50 PUNCHMAGAZINE.COM {due west} more strenuous activity, along with breathtaking views across the Bay. GOOD TO KNOW + The park is located at 1600 Marsh Road, Menlo Park + Terrain is mostly unpaved dirt + Open to hikers, cyclists, and leashed dogs + Restrooms located at the first paved parking lot + Find more information at menlopark.gov/parks BEDWELL BAYFRONT PARK Longtime residents may remember when Bedwell Bayfront Park was a landfill before it was capped in the 1980s. Covering 160 acres, the dog-friendly park shares some of the same attributes as Arastradero—there’s water and wildlife, but of a very different sort, specifically shorebirds drawn to its salt marshes along the San Francisco Bay that surrounds it on three sides. Popular with bird watchers and kite flyers, it’s also a picturesque place to spread out a picnic blanket and watch the clouds. Walkers can take a relatively flat 2.3-mile trail around the perimeter. Bedwell’s interior trails are hilly with some good up and down pulls for those seeking PHOTOGRAPHY: COURTESY OF FRANCES FREYBERG / ROBB MOST
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