 18
(no Sunday)
B’way
ST 17
Limited access – check first
Shadow Cliffs
Reg Rec Area
Coyote Point
(Weekday)
Thornewood ST 85
Operator GG 80
Wheels 10
Garin
Reg Pk
AC 91
* See reverse for more thorough trip description.
Open to public
1
CC
AC M
Livermore
Wheels 10
(Weekday)
AC
st
San
Pedro
Valley
County Pk
Fitzgerald
Marine
Preserve
• Contra Costa: Mount Diablo*. One-way, two-day backpack from Walnut Creek’s Howe Homestead Park
through Shell Ridge Open Space and Diablo Foothills, over Diablo summit, down to Donner Canyon trailhead in
Clayton. (18 miles / strenuous)
Livermore Transit Center
Hayward AC 94
Hayward
Regional
Shoreline
y
• East Bay: Richmond to Lake Anza. One-way East Bay hills hike or bike through Wildcat Canyon and Tilden
regional parks (9.5 miles / moderate), with possible extension through EBMUD land (permit required) to Orinda
BART (additional 5 miles / strenuous).
r
AC 93
Pleasanton
Don
Castro
Reg Rec Area
9
ry
McNee
Ranch
St Pk
Montara
ST 342
(Weekday)
ST 294
• Alameda: Fremont to Livermore. One way, 3–day backpack on Ohlone Wilderness Trail, over rugged terrain
in Mission Peak, Sunol, Ohlone, and Del Valle regional parks. EBRPD Permit required. (38.5 miles / strenuous)
AC 91
Bay Fair
SFO
C
Montara
St Beach
AC 55
Castro AC 95
Valley
Milbrae
Pacifica
• Santa Clara: Almaden Quicksilver County Park. Several hiking routes through oak woodland and chaparral,
including one-way between New Almaden and Mine Hill trailheads. Short walk from bus stop to trailhead at both
ends. (5.5+ miles / moderate)
Cull Canyon
Reg Rec Area
San Leandro
ST 390, 391
ST 14
Montara
Mtn
Watershed
San
Ramon
Bishop Ranch
Regional OSP
Lake Chabot
AC 98
(Weekday)
Oyster
Bay Reg
Shoreline
al
• Santa Clara: Stevens Creek Trail to Bay Trail*. Hike or bike from Mountain View Transit Center to Bay at
mouth of Stevens Creek, continuing on Bay Trail to Shoreline Park and Palo Alto Baylands for great birding. (up to
11.5 miles / easy)
eT
AC 98
(Weekday)
South
Hayward
ST 140
Sweeny
Ridge
(GGNRA)
Pacific
St Beach
Oakland
Zoo
Skyline College
ST 110
Mori Pt
(GGNRA)
Buckhorn Canyon
(EBMUD)
Coliseum
S. San Francisco
Los Vaqueros
Danville
1
Sharp Pk
St Beach
Redwood
Reg Pk
Martin Luther King Jr
Reg Shoreline
ST 121, 140
• San Mateo: Pacifica to Montara. One way hike from San Pedro Valley County Park, up and over Montara
Mountain, down through McNee Ranch State Park to Montara State Beach and into town of Montara. (4.5 miles /
moderate)
Morgan Territory
Reg Pk
Fruitvale
Arrowhead
Marsh
Round Valley
Reg Preserve
9
AC
ST 140
Mt Diablo
St Pk
Las Trampas
Reg Wilderness
9
AC
ST 132
C O N T R A C O S TA
Sugarloaf
Open
Space
Pk
bot Reg
Crown
Memorial
St Beach
TD 383
(Weekday)
Clayton
Shell
Ridge
Open
Space Diablo
Foothills
Reg Pk
AC 53
ST 132
ST 121
Lime
Ridge
Open
Space
ors
nH
12th
AC 59
Lk Merritt
k
Oakley
Contra
Loma
Reg Pk
Black Diamond Mines
Reg Preserve
CC 930
(Weekday)
Cha
Colma
Moraga
Dimond
Pk
19th
I ro
Joaquin
Oakland Miller Pk
San
Francisco
Bay
ST 390, 391
• San Francisco: Embarcadero BART to Ocean Beach. One-way urban shoreline adventure (on foot or bike),
from downtown S.F. through Fisherman’s Wharf, the Marina, Crissy Field, and Lands End. (12 miles / moderate)
AC 51
ST 110
Temescal
Reg Rec
AC 59 Area
CC 206
CC 106
Sibley
Volcanic
Reg Pres
Bay Farm Is
Ferry Term
ST 121
ST 391
• Marin: Sausalito to Stinson Beach. One-way hike (with possible overnight at Hawk or Pantoll campgrounds)
from Spencer Bus Pad across Marin Headlands, down to Muir Beach, up Coastal Trail to Mount Tam (Pantoll),
down to Stinson Beach. (17.5 miles / strenuous)
Rockridge
AC 51
r bo
r Ba
y
Paul Av Mu T
Balboa Mu 29
Park
Daly City
CC 106
Alameda
Ha
24th St
Glen Park
Lake
Merced
Orinda
5
• Marin: Point Reyes National Seashore*. One-way day hike or overnight trip from Five Brooks to Bear Valley
Visitor Center, over Inverness Ridge to Wildcat Beach, Glen Camp, and Bear Valley. (12-15 miles / strenuous)
Alameda Ferry Term.
