جولة في المدينة California — San Francisco، الولايات المتحدة

San Francisco Waterfront: Fisherman's Wharf to the Golden Gate

A day along the northern shore — wharf, Embarcadero, one absurd crooked block, and then the long approach to the bridge and a walk across it.

المدة: 1 يوم
المسافة: 13.5 km
مستوى الصعوبة: سهل
أفضل موسم: September–October, with April–May as a good shoulder

Almost everything worth seeing in San Francisco sits on the water, and the northern waterfront lets you string it together in one line. This route starts among the sea lions and crab pots of Fisherman’s Wharf, runs the Embarcadero seawall, detours uphill for the city’s most photographed block, and then follows the bay west through old army land to the Golden Gate Bridge — which you walk.

It is around thirteen and a half kilometres. The waterfront is flat and easy; the Lombard Street detour and the climb to the bridge deck are the only real hills, and both are short. Bring layers, always — the wind off the Golden Gate does not care what the forecast said.

Getting there. Start at Fisherman’s Wharf. The Powell–Hyde cable car and the F Market historic streetcar both end nearby, and Muni buses run along the waterfront.

Permits & tickets. The whole route is free. The Golden Gate Bridge sidewalk carries no toll for pedestrians, and Fort Mason and Crissy Field are open public parkland.

Good to know:

Time your day around the fog, not the calendar. Summer mornings here often start grey and burn off only toward the afternoon, and some days they never do.
The bridge’s east sidewalk is the pedestrian side and it closes in the evening; check the hours before committing to a late crossing.
Walk out to the first tower and back if you are short on time — the view does not improve much past it.

تنزيل نقاط الطريق (GPX) نقاط اهتمام بترتيب المشي — وليست تتبّعًا للدرب.

يومًا بيوم

اليومالمسافةالصعودالهبوطوقت المشي

اليوم1 أصعب يومThe northern waterfront to the bridge

المسافة13.5 kmالصعودغير مسجّلالهبوطغير مسجّلوقت المشيغير مسجّل

اليوم 1

The northern waterfront to the bridge

Fisherman's Wharf ← Golden Gate Bridge 13.5 km

التنقّل في هذا اليوم

A west-running line along San Francisco’s northern shore, from the wharf to the middle of the Golden Gate.

مقاطع

Fisherman's Wharf 1 km خريطة

Pier 39 ← Hyde Street Pier

Boardwalk and piers

Start on the northern waterfront, in the neighbourhood and tourist district that grew out of the city's fishing fleet. It is unashamedly touristy and worth an hour anyway: the sea lions hauled out on the docks at Pier 39, the crab stands, and the historic ships at the far end. The Aquatic Park Historic District is usually counted as part of the wharf. About 60 minutes.
The Embarcadero 3 km خريطة

Hyde Street Pier ← Ferry Building and back

Flat waterfront promenade

The Embarcadero is the eastern waterfront of the Port of San Francisco and a major roadway, built on reclaimed land behind a seawall about three miles long. Walk south along the piers to the Ferry Building's clock tower and its food hall, then turn back north — or shortcut the return on the F streetcar. Around 90 minutes out and back.
Lombard Street's crooked block 1.5 km خريطة

North Beach ← Lombard & Hyde

Steep city streets and stairs

The only real climb of the day, up Russian Hill. Lombard Street runs east–west from the Presidio to the Embarcadero, but it is famous for one steep block with eight hairpin turns switchbacking down through flowerbeds. Walk down the stairs beside it rather than the road. The view east over North Beach to the bay is the reason to bother. About 45 minutes.
Down to Fort Mason 2.2 km خريطة

Lombard & Hyde ← Fort Mason

City streets, then park paths

Drop back to the water and into a former United States Army post on the bay in the northern Marina District. Fort Mason served the Army for more than a hundred years, first as a coastal defence site and later as a military port — during the Second World War it was the principal port for the Pacific campaign. Today the piers hold galleries and food, and the bluff above gives you Alcatraz. Around 50 minutes.
Marina Green & Crissy Field 2.5 km خريطة

Fort Mason ← Crissy Field

Flat shoreline path

Flat, open and usually windy. Crissy Field is a public recreation area on the northern shore of the peninsula, just east of the Golden Gate Bridge, with restored tidal marsh and beaches where a military airfield used to be. Kitesurfers, joggers and dogs, with the bridge growing steadily larger ahead of you. About 45 minutes.
Walking the Golden Gate Bridge 3.5 km خريطة

Crissy Field ← Golden Gate Bridge, Marin side

Paved climb, then bridge sidewalk

Climb the path up to the toll plaza and step onto the sidewalk. The bridge spans the Golden Gate, the one-mile-wide (1.6 km) strait connecting San Francisco Bay to the Pacific, linking the tip of the peninsula to Marin County, and the American Society of Civil Engineers counts it among the Wonders of the Modern World. Expect noise, wind and a long drop. Around 90 minutes to cross.