The best 5 km runs in San Francisco
The best scoring runs in San Francisco at each distance, one per district. The running page has every district.
The top 10, drawn in full Where the other runs on the running page start
- 1 Presidio of San Francisco5.0 km, 75 m up
- 2 John McLaren Park, 3.6 km3.6 km, 128 m up
- 3 Golden Gate Park, 5.7 km5.7 km, 48 m up
- 4 John McLaren Park, 3.8 km3.8 km, 124 m up
- 5 Golden Gate National Recreation Area, 3.9 km3.9 km, 119 m up
- 6 Golden Gate National Recreation Area, 5.7 km5.7 km, 123 m up
- 7 Golden Gate Park, 4.9 km4.9 km, 35 m up
- 8 From Lincoln Way & Great Highway4.6 km, 41 m up
- 9 Lake Merced Park7.6 km, 42 m up
- 10 Golden Gate Park, 5.4 km5.4 km, 54 m up
The best 20 km rides in San Francisco
We tested a ride from a station in every 3 km square of San Francisco then rode 20 km, 60 km and 100 km from the best of them and kept the best stations at each distance. These are their best scoring rides.
Running by district
We tested a run from 2,324 stations across San Francisco and kept up to 10 of the best in each district, 640 in all. How we pick the starts
- Sutro Heights
- Lincoln Park
- Outer Richmond
- Outer Sunset
- Parkside
- Golden Gate Park
- Lake Shore
- Sea Cliff
- Lake Street
- San Francisco State University
- Merced Manor
- Parkmerced
- Stonestown
- West Portal
- Golden Gate Heights
- Inner Sunset
- Balboa Terrace
- Inner Richmond
- Forest Hill
- Presidio Terrace
- Ingleside Terraces
- St. Francis Wood
- Presidio
- Monterey Heights
- Forest Knolls
- Mount Davidson Manor
- Laguna Honda
- Parnassus
- Ingleside
- Sherwood Forest
- Westwood Park
- Laurel Heights
- Oceanview
- Lone Mountain
- Cole Valley
- Midtown Terrace
- Miraloma Park
- Presidio Heights
- Outer Mission
- Clarendon Heights
- Haight Ashbury
- Upper Market
- Sunnyside
- North of Panhandle
- Buena Vista
- Anza Vista
- Glen Park
- Eureka Valley
- Diamond Heights
- Cow Hollow
- Corona Heights
- Cayuga Terrace
- Lower Pacific Heights
- Western Addition
- Marina District
- The Castro
- Alamo Square
- Noe Valley
- Duboce Triangle
- Mission Terrace
- Fairmount
- Crocker-Amazon
- Lower Haight
- Pacific Heights
- Dolores Heights
- Japantown
- Mission Dolores
- Hayes Valley
- Union Street
- Excelsior
- St. Mary's Park
- Cathedral Hill
- Fort Mason
- La Lengua
- Civic Center
- Polk Gulch
- Inner Mission
- University Mound
- McLaren Park
- Russian Hill
- Sunnydale
- Bernal Heights
- Lower Nob Hill
- Tenderloin
- Nob Hill
- Fisherman's Wharf
- Peralta Heights
- Chinatown
- Portola
- Union Square
- North Beach
- Apparel City
- Visitacion Valley
- Showplace Square
- Telegraph Hill
- South of Market
- Produce Market
- Potrero Hill
- Silver Terrace
- Financial District
- North Waterfront
- Little Hollywood
- Bayview
- Dogpatch
- Rincon Hill
- Mission Bay
- South Beach
- Central Waterfront
- Bayview Heights
- India Basin
- Hunters Point
- Treasure Island
Running in parks and forests
Cycling by station
We tested 22 stations, one in each 3 km square of San Francisco. These 3 start the best rides, each distance keeping its own. No two at one distance are within 6 km of each other, so they spread across the city.