Thornton State Beach

SF Bay Area

parks

At a glance

Size
58
Established
1955

parks detail

Hook
A quiet Daly City bluff beach at the north end of the great Ocean Beach strand
More
Once the terminus of an ocean-shore railroad scheme, now a low-key bluff access to the great sweep of sand running toward Fort Funston's hang gliders. Facilities washed out decades ago and were never rebuilt — treat it as a trailhead, not a resort.

Getting there

Coordinates
37.689, -122.496

Driving directions

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