Mission Peak is located off Stanford Avenue. Take the Mission Boulevard exit from I-680 and turn right at Stanford Avenue. There is a parking lot but it fills quickly on the weekends. We got there at 8 am on a Saturday and we had to park on the street about 1/4 mile away.
It's a 3+ mile hike from the parking lot to Mission Peak at 2512 feet high. It's a dirt trail and there is NO shade along the way. It took us 3 hours to make the climb and return and I'm not a fast hiker. There was a woman who passed me and she was twirling a hoola hip all the way up.
The summit offers a nice view of the entire bay but it is crowded. Reminds me of Yosemite in the summer. There was a line of hikers all the way up the trail.
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