Dipsea Trail
The locally famous trail and race course from Mill Valley to Stinson Beach, through redwood forest and offering hilltop coastal views.
Difficult Hiking
- Distance
- 11 km
- Ascent
- 606 m
- Descent
- 636 m
Challenge yourself with these worthy trails just outside San Francisco.
Hiking Moderate, Difficult
California’s highest mountains and wildest wilderness are within a day’s drive of San Francisco, but you don’t even have to go that far for a worthy challenge. A day well spent in the outdoors is one where your hiking time is much longer than your driving time, and when you come home exhausted but exhilarated. That’s easy to accomplish in the Bay Area, thanks to an impressive landscape and cities that maintain convenient access to it. In a short trip from home you can take on miles of rugged coastline, deep pockets of hilly forest, and heaps of rolling ridgelines. Plus, with a cool climate that’s conducive to endurance days for most of the year, there’s little excuse not to push yourself to explore it all. Let this sample of challenging Bay Area hikes inspire you to do just that.
The locally famous trail and race course from Mill Valley to Stinson Beach, through redwood forest and offering hilltop coastal views.
Difficult Hiking
A waterfall dropping into the sea is the culmination of this wildly scenic, somewhat strenuous, and very popular hike.
Difficult Hiking
An excellent bang-for-your-buck loop with a variety of terrain and scenery.
Difficult Hiking
The worthy way to summit Mount Diablo: hiking it bottom to top on remote and super-scenic trails.
Difficult Hiking
Some of the tallest waterfalls and tallest trees in the Bay Area, all together on this hike.
Difficult Hiking
A sea-to-summit hike with panoramic views the entire way.
Moderate Hiking
The most direct route to a panoramic summit over Silicon Valley.
Moderate Hiking
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