The San Francisco Crosstown Trail is an urban trail crossing the city from its southeast corner to its northwest corner. In 2019, the New York Times published an article where the author, accompanied by the trail's creator, hiked the full path in one day.

San Francisco Crosstown Trail

The San Francisco Crosstown Trail is an urban trail crossing the city from its southeast corner to its northwest corner. In 2019, the New York Times published an article where the author Nellie Bowles, accompanied by the trail's creator, hiked the full path in one day.

A collection of map markers renders the story on the map, an experiment in alternate journalistic views.

In San Francisco’s aptly named Grandview Park, looking north to Golden Gate Park from the Crosstown Trail. Jason Henry for The New York Times

Trail highlights by Nellie Bowles of the New York Times

  1. Candlestick Point

  2. The Visitacion Valley Greenway

  3. McLaren Park

  4. Glen Park

  5. Glen Park Canyon

  6. Bedpan Alley

  7. Forest Hill and Golden Gate Park

  8. Lands End