Use this chart to help you find a hiking location that suits your needs. Some locations meet a wide range of criteria due to the varying trails there. Click on the location name for further details.

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Location	Trail surface	Child Transport	Terrain	Facilities	Shade	Extras
Almaden Quicksilver					25% Shaded 50% Shaded
Alpine Trail/Sand Hill Road Trail					25% Shaded
Alum Rock					75% Shaded Full Shade
Alviso Marina and Don Edwards SFBN Wildlife Refuge					Full Sun
Arastradero(Pearson-Arastradero) Preserve					Full Sun 25% Shaded
Ardenwood Farm					75% Shaded
Bay Trail (Belmont and others)					Full Sun
Bol Park Trail					75% Shaded
Byxbee Park & Emily Renzel Wetlands					Full Sun
Calero / Canada del Oro / Sierra Azul
Castle Rock / Summit Rock					Full Shade
Coal Mine Ridge					75% Shaded
Coastside Trail					Full Sun
Crissy Field and Fort Point					Full Sun
Crystal Springs / Sawyer Camp Trail					50% Shaded
Embarcadero					Full Sun
Fitzgerald Marine Reserve					75% Shaded
Foothills Park					25% Shaded 50% Shaded 75% Shaded Full Shade
Fremont Older					25% Shaded 50% Shaded
Golden Gate Bridge					Full Sun
Golden Gate Park					50% Shaded
Guadalupe Oak Grove					25% Shaded
Hakone Gardens					50% Shaded 75% Shaded
Happy Hollow
Hidden Villa					75% Shaded Full Shade
Huddart County Park					Full Shade
John W. Christian Greenbelt & Calabazas Creek					Full Sun
Larry Lane					50% Shaded
Lexington Reservoir					25% Shaded
Long Ridge					50% Shaded
Los Alamitos Creek Trail					50% Shaded
Los Gatos Creek Trail					50% Shaded
Los Trancos					Full Sun 75% Shaded
McClellan Ranch / Blackberry Farm					50% Shaded 75% Shaded
Mission Peak					Full Sun
Monte Bello					25% Shaded
Mori Point					Full Sun
Muir Woods					Full Shade
Palo Alto Baylands					Full Sun
Picchetti					50% Shaded
Purisima Creek Redwoods					75% Shaded Full Shade
Rancho San Antonio					25% Shaded 50% Shaded 75% Shaded
Redwood Grove					50% Shaded 75% Shaded
Russian Ridge					25% Shaded
Ryder, Seal Point, Harborview, and Coyote Point Parks					Full Sun
San Andreas Trail					50% Shaded
San Bruno Mountain					25% Shaded 75% Shaded
San Francisco Zoo					25% Shaded
Sanborn-Skyline Park					Full Shade
Santa Teresa					Full Sun 25% Shaded
Shoreline Park					Full Sun
Skyline Ridge					25% Shaded
Soquel Demonstration Forest					50% Shaded Full Shade
St. Joseph’s Hill					25% Shaded
Stanford Campus					25% Shaded
Stanford Dish					Full Sun
Stevens Creek County Park					50% Shaded
Stevens Creek Trail					25% Shaded 50% Shaded
Sunnyvale Baylands Park					Full Sun 25% Shaded
Ulistac Natural Area and Guadalupe River Levee					Full Sun 25% Shaded
Uvas Canyon					Full Shade
Villa Montalvo					75% Shaded
Waterdog Lake					75% Shaded
Wilder Ranch					Full Sun 25% Shaded
Windy Hill					25% Shaded 50% Shaded
Wunderlich					75% Shaded Full Shade