Lands End Coastal Trail
San Francisco (Outer Richmond) · near San Francisco · SF Bay Area
Hiking
At a glance
- Difficulty
- easy
- Route type
- out-and-back
- Distance
- 3.4 miles
- Elevation gain
- 360 ft
- Time needed
- day
- Best season
- Year-round · Clearest views Sept–Nov; summer fog common
Permits and booking
- Permit required
- No
- How the permit works
- Free GGNRA land; lots fill early on weekends. Muni-accessible. Leashed dogs allowed.
- How hard the permit is to get
- 0 of 5
What is here
- Features
- Rugged Pacific bluffs · Golden Gate Bridge views · Sutro Baths ruins · Mile Rock overlook & Labyrinth · Shipwreck sites
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Hiking detail
- Intl tip
- Start at the Lands End Lookout visitor center for parking, restrooms, and a café; walk out to the Mile Rock/Labyrinth overlook spur — the best viewpoint, easy to miss.
The guide
The signature urban coastal hike of San Francisco, threading cypress groves along cliffs above the mouth of the Golden Gate. It…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Lands End Coastal Trail — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.7799, -122.5106