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HikANation Historical Route

Local route18 km · 11 miGood year-round

Next nearby hike: Great Highway 1.5 mi · 2.4 kmExplore Golden Gate National Recreation Area →

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Best time to hike

Year-round

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Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.

How we pick months

Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.

About this trail

The original route of the 1980-81 HikANation cross country hike from San Francisco to Cape Henlopen Delaware

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Trail facts

Mapped length
18 km · 11 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Nearby park
Golden Gate National Recreation Area (1.51 km from the boundary)
Nearest town
6.5 km W of San Francisco (City and County of San Francisco, California) · GeoNames
Best months
Year-round
Country
United States of America
Region
California
Continent
North America
Route type
Local route
Operator (OSM)
HikANation.com
From / to
San Francisco, CA → Cape Henlopen, DE
Route centre
37.7872, -122.4535
Route start
37.7673, -122.4932
OpenStreetMap
relation 15330518
How it’s scored

Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.

Nearest trails

distance from the trail start

Great Highway

1.5 mi · 2.4 km · California

Ocean Beach Route

1.5 mi · 2.4 km · Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Anza Trail

2.2 mi · 3.5 km · Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Double Cross Trail

2.3 mi · 3.7 km · Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Bay Area Ridge Trail

2.4 mi · 3.8 km · Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Mountain Lake Trail

2.5 mi · 4.0 km · Golden Gate National Recreation Area

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