SFKat - Urban Hike to Twin Peaks

This is a really nice walk through several parts of San Francisco up the beautiful view on Twin Peaks.

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Author:	sfkat
Date:	18 Jul 2009 10:31:43 AM
Source:	on my BlackBerry phone
Activity:	Hiking ActivitySearchHiking
State:	California (CA)
Distance:	Total: 6.85 mi Active: 6.67 mi (Change units)
Calories:	470
Average Speed:	Overall: 2.5 mph - 0:23:35/mi Active: 2.7 mph - 0:22:41/mi
Duration:	Total: 2:41:45 Active: 2:31:14 Resting: 0:10:31
Survey Elevation:	Total Gain: 1554 ft Total Loss: 1554 ft Net Change: 0 ft
Difficulty:	5 / 10
Tags:	California, San Francisco, san francisco, urban hike, twin peaks, sightseeing
Rating:	Unrated Rate it

Starting in the Mission, you travel through Noe Valley and up Clipper Street to Twin Peaks, climb to the peaks and get a great view of the entire city. Coming back down you travel along Burnett passing some cute little houses and some lovely gardens, then through a segment of Eureka Valley, the Castro, and back to the Mission. I love this urban hike. Good sight seeing and relatively uncrowded.

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Tracks

Distance: 6.85 mi	Points: 1313	Calories: 470
Total Time: 2:41:45	Speed: 2.5 mph	Pace: 23:35 / mi
Active Time: 2:31:14	Speed: 2.6 mph	Pace: 22:41 / mi

Points of Interest

View from top

Location: 37.751503, -122.447814
The view from this hill is better than the view from the other hill. You can see more of the city from this one.

Stairs

Location: 37.750926, -122.448474
They take you right down to the road like all the stairs do, but there's very little traffic.

Stairs

Location: 37.752250, -122.447348
Stairs up to the top.

Stairs

Location: 37.752691, -122.447605

Stairs

Location: 37.753887, -122.447385

View point

Location: 37.754604, -122.446935
This is a small parking lot with a self cleaning, public toilet, and a view. Usually tourists here enjoying the view.

Wall

Location: 37.754023, -122.447101
There's a wall here that separates the road from a small dirt road that you can use to get back to the stairs that will take you back down to Crestline.

Stairs to Twin Peaks

Location: 37.751843, -122.446382
There's a little icon of a hiker here.

Stairs

Location: 37.751809, -122.446060
Two sets of stairs take you down to Parkridge Rd.

No sidewalk

Location: 37.756576, -122.444741
There are a couple of short parts of this street where you have to walk on the road, but traffic is light.

View

Location: 37.753357, -122.447439
The view from the other peak is slightly better (you can see more of the city), but you can see the Twin Peaks Reservoir from this peak.