Coastal Trail. Photo by Omar Sandoval.

Bay to Sea Trail

The Bay to Sea Trail is envisioned as an approximately 40-mile multiuse trail that will connect people from across the region to open space and create a link between the San Francisco Bay Trail and the California Coastal Trail along the Pacific Ocean.

Although the Bay to Sea Trail is just in the conceptual phase, our Ravenswood Open Space Preserve is envisioned as a key access point on the Bay side. Midpen's Purisima-to-the-Sea Trail, also in the conceptual phase, will likely be a key portion of the coastal side. 

In 2020, Midpen joined 10 other public agencies, municipalities and private nonprofit organizations that manage and protect open space in the Bay Area to formalize an agreement to collaborate on creating the Bay to Sea Trail for public use by 2037.

Learn more about this project from our friends at Peninsula Regional Open Space Trust, who are working with Midpen in planning the Bay to Sea Trail’s route in coordination with a variety of dedicated partners who share this vision.

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Map showing the Bay to Sea Trail planned routes. We envision the eastern end of the trail would begin at both Redwood City’s Bair Island and the Ravenswood Open Space Preserve in East Palo Alto. These and other trailheads would make the trail accessible for many urban communities. From there, the trail would head into the hills and make its way through protected open spaces such as Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve, Lobitos Ridge, Phleger Estate, Wavecrest Open Space and others before reaching Half Moon Bay and the ocean.
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