Point San Bruno ParkLinks
Oyster Point Park and Marina
Oyster Point
Neighboring Bay Trail Tours:
Bay
Trail: San Mateo to Millbrae
SamTrans Peninsula to Point San
Bruno
Oyster Cove to Sierra Point
Return to the Bay Trail
Guided Photo Tours
The trail starts in South San Francisco in an area that is the birthplace of the biotechnology industry. Genentech is the oldest biotechnology company here and virtually invented the industry. It is also the largest employer in South San Francisco, and it has many buildings scattered around its campus on Point San Bruno. The Bay Trail runs along the edge of the company's parking lots, but spaces are allocated for public access to the trail. UPS also has a large facility next to the trail just before Oyster Point Park. Oyster Point Park is built on an artificial peninsula. (See here for a picture.) There's a marina, yacht club, fishing pier, 33-acre park, and 2.5 acre sandy swimming beach. North of it is another industrial park. The next section of the tour continues at Oyster Cove.
To reach Oyster Point Park directly, take Hwy 101 to the South San Francisco/Oyster Point Blvd. exit. The Bay Trail can be reached at many points along Oyster Point Blvd. Go one mile East on Oyster Point Blvd. Turn right on Marina Blvd. The marina is on the north side of the peninsula. The park lawns are on the south side and the east end by the fishing pier.
Oyster Point is also accessible from BART. There's a SamTrans
bus shuttle on weekdays from the South San Francisco BART station.
A similar Caltrain
shuttle runs from the nearby Caltrain station.
There is a view looking south from the Genentech parking lot to the new
buildings on the bluff above Point San Bruno itself. As of yet, there are
no public trails connecting around this point to the Bay Trail segment
to the south.
The green strip along the Bay is Point San Bruno Park. There is public
parking near the short rocky jetty that juts out into the Bay here.
The point at the end of the jetty is a popular fishing spot.
The park runs next to the Bay. It is a narrow landscaped strip between
the Genentech parking lots and the Bay. The Bay Trail runs through it on
a paved path.
Rocks protect the shoreline here. Fisherman can be seen along the shoreline.
The park has parcourse stations, public access points and public parking
spaces within the private Genentech parking lots.
There are picnic tables near the Bayshore.
Past the last parking lot is the huge UPS facility.
The trail crosses over a small creek on a bridge.
This is a view from the bridge. The creek flows into the Bay here. Birds
can often be seen feeding in the creek here.
Just past the bridge, the trail turns right and heads east on the Oyster
Point peninsula. There a bench and a Bay Trail sign here. This is Oyster
Point Park.
There is a public parking, lawns, and benches in the park. The Bay is accessible
from the rocky shoreline, which is popular with shore fishermen. The trail
then turns left.
After a short distance, the trail reaches the Oyster
Point Pier, a popular fishing spot. Fishermen catch smelt, sharks,
flounder, perch, rays, striped bass, and sometimes even sturgeon.
Next to the fishing pier is a picnic table and public restroom. A bait
shop and snack bar are nearby. Just past the pier is the eastern seawall
of the of the Oyster Point Marina.
The trail crosses over the public boat launching ramp.
The trail heads along the north side of the peninsula next to the marina.
The restrooms are private.
This is a view looking out across the marina.
Past the marina, the trail curves and approaches a public beach.
This is the small sandy public beach. There is a dirt path leading behind
the beach. A gap in the fence allows access to the trail on the north side
of the marina channel. A public parking lot is behind the beach, accessible
from Oyster Point Blvd. You can go out to Oyster Point Blvd., then turn
onto the trail entrance just past the park.
This is the paved, landscaped trail next to an industrial park.
Lawns are to the right of the trail. Trees and bushes separate the trail
from the parking lots for the businesses to the left of the trail.
The trail turns left at corner of the north harbor wall. The lawn is very
close to the Bay. At high tide, the Bay waters can seep through it and
flood the corner of the trail.
The trail turns north. The shoreline faces the open waters of the Bay.
The lawn runs right up to the water's edge. This is one of the few places
where you can sit on a manicured lawn and put your feet in the cool waters
of the Bay.
The path wanders along the Bay, with trees providing occasional shade.
The trail makes a left turn through a grove of trees. At the corner are
benches and rocks. This is Oyster Point itself and is a popular fishing
spot.
The trail heads west. The lawns, trees, and benches continue, with the
industrial park behind.
The trail runs higher above the bay, with wide lawns on the left. It begins
to approach a corner ahead.
Ahead is Oyster Cove. Continue to the next tour segment from Oyster Cove to Sierra Point.
Neighboring Bay Trail Tours:
Bay
Trail: San Mateo to Millbrae
SamTrans Peninsula to Point San Bruno
Oyster Cove to Sierra Point
Return to the Bay Trail
Guided Photo Tours
