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SF BAY AREA DAY TRIP ADVENTURE
Destination: San Bruno Mountain, Brisbane
Hike to the summit of San Bruno Mountain
This is part of a series of family-oriented day trip outings around the San Francisco Bay Area I look forward to enjoying with my kids once social distancing and shelter in place isn’t the norm any longer.
Destination: San Bruno Mountain
- Hike the Summit Loop Trail
- Summit San Bruno Mountain
If you’ve ever driven from the Peninsula up to San Francisco, it’s hard to miss San Bruno Mountain. It is usually where the fog gets caught as it moves in from the coast. Hiking up to the summit is a three and a half-mile hike with around a 700-foot elevation gain. On a clear day, you can see the ocean and the bay, all of San Francisco, and much of the Peninsula.
There isn’t a lot nearby, and the hike will leave you tired afterward, so I’m not including supplementary locations for this day trip adventure. I might suggest heading down to Brisbane for a burrito once you finish — you deserve it!
