On a budget, Lands End Trail still earns its price.
Free
Cypress-lined paths, crashing surf, the bridge framed through the trees, and the Sutro Baths ruins below. Plenty of SF locals quietly think it's the best thing in the city, and it's free.
The free Lands End coastal trail in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area passes the 1896 Sutro Baths ruins and offers framed views of the Golden Gate Bridge · nps.gov