The Golden Gate Dozen Links 12 San Francisco National Park Sites in One 13-Mile Route

The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy has stitched 12 national park sites in San Francisco into a single named route: the Golden Gate Dozen Trail, roughly 13 miles from Crissy Field to Fort Funston. The Conservancy announced the route on July 1, 2026, and it is listed on AllTrails through a partnership between the two organizations.

The 12 stops

The route runs west and then south along the waterfront, in this order: Crissy Field, Presidio Tunnel Tops, Fort Point, the Golden Gate Bridge Welcome Center, Baker Beach, a side trip on the Presidio’s Lobos Creek Valley Trail, China Beach, Lands End, Sutro Baths, Sutro Heights, Ocean Beach and Fort Funston.

Nothing was built for it. The Conservancy connected park sites that were already open to the public and gave the sequence a name and turn-by-turn directions, published at parksconservancy.org/ggdozen. The Conservancy says the route can be hiked or biked, and that accessible options are included.

The donut

The trail has a mascot: a cartoon donut, which the Conservancy says stands for sharing a dozen with friends and family. Walkers and riders can collect stickers of it at three points on the route, the Presidio Visitor Center, the Warming Hut at Crissy Field, and Lands End Lookout above Sutro Baths.

“The Golden Gate Dozen Trail is an invitation to get out, get moving, and see your favorite national park sites in a whole new way,” Christine Lehnertz, president and CEO of the Parks Conservancy, said in the announcement. David Smith, general superintendent of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, said in the same release that “only here could you see 12 national park sites in one day.”

Doing it in pieces

The full 13 miles is a long day on foot. The Conservancy frames the route as something to take in sections, and the segments break cleanly. Crissy Field to Fort Point and back is flat and short. The Lands End Trail, which follows the former right-of-way of the Ferries and Cliff House Railway, connects China Beach to Sutro Baths with the bridge in view for much of it. Ocean Beach to Fort Funston is a straight run down the sand and the bluffs above it.

The San Francisco Examiner reported on the route on July 9. The Conservancy publishes a separate Transit to Trails guide with the Muni, SamTrans and BART connections to each end of the route, which matters if you walk one direction and ride back.

One of the stops has an anniversary this year: the Presidio turns 250 on September 17. For more on what is on around the city, see our September 2026 guide.

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