Roaming The Bay Trail Around Oyster Point

Over the years, Roaming Zen has only ventured beyond city limits twice, both times to visit San Bruno Mountain. For this roam, to celebrate the advent of daylight savings time, we will head out to South San Francisco to walk a lovely portion of the Bay Trail around Oyster Point.

This is an area I love riding my bike around; we won't be able to roam the whole stretch, but we will do some of the best parts. Apart from the tranquility of the path alongside the water and sky, we will also glimpse some of the extensive development in the area, which includes public spaces and amenities, and take an unexpected path near the airport.

This is a one-way roam! We will meet adjacent to the South San Francisco Caltrain station and end at the San Bruno Caltrain station. It is a little longer than the average roam, but almost entirely flat (the bridge over the 101 is about as high as we get). Bathrooms are few and far between, so plan accordingly.

We will meet at 1:15 - please note the slightly earlier start time. I will be catching the 12:55 train down from 4th St, which will get us into South SF at 1:10. Take the subway from the platform towards Airport Boulevard, and you will come up at Karyl Matsumoto Plaza (pictured below) at the intersection with Grand Ave, and adjacent to Wildflour Bakery.

Hopefully we can catch the 4:57 or 5:27 north from San Bruno - if you prefer to return by BART, it is a quarter mile or so on from Caltrain.