San Bruno Mountain Self-guided Tour San Bruno Mountain Park is a landmark of local and regional significance, standing as a unique open-space island in the midst of the peninsula's urbanization at the northern end of the Santa Cruz Mountain Range. The Mountain's ridge line runs in an east-west configuration, with considerable slopes and elevations ranging from 250 feet to 1,314 feet at the summit. The 2,416 acres of rugged landscape offer excellent hiking opportunities and outstanding views of San Francisco and Central Bay Area. Daly City BART Station Self-guided Tour Routes (Approximate Time): O y a to Mission St to Geneva Ave. a Wa k to Geneva Ave. ist r Saddle Trail to Youth Camp Trail: D1.75aly miles (45 minutes) V i John Blvd d a d Blv lt C A g a l e r l t Saddle Trail: 2.64 miles (1.5 hours) i Tra e to le il A H 1 r 280 d d v a h S 0.7 e San Bruno Mountain State and County Park Ridge Trail: 2.73 miles (2 hours) t u l i S o a t C S Edward Bacciocco, Jr. ro Cr r DALY CITY ck o 0.2 T Martin St er Ave cke 2 Group Area LEGEND r A 5 3 p to San Francisco ve m S Pointe 0.4 a ad DALY CITY Pacific O il C dl ld a e A. Plants and Wildowers: 0.2 r T Multiple-use trail Parking T 4 B 1.3 r G pe 6 th a (bicycle, equestrian, and hiking) uadalu u il Main St The park’s principal natural resources include 14 species of Co 7 o Restrooms lm Y Hiking/biking trail a 0.3 Bog y 0.4 e dl Trail w THE SADDLE d rare or endangered plants, as well as host and nectar plantsMission St a Gu k 0.3 S ad Picnic area P Cree alu Hiking/equestrian road k k A pe T n o r 8 Ca of endangered butterflies. San Bruno Mountain is renowned o ro a nyo y B T 0.5 il Old n Gatehouse Hillside Blvd Hillside n p ra 10 Pkwy Hiking/equestrian trail a o il C o 9 for its amazing array of wildflowers such as the California L 400 e 0.7 t R Hiking trail Abbot P 11 Gate p i Park Entrance a G Bonnie lu W n U A a m ax c D A Poppy, Crimson or Humminbird Sage, Reddened Clarkia, and d M h L U a m P Service road u u y r E Amphitheater G S Road 14 rt Ro t D H I Hillside Park le ad o L Wild Iris. Native flowers, including California Poppies and Trail sp L S o R r 400 San Francisco Bay Trail l 800 i a e Radio tower i C 0.1 v v d l 82 r 0.5 13 12 in i several species of Lupine, grow in abundance, but their Price p a 0.2 e S C A E R S u SEE h C c u aly e 0.2 Trail distance (miles) p c Other public lands Price a m tu Summit s k b DETAIL H M 15 rail ill i e existence is increasingly threatened by invasive non-native m Tr t ssi l T 0.3 a s on r e i e Blue Dr e l s 0.4 D i W t MAP p R n Private property r 1 2 i o Numbered trail junctions a Loop t plants like the Thorned Scottish Yellow Gorse, Eucalyptus v 16 e v a 0.4 n D Loop i i r R n v r T e a M D y rail R Trees, and wildflowers like Sweet Pea. t o T r S i y n t 2.0 rail V e r 400 al a l rk a i ley l a a o rc i East Market St M D y D 17 D ro r h H to San Francisco d r Br D R 0.2 A isb r rth o s an No r 20 il e d v Re e 19 18 e Sou c P E t re h l D H a n ill ti a R o S C i Dr n a d B. Wildlife: H 800 T m g r Lagoon Rd i e a V l i unnel Rd i l l a T l to n s le T 280 r Endangered and threatenedo butterflyid species such y a e D i r R 0.4 San Bruno Mountain l e B 1314' as the San Bruno Elfin, Missiona Blue,lv Callippe l d P Colma ark BART Ln Sierra P Silverspot, and Bay Checkerspot are found in only a P D C San Francisco Bay Station e o in Guadalupe un v 21 t Bayshore F a 22 Quarry ld y Rd R 0.1 California O Brisbane few places in the world, and San Bruno Mountain is n bia Department of Lagoon oint Pkwy Edward Bacciocco, Jr. er one of them. Another threatened species, the San S Fish and Game Ave PARK Group Area 0 0.1 mile 0.9 San Bruno ENTRANCE E Francisco Tree Lupine Moth, 0.1was known to inhabit Ridge Trail AREA 0 100 meters reeway n isitacion continues off V the area, but urban development3 destroyed this o Ave San Bruno Mountain y n BRISBANE n o map a y C Caltrain 200' 4 l n population. State and County Park w a 5 C O e e y n e 6 Y i k o c v u u a B 0.1 t C. Radio Road: R h A Habitat Conservation Plan, adopted in the 0.3 e g k C Sightseeing is also popular on San a Ridge O ee a mid-1980's, now ensures the protection of S r e m l T C d n 101 i 0.8 rail p Bruno Mountain. Radio Road, v a a G e endangered species and their habitats on the Bog R n u T THE SADDLE l lm i i a r a COLMA v Co a r leading up fromHillside theBlvd main entrance, (City of Brisbane) 0.4 d a a i T k Mountain. Other resident animalsl include various e R l n S O u n U 0.3 y a i T p a v h H T e T E l w offers visitors the opportunity to g r e d a A S k u a d r R T species of snakes and lizards, coyotes, racoons, o a a to Brisbane i T S r R l r P I 0.4 a T D B i drive to the summit of the Mountain s G og l n u E rabbits, and many types T of birds suchgrass as songbirdso c w ra o 0.4 il area y n n u C 1000 a and enjoy breathtaking views north d 250' J Si Blv C er and birds of prey. to Daly City ra nt 9 Poi Sierra 10 e il p Tra to Mt. Tamalpais, east to Mt. Diablo Point u 11 l d Marina a a d Park P a o C and west to the Farallon Islands. R u a entrance G b Main h 400 l c 800 e 0.1 parking n R a a R v i d S n l Lawndale Blvd o e O mit Lo ad uth op Ro um underpass Jefferson St S Bayshore Blvd S 13 an o di 0.1 D Fran a 0.1 12 airy cisc R R Hillside Blvd o to summit 14 Native Plant av Dr 0.5 ine N 0.2 Garden Trailhead Mandala P parking y P Ave l 15 0 Eu Trail 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 mile cal Summit yp SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO Sister Cities Blvd nc L tus Trail 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 kilometer n Fra isco oo Sa B p ay Chestnut rail T 10” x 14” 10” x 14” 10” x 14” San Bruno Mtn rev 09/15/17 v4.ai D. Nike Missile: A number of radio and microwave transmitters can be seen today on the summit of San Bruno Mountain. San Bruno Mountain played a strategic role in the history of the military during WWII. U.S. Army Signal Corps forces used the area during WWII, establishing a signaling operation in a small cluster of buildings in the saddle area. Daly City BART Station O Aircraft searchlights, capable of illuminating the skies in case of an y a to Mission St to Geneva Ave. a Wa k to Geneva Ave. ist r Daly V i John Blvd d a d Blv lt C air attack, were also installed near the summit. At the summit are A g a l e r l t i Tra e to le il A 280 H d 1 r also the remains of an old Nike Missile early warning radar site. This d v a h S 0.7 e San Bruno Mountain State and County Park t u l i S o was used as a defensive system during the Cold War. This radar, a t C S Edward Bacciocco, Jr.