$14.69 with 13 percent savings
List Price: $16.95

The List Price is the suggested retail price of a new product as provided by a manufacturer, supplier, or seller. Except for books, Amazon will display a List Price if the product was purchased by customers on Amazon or offered by other retailers at or above the List Price in at least the past 90 days. List prices may not necessarily reflect the product's prevailing market price.
Learn more
Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime FREE Returns
FREE delivery Thursday, May 16 on orders shipped by Amazon over $35. Order within 7 hrs 39 mins
In Stock
$$14.69 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details
Price
Subtotal
$$14.69
Subtotal
Initial payment breakdown
Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout.
Ships from
Amazon.com
Ships from
Amazon.com
Sold by
Amazon.com
Sold by
Amazon.com
Returns
30-day easy returns
30-day easy returns
This item can be returned in its original condition for a full refund or replacement within 30 days of receipt.
Read full return policy
Returns
30-day easy returns
This item can be returned in its original condition for a full refund or replacement within 30 days of receipt.
Read full return policy
Payment
Secure transaction
Your transaction is secure
We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Learn more
Payment
Secure transaction
We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Learn more
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

Follow the author

Alexandra Kenin
+ Follow
More books from this author
Something went wrong. Please try your request again later.

Urban Trails: San Francisco: Coastal Bluffs/ The Presidio/ Hilltop Parks & Stairways Paperback – November 1, 2016

by Alexandra Kenin (Author)
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 98 ratings
See all formats and editions
{"desktop_buybox_group_1":[{"displayPrice":"$14.69","priceAmount":14.69,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"14","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"69","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"mTp8FZZ3rQ53qSTJNd5zjBHIWHT1a2CKJwf3iVh%2Bpo7189WR5fBxPb4zQUb%2F5hSKMNlTMnE8bvjHi%2BHhIlKkkn9B%2BN7wP9ZdKpYGFV8DzA1076lOtZyshctMsb1kMFY4QvUnuQMEPKuLs073sPTc6w%3D%3D","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"NEW","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":0}]}

Purchase options and add-ons

Urban Trails San Francisco is the first ever guidebook on hiking in San Francisco. The book contains 100 full-color photos and covers 50 history- and nature-filled routes: 40 in San Francisco, 6 in Marin County, and 4 south of the San Francisco border.
 
Hikes are rated for fitness appeal to walkers, runners, and hikers, and with routes between 0.4 and 9 miles, there are options for people of all fitness levels. With this book, you will not only experience San Francisco's trails, but you'll also learn the history of the city and its famous sights.
 
Each hike contains trailhead directions, including public transit options, information for families and dog owners, plus trail distance, high point, estimated time, amenities, and more.

Urban Trails San Francisco was written and photographed by Alexandra Kenin, the founder of Urban Hiker San Francisco (urbanhikersf.com), an urban hiking tour company based in San Francisco.
Read more Read less
Previous page
  1. Print length
    288 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Mountaineers Books
  4. Publication date
    November 1, 2016
  5. Dimensions
    4 x 0.8 x 6.9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1680510207
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1680510201
  8. See all details
Next page
The Amazon Book Review
The Amazon Book Review
Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now.

Frequently bought together

Urban Trails: San Francisco: Coastal Bluffs/ The Presidio/ Hilltop Parks & Stairways
$14.69
Get it as soon as Thursday, May 16
In Stock
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
+
Stairway Walks in San Francisco: The Joy of Urban Exploring
$17.29
Get it as soon as Thursday, May 16
In Stock
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
+
Urban Trails East Bay: Oakland * Berkeley * Fremont * Richmond
$16.95
Get it as soon as Thursday, May 16
In Stock
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
Total price:
To see our price, add these items to your cart.
Details
Added to Cart
Choose items to buy together.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Alexandra Kenin is the founder of Urban Hiker SF, a hiking tour company that helps people explore the stairways, hills, hiking trails, and history of the San Francisco Bay Area. She is also the author of Urban Trails: San Francisco (Mountaineers Books, 2016). Visit her online at UrbanHikerSF.com or on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter @urbanhikersf.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mountaineers Books (November 1, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1680510207
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1680510201
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4 x 0.8 x 6.9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 98 ratings

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.
Alexandra Kenin

Alexandra Kenin

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Alexandra Kenin grew up in Wyckoff, New Jersey, and is proud to be a Jersey girl. She studied French and business at Georgetown University and then spent a few years working and playing in New York City. While living in New York, she took a fateful vacation to San Francisco, which influenced her to move to the City by the Bay. But before making it out west, she had some more work to do. She earned an MBA from the Wharton School and an MA from the Lauder Institute—both at the University of Pennsylvania.

After graduation, she moved to San Francisco and worked as a product marketing manager at Google for nearly five years. After leaving Google, she began exploring the city, eventually coming up with the idea for her urban hiking tour company, Urban Hiker SF. Urban Hiker SF was founded in 2012 and explores the stairways, hills, and hiking trails of the city. Alexandra is passionate about travel and tries to visit a new country every year (she’s up to forty-nine so far). When she’s not traveling or out on the trails, she lives in San Francisco with her partner, Brett; her son Dylan; and her dog, Jodie.

