75. Bay Trail Belmont Slough to Bedwell Bayfront Park

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Check out this point to point 9.1-mile point-to-point trail near Redwood City, California. Generally considered an easy route, it takes an average of 3 h 9 min to complete. This is a popular trail for hiking, road biking, and walking, but you can still enjoy some solitude during quieter times of day. The trail is open year-round and is beautiful to visit anytime. Dogs are welcome, but must be on a leash.

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This is a segment of the San Francisco Bay Trail: a 500 mile long mile trail around the Bay. This is the 5th section of the Bay Trail, taking hikers from Belmont Slough down to Bedwell Bayfront Park. Parts of the Bay Trail are currently under construction, so you may have to detour on city streets or sidewalks to complete the route. For more information, visit:

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Redwood Shores, built partly on former salt ponds, is a newer and much smaller version of neighboring Foster City. A paved trail stretched along Belmont Slough, passing office parks and a branch of the Redwood Shores Branch Library, which features interactive exhibits about the bay and shoreline habitat.

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At the tip of the peninsula, you’ll find observation platforms for views across the wetlands of the Redwood Shores Ecological Reserve. Along Steinberger Slough, a gravel trail atop a levee stretches from a wastewater treatment plant to San Carlos Airport. At low tide, the slough transforms into a mud flat busy with feeding shorebirds. The trail terminates at the San Carlos Airport.

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Bair Island Ecological Reserve is made up of three islands: Inner, Middle, and Outer. The 3,000-acre wetland complex is part of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge and is managed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Restoration of over 1,400 acres at Inner Bair Island to tidal wetlands is underway. A section of the Bay Trail (including a bicycle and pedestrian bridge to Inner Bair Island) has been constructed as part of the restoration. A trail along Bair Island Road leads to a bridge over Redwood Creek.

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Adjacent to Seaport Blvd, travel along the paved pathway towards the bay, past the Port of Redwood City, the only deep water channel in southern San Francisco Bay. At the tip of Seaport Boulevard, the trail extends around the Pacific Shores Center office complex and Westpoint Harbor, along restored wetlands.

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Bedwell Bayfront Park in Menlo Park, a former landfill, is now a neatly contoured park with a 2-mile loop trail. From the park’s top knoll, a 360-degree view awaits willing hikers. To the north and south are former salt ponds. Bayward, Greco Island’s marshes are part of the refuge.

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The San Francisco Bay Trail, is a planned 500-mile walking and cycling path around the entire San Francisco Bay that will run through all nine Bay Area counties, 47 cities, and across our region’s seven toll bridges. With over 350 miles already in place, the Bay Trail connects communities to parks, open spaces, marinas, transit and to each other, and also provides a great alternative commute corridor.

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A large section of the San Francisco Bay Trail runs through San Mateo County and Palo Alto, providing scenic recreation for hikers, joggers, bicyclists, skaters, and wheelchair riders. The Bay Trail offers access to marinas, fishing piers, and natural and cultural locations in our destination such as Oyster Point Park & Marina in South San Francisco, Coyote Point and Seal Point Park in San Mateo, the Port of Redwood City and the Palo Alto Baylands Nature Reserve.

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In addition to the Bay Trail, our destination features other trails located in various parts of the county.

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Brisbane Lagoon to Bayside Park: This section of the trail allows you to visit the Brisbane Lagoon, Oyster Point Park and Marina, San Bruno Point Park, Bayfront Park and Bayside Park.

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Anza Lagoon to Belmont Slough: This section of the trail allows you to visit the Anza Lagoon, Coyote Point Recreation Area, Seal Point Park, Belmont Slough and the Redwood Shores Ecological Reserve.

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Belmont Slough to Bedwell Bayfront Park: This section of the trail allows you to visit Bair Island Ecological Reserve, the Port of Redwood City and Bedwell Bayfront Park.

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Bedwell Bayfront Park to Alviso: This section of the trail allows you to visit Ravenswood Open Space Reserve, San Francisquito Creek, the Palo Alto Baylands Reserve, the Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretive Center, Byxbee Park, all the way down to Alviso County Park in Santa Clara County.

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