Corona Heights Trail

Address

Roosevelt and Museum Way San Francisco, CA 94114

Park Hours: 5 a.m. to Midnight

Trail Closures: Both North and Peak trails at Corona Heights Park are currently closed due to storm damage. Stay tuned for repair timelines.

This park has some of the best views in San Francisco, but don’t overlook the wonderful wildflower display that carpets the grasslands each spring. Among the flowers you may see here are checkerbloom, California poppy, footsteps of spring, Douglas iris, mule’s ears, and Johnny jump-up, a sensitive species that is the only host plant for the callippe silverspot butterfly. Also look for anise swallowtail, a big yellow butterfly with black shoulders that frequents San Francisco’s hilltops.

Bill Kraus Meadow, a triangular shaped patch of lawn at the park entrance at Museum Way and Roosevelt Way, is named in honor of one of the city’s most prominent political leaders and gay rights activists. Bill Kraus Pathway leads from the meadow towards the park’s off-leash dog area. Both the meadow and pathway were dedicated in Kraus’s honor in 1986.

Corona Heights Trail

A one-mile trail network winds around the hill and leads up to the summit for a 360° degree vies of San Francisco Bay Area. Trails that lead around the hilltop consist of fairly stable and sometimes steep, dirt paths with a series of box step staircases scattered around. The trail leading down to the 15th street tennis courts is the most challenging section with  steep terrain with loose gravel. This section is about 0.2 of a mile in length.

Parking is available at the Randall Museum, limited parking is available at the 15th Street tennis courts and there is also street parking available around the park. Muni line 24 stops along Castro Street and Muni line 37 stops along Roosevelt Way.

Related Links

Corona Heights Park Main Page

Corona Heights Dog Park

(Photos by Melissa Loesgren)