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Events in the Parks

Events in the Parks

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Fort Point National Historic Site underneath the Golden Gate Bridge
Fort Point History Talk
Sat, Aug 16, 2025, 1:30 - 1:45pm

Join our Park Rangers in learning Fort Point's History in this 15 minute long talk. The program is accessible. The times of the program are 11:30am and 1:30pm

A formerly incarcerated speaker lectures in the Alcatraz Dining Hall
Formerly Incarcerated Speaker Series
Sat, Aug 16, 2025, 2:00 - 3:00pm

Series lifts up, highlights the voices of people who have spent time inside of jails and prisons.

Park Rangers Takeo Kishi, left, and Jasmine Reinhardt at Muir Woods.
Ranger Station at Muir Woods
Sun, Aug 17, 2025, 9:00am - 3:00pm

Looking for trail suggestions and orientation? Saw something curious in the forest that you want to ask about? Need a junior ranger book? National Park Service Rangers are here to help!

British artist Yinka Shonibare’s large-scale sculptural installation Man Moving Up
Black Gold: Stories Untold
Sun, Aug 17, 2025, 10:00am - 5:00pm

This summer, FOR-SITE Foundation presents its highly anticipated new project Black Gold: Stories Untold. This innovative exhibition invites more than fifteen contemporary artists to reflect on the resilience, struggles, and triumphs of African Americans who lived in California from the Gold Rush to the Reconstruction period following the Civil War (c. 1849–1877). 

Muir Woods with ranger and kids
Welcome to the Woods 15-Minute NPS Ranger Talk | Founders Grove
Sun, Aug 17, 2025, 10:15 - 10:30am

Join a Muir Woods Ranger in a grove of towering Coast Redwoods for a 15-minute talk.

The main entrance to Muir Woods National Monument.
Into the Woods 1-Hour Tour
Sun, Aug 17, 2025, 11:00am - 12:00pm

Journey into the heart of Muir Woods National Monument on a 1-hour ranger-led tour with a national park ranger and naturalists.

Fort Point National Historic Site underneath the Golden Gate Bridge
Fort Point History Talk
Sun, Aug 17, 2025, 11:30 - 11:45am

Join our Park Rangers in learning Fort Point's History in this 15 minute long talk. The program is accessible. The times of the program are 11:30am and 1:30pm

Pt Bonita Lighthouse in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Light Chat at Point Bonita Lighthouse
Sun, Aug 17, 2025, 12:15 - 12:30pm

Learn some of the stories associated with the Point Bonita Lighthouse and see why it's one of the most picturesque places within the GGNRA.