📍 Who is down for some San Francisco Cross Town Adventure Running!🏃🏃♀️
We did the Crosstown Trail (Green Line in image above) version of this in January 2025 and had lots of fun. Now we are going to do the Double Cross Trail (in Blue) version. I have not done this in the past, so we will learn together. The other version was 66% trail 35% streets and farther. 🎉
Some of the details:
⏰Gathering at 8:15am, and start running 8:30am
🥳 1) Distance : 14.9 Miles +-
🌄 2) Elevation : 1873ft +-
🕦 3) Appr Time: 6.5 hours +-🕚
4) Start location: (Observation Deck at Nike Missile Site SF-59L
(giant parking lot)
5: Finish Location: Levis Plaza (The Embarcadero)
🤗We will not be going fast, but to some that is relative🐌 its more of an adventure, and we will stop at coffee shops🧋maybe a donut shop🥯 or beer 🍺, I mean two, along the way.
ℹ This is a point to point run, so we will need to carpool, and probably take one or more Uber/Lyft back to the start.
🧐More information online:
https://crosstowntrail.org/
ℹ Information on what we will be doing.
https://crosstowntrail.org/double-cross-trail/
🗺️The Route:
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/double-cross-trail
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Here is what is written about this run. But before I go, if you have any questions, please ask. Open invite, and all ages welcomed and encouraged.
Connecting the four corners of San Francisco, the Crosstown Trails run through hidden trails, public parks, shopping corridors, tiled stairways, and community gardens along the way.
You can walk, run, or bike them (in either direction!).
Section 1: Fort Funston, Merced and Pine Lakes, Stern Grove
From bluffs at San Francisco’s southwest corner at Fort Funston, watch for swooping hang gliders, concrete bunkers that were once part of the city’s coastal defense system, and happy dogs at this popular walking spot. The trail continues past Lake Merced and Pine Lake, two of only three natural freshwater lakes in the city (Mountain Lake in the Presidio is the other), a vital part of the Pacific Flyway providing habitat for migrating birds. Along the wooded natural amphitheater of Stern Grove, look for Victorian era roadhouse the Trocadero Clubhouse where bullet holes still mark the exterior, hinting at the former inn’s rowdy past.
Section 2: Edgehill Mountain, Twin Peaks, Mt Olympus
Double Cross Section 2 starts in West Portal, named for the transit tunnel aperture that opened in 1918, spurring development of this and adjacent residential park neighborhoods. Trek along paths unknown to most outsiders, past a long ago rock quarry of radiolarian chert containing marine plankton 100-200 million years old, and up to some of the best vista points in town at Twin Peaks, Tank Hill, and Buena Vista Park. Finish this trail section with a stop at the Harvey Milk Center for the Arts, named for the famed former city supervisor and civil rights leader.
Section 3: Postcard Row, Civic Center, City Icons
Section 3 offers fresh views of San Francisco’s most iconic sights. Take in the Seven Sisters of Postcard Row at Alamo Square, City Hall, the California Street cable car line and Nob Hill, Chinatown and the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory, the Transamerica Pyramid, North Beach cafes and hotspots, Lillie Coit’s Tower, and the steps and views from Telegraph Hill (maybe catching sight of the wild local parrots), before finishing along the waterfront at Pier 23.
Also check out other Trips & Adventurous Activities in San Francisco, Arts events in San Francisco.
