Guest guest Posted October 25, 2002 Report Share Posted October 25, 2002 Hello SBVS'ers: Just a friendly reminder of the hike in San Francisco this Sunday. Remember, due to the time change ( " fall back " ) you get a whole extra hour of sleep before this hike! Hope to see on Sunday. - Julio --------------------- Here are the details of the SBVS hike I am leading in San Francisco on Sunday October 27. Remember that Daylight Savings Time ends the morning of the hike! If you have any questions, my contact info is at the end of this message. We will be carpooling from the Page Mill Park and Ridein Palo Alto. I hope you can join us! Take care, Julio P.S. If anyone has any suggestions for a casual good inexpensive veggie restaurant for the optional dinner afterwards, I would love to hear them. ----------------------- HIKE DESCRIPTION ----------------------- A South Bay Veggies Hike: San Francisco: Crissy Field-Presidio-Northern SF Hike, October 27 (Sunday) Destination: San Francisco- Crissy Field/ Presidio October 27, 2002. Total length of hike: 6 miles Total elevation gain: 500 feet (approx.) Crissy Field URL: http://www.crissyfield.org Driving distance/time: 50 miles / 1h hour approx. each way Cost: Free parking, plus mileage. Rain: Cancels Optional Dinner Afterwards (suggestions for casual veggie restaurant appreciated) Meet: 9:30 am at the Page Mill Road Park and Ride (Page Mill Road x I-280) 10:45 am at lobby of Crissy Field Center, San Francisco *NOTE: Remember DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS on this day! bring: lunch, sunscreen, plenty of water, coat (in case it is windy and foggy), all the usual stuff. Crissy Field and the Presidio are part of arguably the most unique and stunning urban park in the U.S. if not the world. Spectacular views of San Francisco Bay, the Marin Headlands, the city of San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge, or the Pacific Ocean are evident at almost every turn as one walks along the shore of San Francisco Bay. These parts of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area also offer many natural and historic features. San Francisco is famous for its many intimate and distinct neighborhoods with boundaries which are often determined by the City’s many hills. Immediately adjacent to Crissy Field and the Presidio are some of the nicest neighborhoods and the nicest views. We will begin our hike at the Crissy Field Center from which we will walk westward along the shore of SF Bay to the Golden Gate Bridge. We will then take a brisk walk to the middle of the Golden Gate Bridge and return to the Presidio where we will have lunch at a spot with a great view of the Golden Gate. After lunch, we will walk along the Coastal Trail to Baker Beach where we will spend some time enjoying the beach. Next, we will proceed eastward to walk through parts of the Pacific Heights and Marina neighborhoods. We will then loop back to the Crissy Field Center by walking westward along the shore of the bay through Fort Mason and the Marina Green. DIRECTIONS to Crissy Field Center from Page Mill Road Park & Ride : - Take the I-280 NORTH ramp towards SAN FRANCISCO - Take 19th AVENUE EXIT from I-280 in SF (only possibility is northward) - Stay on 19th AVENUE going north - When you reach Golden Gate Park, 19th AVENUE transitions to PARK- PRESIDIO AVENUE (to make sure you make this transition correctly, get in the rightmost lane after you arrive at Golden Gate Park) - Continue northward on PARK-PRESIDIO - After passing through a tunnel, watch out for the DOWNTOWN/MARINA BLVD. EXIT, which you should take (first exit after tunnel) - You will then be on Doyle Drive. Go to the leftmost lane and take the MARINA BLVD. EXIT, which will put you on MARINA BLVD heading EAST. - Your next goal is to arrange to travel WEST on MARINA BLVD. (Try either making a right turn onto a sidestreet and then looping back to Marina Blvd or make a left turn into one of the parking lots on Marina Green and then loop back to Marina Blvd) - When you are HEADING WEST on MARINA BLVD, you will encounter a stoplight where you can veer slightly right to get off Marina Blvd and head into the Presidio/ Crissy Field. - You are now on MASON STREET and the CRISSY FIELD CENTER will be to your left (at the corner with HALLECK STREET). Trip organizer: Julio Magalhães E-mail: jamzemail Phone: 650-947-8124 (home) Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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