New Golden Gate Dozen Trail Links 12 National Park Sites in One 13-Mile Route
The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy has connected 12 of San Francisco’s national park sites into a single named route. Announced July 1, 2026, the Golden Gate Dozen Trail runs about 13 miles along the city’s northern and western shoreline, from Crissy Field to Fort Funston, and it is mapped on AllTrails through a new partnership between the Conservancy and the app.
What the Route Covers
The trail is stitched together from existing paths, sidewalks, and park trails rather than newly built tread. There are no physical trail markers on the ground yet, so the route exists digitally, with turn-by-turn directions for hiking or biking between stops. AllTrails lists it as a 4.5 to 5 hour outing for the full distance. The Conservancy suggests walking it in sections rather than in one push.
The 12 sites, in order from east to west, are Crissy Field, Presidio Tunnel Tops, Fort Point, the Golden Gate Bridge Welcome Center, Baker Beach, a Presidio side trip on the Lobos Creek Valley Trail, China Beach, Lands End, Sutro Baths, Sutro Heights, Ocean Beach, and Fort Funston. The stretch passes the marshland at Crissy Field, the vantage point under the bridge at Fort Point, the cliffs at Lands End, and the bluffs at Fort Funston.
The Donut and the Stickers
The trail has an illustrated donut as its mascot, a reference to the “dozen” sites the route ties together. Walkers can collect donut stickers at three visitor centers along the way: the Presidio Visitor Center, the Warming Hut near Fort Point, and the Lands End Lookout.
Getting There
The eastern trailhead at Crissy Field is reachable on the free PresidiGo shuttle from the Presidio Transit Center, and Muni route 30 Stockton stops nearby. The western end near Lands End and Ocean Beach is served by Muni routes 5 Fulton, 18 46th Avenue, and 38 Geary. Because the route is one continuous line rather than a loop, planning a transit pickup point before you start makes it easier to walk a single segment and ride back.
Turn-by-turn directions are on the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy site and the route is listed on AllTrails, with additional coverage from Axios San Francisco. For the western portion of the walk, see our guide to the car-free Sunset Dunes park on the Great Highway, and for more this month, our guide to things to do in San Francisco in July 2026.
Photo: Sharon Mollerus, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