Customer reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars
4.8 out of 5
98 global ratings

Top reviews from the United States

Elisabeth Clobucker
5.0 out of 5 stars Book was very interesting and informative
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2023
Verified Purchase
I enjoyed reading about the Urban Trails around the Bay Area.
Helpful
 Report
l2
5.0 out of 5 stars better than the San Francisco Stairway Walks book
Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2017
Verified Purchase
Love this book. Over the years, I have purchased a few different editions of the San Francisco Stairway Walks book (which has been in print for more than 30 years)  Stairway Walks in San Francisco: The Joy of Urban Exploring  and that book is full of useful information, but it is also often frustrating because the routes are convoluted for no good reason other than to shorten them and make them loop back to the starting point (sometimes via a boring route). This Urban Trails book avoids that problem by creating routes that are direct and interesting and not caring if the endpoint is miles away from the starting point if public transit is easily available. The book includes detailed color maps and photos, as well as public transit information so you can easily take the bus back to the start point. You are walking in a city where public transit is very convenient (if sometimes very crowded). The author also suggests nearby walks so you can easily link several together to create an all-day adventure (really hard to do with the Stairway Walks book).

The 50 hikes in this book will take you all year to complete if you do 1 a week and most are worth repeating, so you have years of fun for your purchase price. The size of this book is compact enough that I don't mind carrying it in my backpack.

I do recommend reading the Stairway Walks book as well since that book has more verbose stories about historical sites along the walks, but this Urban Trails books has plenty of stairs as well.
19 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
simitlover
5.0 out of 5 stars Practical, comprehensive, curated, fun guide!
Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2016
Verified Purchase
Urban trails is a very practical book for anyone wanting to explore this one of a kind city that is San Francisco. Alexandra clearly loves to hike and it shows in the writing. Easy to ingest, well organized, and comprehensive. What separates great books from good ones is the care and love an author brings to their craft, and this is as sincere and earnest as it gets. You want to hear about all the amazing urban trails SF has to provide? You can't do much better than let Alexandra be your guide, she's a local and no one knows SF urban trails better than her, proof is in the pudding, see for yourself!
5 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
James M. Harvey
5.0 out of 5 stars An invaluable resource
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2023
Verified Purchase
Most books I own sit on a shelf most of the time. Not this one. When I'm not reading it, it sits by my front door, next to my jacket. Well curated hikes, with clear directions and good maps. I recommend it to anyone interested in exploring San Francisco on foot.
2 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
FamilySoccerFilmWine
5.0 out of 5 stars Hikers best friend
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2023
Verified Purchase
Love this book when you are staycationing or just want a quick excursion for the day. Plenty of choices and love that it gives you the level of difficulty.
One person found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Alexandra Friedman
5.0 out of 5 stars An SF Urban Treasure For Locals & Visitors!
Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2016
Verified Purchase
I've been an avid hiker for most of my adult life, and never really considered "urban hiking" to turn into one of my favorite ways to hike until I moved to San Francisco!

Urban hiking is now my #1 thing to do in the city, and I take tourists and visitors on as many awesome urban hiking trails as possible when they visit. There's really no other way to get to know the city, and Kenin's book highlights all the best trails and hikes to really get a taste of what SF is all about.

I like how she notes the length and difficulty of the hikes, so I can strategize my hike based on timing or who I am hiking with. The size of the book is awesome, and fits nicely into my small backpack, so it's super easy to carry around and reference. I love all the directions on where to start the hikes, and having it as a book v. on my phone is an awesome way to stay present...As I purposely get out of the office or house, and into the nature of San Francisco.

I recommend this book to tourists and locals, and believe it will be a staple book for seeing all of SF's urban treasures for years to come.
14 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
HonestReviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Rediscover the magic of SF as a native!
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2016
Verified Purchase
I've been waiting too long for a book exactly like this! I've lived in San Francisco for almost 10 years, and this made me fall in love with San Francisco all over again --- I discovered so many new trails and walks and history of SF in kneading through this. The book is well written and descriptive with directions and maps, and most importantly for a guidebook, COMPACT enough to carry around easily and flip through. Highly recommend for not just tourists, but almost-natives like me!
5 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Debbie Mansfield
5.0 out of 5 stars Urban Trails makes the perfect gift for that new person just moving to San ...
Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2016
Verified Purchase
Urban Trails makes the perfect gift for that new person just moving to San Francisco. Not only does it allow you to explore different areas of the city and take vetted trails, but it also has fun tidbits of history that will make you feel like you're an instant expert on the history and mysteries of San Francisco. Even if you've lived in San Francisco for years, I guarantee you will learn something new by buying and relying on this book. Alexandra Kenin has clearly put in countless hours to not only explore, but present a wide variety of options for hikes, but also put them together in a compact and visually appealing way. Highly recommend!
9 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report