Paddling near San Francisco, CA

Set on a peninsula between the Pacific and San Francisco Bay, this city anchors one of North America's most varied paddling regions — open bay, ocean coast, tidal estuaries, sheltered lakes, and inland rivers all within roughly 60 miles. Paddlers launch in-city from Crane Cove and Lake Merced, or head north to Tomales Bay, the Russian River, and Sausalito's Golden Gate crossings.