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Sunset Trail lookout – Sunset Viewpoint loop from Angel Island

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Sunset Trail lookout – Sunset Viewpoint loop from Angel Island

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Sunset Trail lookout – Sunset Viewpoint loop from Angel Island

02:32

8.61km

250m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: June 19, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Angel Island State Park

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Ferry Terminal

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107 m

Ayala Cove - Angel Island Ferry Landing

Highlight • Rest Area

The Angel Island Ferry Landing in Ayala Cove offers regular passenger ferry service to Tiburon and San Francisco. The Angel Island to Tiburon Ferry provides a 15-minute crossing of the Racoon Strait to the Tiburon Ferry Terminal. The island is car-free, providing safe trails to hikers and bikers. Unlike the Tiburon and Sausalito ferry piers, private boats can moor at Ayala Cove Pier under Angel Island State Park's rules. Late in the day, lines can grow long, and on busy dates, visitors may be left waiting at the pier when the ferry reaches capacity.

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2.36 km

Sunset Trail lookout

Highlight • Viewpoint

While navigating the switchbacks here on Sunset Trail, enjoy rewarding views of Golden Gate, Richardson Bay, and Tiburon. The best views are on the corners of the switchbacks, and on some corners there are little wooden benches to sit on and take a break.

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2.46 km

Sunset Viewpoint

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This is the Western-most viewpoint along the 3-mile Fire Road loop around Angel Island, overlooking the bay between Angel island and Tiburon.

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4.60 km

Mount Caroline Livermore summit

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Sweeping bay and San Francisco skyline views reward the hiker up the trail to the 791 feet (241 m) elevation summit of the island. The peak is named for American conservationist Caroline Sealy Livermore (1883-1968), whose work created several protected areas in Marin county, and led to the protection of Angel Island and its declaration as a state park.

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5.83 km

Ida Trail at middle perimeter fire rd

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From Point Blunt this trail leads up to the summit from the south side of the island, with stunning bay views all along the way

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6.27 km

Sunrise Site

Highlight • Viewpoint

Excellent remote primitive tent-only campground, pre-booking required. 3 sites, all year, all ages, 34 ft elev, tables, grill, water, toilets, fish, trail, hike, primitive. Campsite #7 is in the Sunrise site on the east side of the island with sweeping views of Berkeley, Oakland and the Bay Bridge. It is grouped with Campsites #8 and #9, each of which has its own picnic table, charcoal grill and food locker. The Sunrise sites share an outhouse and water spigot with drinking water.

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7.14 km

Immigration Station - Angel Island

Highlight • Historical Site

This station functioned as both an immigration and deportation facility, detaining large numbers of Chinese and Japanese immigrants under oppressive conditions, generally from two weeks to six months, before being allowed to enter the United States.

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