Hikes
My collection of hikes, mostly around the San Francisco Bay Area (zoom out to explore further afield!). Click a marker on the map below for a link to the blog post about the hike, or browse all hike posts.
The first blog post I ever wrote was about a short test hike with a Magellan GPS back in 2015. Since then I've posted about almost every new hike. The amount of equipment used has varied tremendously. Currently I log the route on my phone using Gaia GPS, record a hyper lapse video on an Insta 360 and take some photos.
Post processing results in a downloadable KML track in case you want the exact route and a visualization on both Google Maps and a chart of the elevation profile (details here).
While I used to only post the first time I did a hike I'm trying to start a habit of adding a photo or video every time I go back. Some of these routes are one offs but many are family favorites that we visit often.
I use the tag sfdogwalk for dog friendly hikes.
Recent Hikes
- Sunset Dunes (4.73 miles, Sunday, April 20, 2025.)
- Clikapudi Loop (6.66 miles, 310 feet total elevation gain, Sunday, December 8, 2024.)
- Waters Gulch Loop Trail (3.23 miles, 429 feet total elevation gain, Sunday, December 8, 2024.)
- Milagra Ridge (2.59 miles, 521 feet total elevation gain, Sunday, August 11, 2024.)
- Tunnel Mountain (5.47 miles, 533 feet total elevation gain, Sunday, July 28, 2024.)
- Bolinas Point Loop (2.51 miles, 106 feet total elevation gain, Saturday, April 13, 2024.)
- Point Reyes - Divide Meadow Loop (4.64 miles, 1,126 feet total elevation gain, Saturday, April 13, 2024.)
- Philosopher's Way in McLaren Park (2.28 miles, 208 feet total elevation gain, Thursday, June 29, 2023.)
- Presidio Loop Hike (4.12 miles, 322 feet total elevation gain, Monday, June 12, 2023.)
- Phantom Falls (3.74 miles, 322 feet total elevation gain, Monday, February 27, 2023.)
Longest Hikes
- Point Reyes - Tomales Point (9.23 miles, Sunday, April 26, 2009.)
- Oakland Hills (Longer Walk) (8.16 miles, Friday, November 24, 2006.)
- Point Reyes - Drakes Estero (7.58 miles, Sunday, September 25, 2005.)
- Creekside Trail to Big Leaf Trail Loop (7.29 miles, 620 feet total elevation gain, Saturday, December 18, 2021.)
- Clikapudi Loop (6.66 miles, 310 feet total elevation gain, Sunday, December 8, 2024.)
- Tunnel Mountain (5.47 miles, 533 feet total elevation gain, Sunday, July 28, 2024.)
- Coronavirus Hikes: May 2020 (5.26 miles, 767 feet total elevation gain, Monday, June 1, 2020.)
- Bull Valley Trail to Port Costa (5.20 miles, 726 feet total elevation gain, Sunday, May 30, 2021.)
- Angel Island Perimeter Road (5.02 miles, 434 feet total elevation gain, Thursday, July 22, 2021.)
- Limantour Spit (5.01 miles, 108 feet total elevation gain, Wednesday, May 29, 2019.)
Browse all hike posts on I Thought He Came With You.