Burlingame California South Bay Parks & Recreation

Bay Trail Washington Park Soccer Center Recreational Area Fitzgerald Marine

Edged by the San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean, the San Francisco Peninsula is a destination full of immense natural and recreation beauty. The Bay Area offers outstanding natural environs for exploring and challenging your favorite sport. The landscape is loaded with scenic trails and paved paths for hiking, biking, walking, running and rollerblading.

From beautiful parks to marine reserves and wildlife areas, the San Francsico Bay Area is an oasis of outdoor adventure.

Bay Trail.

A 400 mile network of paved paths, dirt trails, bike lanes, sidewalks and streets, Bay Trail encircles San Francisco and San Pablo Bays with bicycling, hiking, jogging, and skating trails. This beautiful trail connects the shoreline of nine Bay Area counties, including San Mateo County, and links 47 cities, crosses major bridges, and provides access to neighborhoods, natural and cultural sites, beaches, marinas, fishing piers, and 130 parks and wildlife preserves. Visit www.baytrail.abag.ca.gov.html.

Bayside Park.

The beautiful 7-acre Bayside Park in Burlingame offers a vast collection of formal athletic facilities. Play soccer, baseball and softball on the many lighted fields. Enjoy running, walking or cycling on miles of trails that follow the San Francisco Bay and connect with the Bay Trail system. Walk your pooch in the dog park that features a 570 foot exercise area, allowing dogs to run and play off leash. Brush up on your golf swing at the lighted driving range and short game area. Visit www.burlingame.org. [Top]

Washington Park.

The oldest park in Burlingame, Washington Park offers year round recreation for the community. The park offers baseball facilities, tennis courts, a children’s playground, picnic areas, and hundreds of classes and activities in the park and Recreation Center. Former home to the Gunst Estate, the historically significant park is dotted with majestic trees that date back to the estate. The park’s 1930’s baseball grandstand retains its historic character. Visit www.burlingame.org.

Burlingame’s Dog Exercise Park.

Burlingame’s Dog Exercise Park is a wonderful green space for dogs to run, roam and play together off their leashes. The park is open 6:00am to 9:00pm. Visit www.burlingame.org. [Top]

Murray Field at the Soccer Center.

Measures 115 yards long by 75 yards wide, Murray Field at the Soccer Center is one of the premier lighted soccer fields on the San Francisco Peninsula. Contact the Burlingame Recreation Center to reserve this field at 650-558-7300. Visit www.burlingame.org.

Mills Canyon.

Mills Canyon is a scenic wildlife area within the Burlingame City limits. The beautiful park offers a hiking trail with wonderful views of the Canyon and the opportunity to see live plant and animal species native to the Coastal Foothills. Mills Canyon also offers organized thematic hikes in the park. Visit www.burlingame.org. [Top]

Coyote Point Recreational Area & Marina.

Located in San Mateo, Coyote Point is a beautiful recreational area with miles of scenic hiking and biking trails that connect to the Bay Trail, and areas for picnicking, swimming, windsurfing, fishing, boating and sailing on San Francisco Bay. Coyote Point Marina offers 565 boat slips and access to San Francisco Bay. Coyote Point’s mid-peninsula location with predictable wind patterns makes it a perfect boating environment. Coyote Point is the perfect spot to launch a sailboat, powerboat, windsurf board, jet ski, kayak or outrigger canoe. Visit www.co.sanmateo.ca.us.

San Bruno Mountain State and County Park.

At the northern reaches of the Santa Cruz range, San Bruno Mountain State and County Park offers 2,326 acres of rugged terrain to explore. A favorite hiking and picnic destination, the park offers recreational facilities, hiking trails, and beautiful views of the city and bay. The landscape offers 12 miles of hiking, riding and jogging trails with outstanding vistas of the Central Bay Area. The Summit Loop Trail, 3.13 miles with spectacular views of the San Francisco Bay Area, and Ridge Trail, 2.43 strenuous miles, are both sure to challenge hikers. Climb the sloping mountain to its 1,314 feet summit, or enjoy the diversity of birds and animals, including endangered butterflies, that inhabit the park. Visit www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=518. [Top]

Fitzgerald Marine Reserve.

Explore this rich and complex marine life refuge that see one of the most diverse tide pool systems in California. Walk, jog or run on the scenic trails along its shoreline and bluff and encounter nature’s treasures. At low tide, the habitat exposes a gorgeous array of sea life that will enhance a walking excursion on the Bay.

Junipero Serra Park.

Blessed with a diverse landscape of creeks, woods, open grasslands and bluffs with panoramic views of the San Francisco Bay Area, Junipero Serra Park in San Bruno offers miles of peaceful walking and hiking trails, including the Quail Loop Trail (1.5 miles), Live Oak Nature Trail (.3 mile), De Anza Trail (.3 mile), Buckeye Trail (.25 mile), San Bruno City Park Spur Trail (.2 mile), and Oak Cove Trail (.25 mile). [Top]