San Francisco hike on Sat. June 21

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Hello South Bay Veggies:

 

I am leading a hike in San Francisco through the

northeastern neighborhoods and along the waterfront on

Saturday June 21. A full description of the hike is at

the end of this message.

 

This hike is being co-listed as a Stanford Outing Club

event.

 

For further information on how to arrive at the

carpooling point and on the Stanford Outing Club

(which does not require any affiliation with Stanford)

go to the club?s website:

www.stanford.eduouting/

 

For the optional dinner, we will split the group into

vegetarian and non-vegetarian dinner groups or go to a

restaurant that accomodates both preferences depending

on the size of the hiking group.

 

I hope to see you on the hike. NO NEED TO RSVP. If you

have any questions, feel free to contact me (contact

information at end of e-mail).

 

 

Regards,

Julio

 

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San Francisco: Northeastern Neighborhoods/ Waterfront

Hike, Jun. 21 (Sat.)

 

Destination: San Francisco- Northeastern

neighborhoods/ waterfront

June 21, 2003.

Total length of hike: About 7 miles

Total elevation gain: 500 feet (approx.)

Fort Mason URL: http://www.fortmason.org

Driving distance/time: 50 miles / 1h hour approx.

each way

Cost: Free parking, plus mileage.

 

Optional Dinner Afterwards

 

Meet: 9:30 am at the Bechtel I-Center, Stanford (for

carpooling)

10:45 am across the street from main door of

Green?s restaurant at Fort Mason, San

Francisco

 

bring: lunch, sunscreen, plenty of water, coat (in

case it is windy and foggy), all the usual stuff.

 

San Francisco is famous for its many intimate and

distinct neighborhoods defined by the City?s hills and

for the striking views of San Francisco Bay. Some of

the nicest views and nicest neighborhoods are in the

northeastern section of San Francisco. Based on the

popularity of our earlier hikes to SF, we will now

explore the northeastern section of San Francisco as

well as the scenic waterfront area along The

Embarcadero.

 

We will begin our hike at Fort Mason from which we

will walk southeastward to Russian Hill and some of

its little known vista points. We will then hike over

to Telegraph Hill-- which has Coit Tower at its

summit-- to sample the view from the top and to walk

down the secluded and charming Filbert steps. Next we

will walk down to and along The Embarcadero-- the

boulevard along the northeastern waterfront of SF-- to

see the historic buildings and views along the

waterfront, passing beneath the Bay Bridge along the

way. We will likely make a special stop at the newly

renovated Ferry Building (at the foot of Market

Street) to quickly visit the new highly praised food

court and farmers market area. Our hike will then loop

back through the downtown area to Nob Hill, where we

will visit charming peaceful Huntington Park and walk

by some famous imposing buildings from San Francisco?s

colorful past. From Nob Hill we will return to Fort

Mason by walking through a portion of the Marina

District.

 

 

DIRECTIONS to Fort Mason from Stanford :

 

- Take the I-280 NORTH ramp towards SAN FRANCISCO

- Take 19th AVENUE EXIT from I-280 in SF (only

possibility is northward)

- Stay on 19th AVENUE going north

- When you reach Golden Gate Park, 19th AVENUE

transitions to PARK-PRESIDIO AVENUE (to make

sure you make this transition correctly, get

in the rightmost lane after you arrive at

Golden Gate Park)

- Continue northward on PARK-PRESIDIO

- After passing through a tunnel, watch out for

the DOWNTOWN/ MARINA BLVD. EXIT, which you should

take (first exit after tunnel)

- You will then be on Doyle Drive. Go to the

leftmost lane and take the MARINA BLVD. EXIT,

which will put you on MARINA BLVD heading EAST.

- Continue down MARINA BLVD. until you reach the

stoplight at BUCHANAN STREET (there will be a

Safeway grocery store somewhat in front of you

and to your right at this intersection) where

you should turn left.

- You are now near the entrance to FORT MASON. Look

for a parking space here or drive through the

gates marked by the tan/white gatehouses and

find a parking space.

- We will meet immediately in front of the main

entrance to Green?s restaurant but across the

street from this entrance. Green?s is in the

first long building at Fort Mason.

 

 

Trip " leader " :

Julio Magalhaes

jamzemail (at)

650-947-8124

 

 

 

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