Roundabout Section 4 Clockwise: Daly City BART to Lands' End

Section 4: Daly City BART to Lands End

Too many transit lines to list to and from this hub just outside of San Francisco’s southern border; take your pick! From the station, the trail heads west on John Daly Blvd., named for the dairy and businessman who donated land for homes following the 1906 quake and fire. Just before reaching Lake Merced (one of only three remaining natural lakes in San Francisco), look for the Broderick-Terry Duel Site, where former friends David Broderick, a US Senator, and David Terry, a CA Supreme Court Justice, disagreed and dueled over slavery. Broderick’s gun fired prematurely, Terry shot him, and Broderick died three days later. Their 1859 gun battle is considered the last major duel in US history; the site is a California Historical Landmark. The trail heads for and continues through dog walking mecca (and Double Cross end) Fort Funston, then north along the Pacific Ocean, through the new Sunset Dunes Park, billed as the “largest pedestrianization project in California’s history”. Work your way from the shore up to Sutro Heights Park, where engineer, philanthropist and former mayor Adolph Sutro lived. Sutro’s large property here (including the site of the Sutro Bath ruins) was just part of his San Francisco holdings; before his 1898 death, he owned 1/12 of the whole city.