During my recent trip to San Francisco, one of my friends planned weekend hike in Sunol Regional Wilderness which is close to Fremont city of Bay area. I had not heard about Sunol hike earlier although I visited Fremont and surrounding areas many times. This time when I actually visited it, I found it a brilliant place nature lovers, hikers and people who would like to do something interesting over the weekends. This post shares more about the Sunol hiking experience, what to expect when you plan for this hike.
Phone signals are not great around these hikes in San Francisco Bay area. That may sound unexpected because you expect everything everywhere in USA, but that's not the case. So if you plan to reach such places by Uber or Lyft, it would be hard to plan. Because while coming back you may not even have signal and certainly these places are away from any public transportation. Jacek had hired a car and he drove us to Sunol.
We were 3 and started from Redwood City / San Carlos at around 9am and reached Sunol base in 1 hour approximately. It was approximately 26 miles distance.
Sunol regional wilderness is a park in Alameda county in eastern San Francisco Bay area, North California. This is pretty close to Fremont. It’s approximately 28 square kilometers and 6800+ acres. The park is closed during June through October, so be informed if you are planning any hike in bay area. In fact, it’s always recommended to check online about the opening time on the day you are planning the hike and the situation of Parking.
