Adventure 008, Hike 071 - Crissy Fields

Capture California, the Game-2012

Adventure: 008, Hike 071 – Crissy Fields to Park Trail

Team: Thing One, Thing Two

Date:  August 30, 2012

Location: Presidio, San Francisco

Hike Info:

Trail: Crissy Fields to Park Trail

Distance: 1.7 miles

Duration: 0:43

Elevation Rise: 3'

Description:

We getting off of the Route 22 bus was the start of four trails we walked, plus several other smaller trails we touched. The trails we went on were: Crissy Fields-Bay Area Trail, Park Trail, Mountain Lake Trail, Ecology Trail, and Presido Promenade. Whoa! That is five trails. The day was cold-windy with clouds and fog. So if we walked too slowly, we got cold. Talk about incentive for us to get a moving.



For our venture, we looked at several sources. One of them talked about a trail starting around the Marina, passing Crissy Fields and going on to Fort Point. Since we were getting off route 22 at the Marina, this seems like a good first leg. We think that it will be a pretty short segment, and not really counted as a trail, since we want to do the Tennessee Hollow Trail. When we get off the bus, we started on what turns out to be part of the Bay Area Trail. Thing One and Thing Two walked along Marina for a little ways when realized that it was 2:30 and we had not had lunch. Out comes some crackers and granola bar, eaten by the water-side, in the wind. So off we go again. Where we thought we would be turning off of this trail for the Tennessee Hollow Trail, turned into a construction site rerouting Highway 101 off of Doyle Ave. This blocked us from our planned route. So on we go to Park Trail. So this is turning into a separate trail for us—Crissy Fields to Park Trail as we saw it in one web site. Not that we are complaining. You get good views of the bay, Alcatraz, and the fog topped Golden Gate bridge. When we hit the Crissy Fields buildings at Park Blvd, it is time for the easy, flat trail to end and for us to take off up the hill.