Hike up Strawberry Hill to SF’s Prettiest Waterfall (Golden Gate Park)

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Here’s a great free weekend hike idea from SFGATE’s Andrew Chamings, perfect for an almost spring day.

Huntington Falls hits your ears before your eyes as you make your way up, its gentle gargling drowning out any remaining distant car horns. McLaren, Golden Gate Park’s architect, was apparently inspired to build two waterfalls in the park (the second being Rainbow Falls) after hiking around Yosemite with John Muir. The manmade waterfall is fed by a pond atop the hill filled via an electric (and quiet) pump.

For extensive details about the hike including photos and how to meet “Heron Lady of Golden Gate Park”, check out the article San Francisco’s easiest and prettiest hike ends at a waterfall from SFGATE

At over 400 feet, Strawberry Hill is the highest point in the 1,000-acre park. From the crest, the view takes in the Golden Gate Bridge and Mount Tamalpais and stretches over the bay to Mount Diablo in the east.

While the hill is not huge, there are numerous trails that circle it, together making up a 2-plus-mile route for runners.

Read the full story of an easy hike to Huntington Falls and Strawberry Hill at SFGATE.

Getting There:
Blue Heron Lake, John F. Kennedy Drive and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, San Francisco. Golden Gate Park is open from 5 a.m. to midnight. 

For more hikes in the Bay Area and around California, check out SFGATE Outdoors.

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