Walnut
Creek
CC 206
Lafayette Res
6
AC
Fort Funston
(GGNRA)
Transbay
Terminal
CalTrain
Depot
San Francisco
Mu L
S.F. Zoo
Oakland Ferry Term.
16th St
ST 391
Mu J
Mu M,K
Mu 29
b
Pa
• Sonoma: Joe Rodota & West County Trails. Two connected level paved trails (biking, running, hiking) from
Santa Rosa to Sebastopol to Forestville, with access to Laguna de Santa Rosa Wetlands Preserve for good birding.
(14.5 miles/easy)
Oakla
n
Alam d
eda
Ferry Building
Civic
Center
Gold en Gate Pk
Mu N
Sa n
MacArthur
Mu F
Mu 38
Ocean
Beach
7
Land’s
End
4
Ashby
Mu 30
Lafayette
Berkeley
West
Oakland
ing & H
Rid
i
Pleasant
Tr
C o Hill
al
ntr
an
a Costa C
Acalanes
Ridge OSP
AC
7
AC 51
Alcatraz
Presidio
• Sonoma: Overlook Trail. Partial loop hiking-only trail just outside town of Sonoma (half mile from square) with
views of Valley of the Moon. (3 miles / moderate)
6
AC
•
• Napa: Skyline Wilderness Park. Several loop trails for hiking or biking through oak woodland and chaparral
to Lake Marie or up to Sugarloaf Peak. (6+ miles / moderate)
s Res
lo
Re
s
2
AC 7
d
GG Bridge
Bus Pad
2
AC 7
l
Go
Mu 76
(Sunday)
1
St Pk
GG 10
7
AC
•
Tilden
Reg
Pk
Nrth
Bkly
Berkeley
Marina
old
GG 10
GG 22
Spencer
Bus Pad
Rodeo
Beach
Angel Is
&G
Area
Tiburon
Sausalito
e&
Blu
• Solano: Rockville Hills Regional Park. Loop trail (hiking and biking) through oak woodland and grasslands,
with volcanic rock outcrops. (4 miles / easy)
•
Marin City
19
ue
Bl
WMS 61
Nat’l
Rec
GG
Bothin
Marsh
Briones
Reg Pk
EBMUD
El Cerrito
ld
Muir
Woods
Shuttle
GG 17
El Cerrito
Del Norte
Pt Isabel
Regional
Shoreline
Go
Featured Transit-Accessible Hikes
Richardson Bay
Wildlife Preserve
if
Wildcat Canyon
Reg Pk
AC 74
Miller
Knox
Reg Pk
e&
Golden
Gate
ate
Blu
•
Muir
Woods
GG 17,70,80
2
AC 7
AC 74
AC 71
•
•
CC 110, 314
AC 74
Richmond
GG40,42
k
Stinson
Beach
Mt Tamalpais
St Pk Mountain
Home
Mill
Pantoll
Valley
Larkspur Go
lde
Ferry
nG
Term
ylin
Ba
WMS 61
Bolinas
CC 116
Transit
Center
Audubon
Canyon
Ranch
Concord
Mt Wanda
TD 383
(Weekday)
CC 930
TD 394 TD 390
(Weekend) (Weekday)
k Tr
as
•
WestCAT 16
(Weekday)
AC 72
North Concord
Big Break
Reg Shoreline
Antioch
TD 394
(Weekend)
CC 118
ee
lin
San
Anselmo
MMWD
Watershed
San
Rafael
TD 390
(Weekday)
Cr
Bo
WMS68,GG23
Bay Point
FS 40
(Weekday)
G ato
A
Fairfax
Martinez
WestCAT 30Z
(Weekday)
WestCAT 16
AC 71
TD 394
Pittsburg (Weekend)
s
N
Seashore
MT 233
WMS 68
Martinez Reg
Shoreline
Crockett Hills
Reg Pk
Point Pinole
Reg Shoreline
San Pedro Mtn OSP
Carquinez
Strait Reg
Shoreline
FS 90
(Weekday)
Lo
•
Pk
HQ
WMS 62
WestCAT 11
k
lin
Bay
Bus Pad
l
G
Five
Brooks
•delAlameda
Prado
Ca
G
National
MARIN
Mt
Barnabe
Benicia
Brion
e
Samuel
P. Taylor
St Pk
WMS 68
Benicia St
Rec Area
9
•
Bear Vly
Visitor
Center Olema
Pacheco Valle
OSP
old
Reyes
San
Pablo
Bay
GG 49,51
&G
Inverness
Park
Indian Tree
OSP
Pt Reyes
Station
Suisun
Bay
Vallejo
York
& Marin
Transit
Center
Vallejo
Ferry
Terminal
Blu
e
WMS 68
Point
SOLANO
FS 90
(Weekday)
San Pablo Bay Nat’l Wildlife Refuge
1, 5
Inverness
Rush
Creek
OSP
GG 49,51
Tubbs Island
AC
5
O'Hair Pk
Little Mountain
OSP
VT 85
Sonoma
Baylands
Lexington
Reservoir
N
0
Miles
2
4
Abbreviations:
OSP Open Space Preserve
Pres Preserve
Pt
Point
Reg Regional
Res Reserve
St
State
6
8
10
os
C
rk T
rai
l
Santa Teresa
County Pk
Almaden
Quicksilver
County Pk
Sierra Azul OSP
VTA 68