Large urban park of public grounds 20 percent larger than Central Park in New York City, is the third most-visited city park in the United States after Central Park and the Lincoln Memorial
General Information
How to Get There
From San Francisco (3 mi): From downtown San Francisco, take Fell Street west toward Golden Gate Park, continue to Stanyan Street, and enter the park at or near 501 Stanyan Street, the eastern entrance to Golden Gate Park.
Overview
Golden Gate Park is San Francisco’s great urban park, 1,017 acres stretching from the Haight to the Pacific, about 20% larger than Central Park, and the third most visited city park in the United States with 24 million visitors a year. It is a place to spend a whole day: world-class museums, gardens, lakes, meadows, bison, windmills and beaches, mostly free or low-cost to explore. It began in the 1860s on what were sand dunes, transformed by extensive planting of trees.
The park hosted the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition, and its eastern end, the Panhandle, was the site of the 1967 Human Be-In before the Summer of Love.
Highlights include the de Young Museum (fine arts, opened 1921) and the California Academy of Sciences (aquarium, planetarium and rainforest) around the Music Concourse and its Spreckels Temple of Music, the Japanese Tea Garden, the Conservatory of Flowers, the San Francisco Botanical Garden, Stow Lake with its Strawberry Hill and waterfall, the Dutch and Murphy windmills, and the Bison Paddock. Bike and surrey rentals are available near the bandshell and at Haight and Stanyan.
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Featured Locations
Japanese Tea Garden
Five-acre landscaped garden featuring traditional Japanese architecture, koi ponds, stone lanterns, and seasonal cherry blossoms.
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