San Bruno Mountain State & County Park — Attraction in Brisbane

We went there today. The park opened at 8 am. We reached there just about the time and were first one to enter the park. There is a fee payment machine at the entrance which accepts both card and cash. There was a notice that park closes at 7pm.

The restroom was super clean but there was no water coming in the taps. There was a notice that restrooms will close at 6 pm. While we were there in the parking area, we saw some more cars coming in. People started going towards the shorter trails near the parking lot which seemed fully shaded.

We went towards the Radio Rd. Tail head parking as we planned to go for Summit Loop Trail which is a one way trail as of now. At the trail head we also got some park maps. A few more people came in in this parking area for hiking.

First few minutes of the trail were very cool and shaded due to tall trees. Later the shade was because of mountains blocking the sun. Later once we reached some more elevation it was very sunny without any shade but the winds made it easy for us and have some relief. Many other solo hikers passed us on the route. The views start to become amazing once you reach on the top.

We could see three sides of the bay. First we were able to see the Daly City and Lake Merced Park. Then at higher elevation we could also see SF, Twin Peaks and Golden Gate. Further more when we reached at the top of San Bruno Mountain, we could see Serramonte. When we started descending the trail took us to other side of the mountain where we could see Oakland, Almeda and San Leandro. We had to go to couple of view points in the sides of the trail to enjoy the views.

We enjoyed the hike as it wasn't that stressful both uphill and downhill. But I would recommend to stay hydrated if you are directly under the sun. I used to wet my cotton facemask and cap to keep my head cool.

It took us approx 3hrs. We started around 8.15 am and reached back to parking...

It's kind of weird to say this but I've been dreaming to hike there for years seen photos on Instagram and other social media platforms never in my life I thought I'd have the guts to go up there because I knew this wouldn't be a easy hike mind you I don't own any hiking equipment not even the right shoes but I had the notion I went it was one of the most peaceful amazing hikes I've ever done in the Bay area you don't really bump into anybody which I really love plenty of parking in the entrance there's a bathroom the second parking lot does not have a bathroom beware when you look on Google maps because it shows that you can drive to the top of the mountain which is not true and I went to all the gates they were locked and all the gates had the same sign that only PG&e cars could go on these roads maybe in the past you could drive up to the top but I'm pretty sure you can't anymore so be ready to hike cuz I wasn't the views are breathtaking only $6 to park if you love seeing amazing views I definitely recommend coming to this place rain or shine thank you for taking the time to read my...

I grew up on this mountain. The South City side, when you could drive a car from Holly st. Across Hillside blvd and directly onto the mountain. That was the 70's. There was a dirtbike track that stretched from the front hill, known as "Tanks" (due to the two huge water tanks at the top) all the way back to the "polywog pond" where the second more advance hill was, known as Trees (because of the only thick patch of eucaliptus trees visible on our side) and that held just on the other side of the hill and in the middle of the trees, the "lush" (full of moist green lush life). As children we would ride our bmx bikes everyday afterschool for years. When we weren't riding we were climbing to the "peace rock" or tryin to beat the day befores time to the top. A special climb would be to what was known as NBC mountain or Radio mountain so named for the many tranmitters mounted on huge towers that seemed to reach to heaven...lotsa fun for a kid....of course then it wasnt officially a park, just land that no one could cluttet up...