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View over Fort Cronkhite and Rodeo Beach
Fort Cronkhite Trail
Difficulty Level: Easiest
Trail Length: 0.39 miles round trip

Located in the Marin Headlands north of Rodeo Lagoon, Fort Cronkhite is a former World War II military post that stands at the edge of the Pacific Ocean. Fort Cronkhite is one of the few examples of these World War II "mobilization posts" remaining in the country.

Ember Ridge Ranch in Rancho Corral de Tierra
Ember Ridge Trail
Difficulty Level: Easiest
Trail Length: 1.74 miles round trip

This access trail to Rancho Corral de Tierra connects visitors with the Spine Trail. Along the way, it takes visitors past the Ember Ridge Equestrian Center; you're free to look but please don't disturb the horses (or the staff!).

Bridge over the Crissy Field Marsh
East Beach Lagoon Trail
Difficulty Level: Easiest
Trail Length: 0.32 miles round trip

This short trail takes visitors on a boardwalk across the Crissy Marsh, an essential feature of Crissy Field's dramatic, community-powered transformation in 2001. Today, you'll pass through beautifully restored wildlife habitat and have a chance to see several species of waterbirds, including the majestic great egret.  

Deer Park Fire Road
Deer Park Fire Road
Difficulty Level: Easiest
Trail Length: 4.81 miles round trip

This lovely trail in the Mt. Tamalpais Watershed features spectacular vistas, shady forests, springtime wildflowers, and plenty of connections with other trails. Be aware that this one is popular with mountain bikers, so everyone should stay alert and courteously share the trail.

Joggers enjoy the Crissy Field Promenade
Crissy Field Promenade Trail
Difficulty Level: Easiest
Trail Length: 3.44 miles round trip

Restored in 2001, Crissy Field wasted no time in becoming a San Francisco icon and a gem of the Parks Conservancy. The former military airfield now sports a clean, smooth promenade with views of the Golden Gate, Alcatraz, and the North and East Bays.

Skyline view from Coyote Ridge Trail
Coyote Ridge Trail
Difficulty Level: Easiest
Trail Length: 1.52 miles round trip

Running along Coyote Ridge, this trail presents visitors with panoramic, eye-popping views of San Francisco, the Pacific, the rolling hills and valleys of the Marin Headlands, and, on clear days, even Mt. Diablo far to the east.

Golden Gate Bridge view from Battery Yates at Fort Baker
Battery Yates Trail
Difficulty Level: Easiest
Trail Length: 0.30 miles round trip

After visiting Cavallo Point and the beautifully restored Colonial Revival buildings along the main parade at Fort Baker, be sure to make a side trip to Battery Yates, located just off Satterlee Road.

Battery Crosby in the Presidio
Battery Crosby Trail
Difficulty Level: Easiest
Trail Length: 0.27 miles round trip

This short segment of the Batteries to Bluffs Trail takes visitors to Battery Crosby, an Endicott-era battery completed and armed in 1900 to protect the underwater minefield outside the Golden Gate.

Battery Alexander Trailhead
Batteries Loop Trail
Difficulty Level: Easiest
Trail Length: 0.97 miles round trip

This trail involves walking along a dirt trail through several Civil War-era military batteries near a cliff edge. It also includes several areas where terrain varies and involves stairs.

San Francisco garter snake
Lishumsha Trail
Difficulty Level: Easiest
Trail Length: 0.38 miles round trip

The Lishumsha Trail takes visitors from the flat Old Mori Road Trail up the hill toward the blufftops at Mori Point.

"Lishumsha" is the local Ohlone Native word for "garter snake"--an allusion to the endangered San Francisco garter snake that is protected at Mori Point, and which is making