Historic Sites

A white-lined sphinx moth gathers pollen from a black sage plant
Black Point Historic Gardens - Pollinator Week Program
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Join us for a special Pollinator Week program at Black Point! We'll spend time maintaining our native wildflower gardens, a pollinator haven, and explore the ways poetry intersects with and is inspired by nature.

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A white-lined sphinx moth gathers pollen from a black sage plant
Black Point Historic Gardens - Pollinator Week Program
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Join us for a special Pollinator Week program at Black Point! Spend the day getting to know some of our most charismatic pollinators and the plants that support them in the GGNRA.

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A festive Passover image
Passover in the Poppies
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Join us for a day of land stewardship, art, and nosh surrounded by blooming CA Poppies at the Black Point historic gardens on Sunday April 2–the last weekend before Passover begins.

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volunteer; MLK Day
Landscaping and Maintenance
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This rescheduled program celebrates the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. by helping with habitat restoration and learning the untold stories of Lands End.

Registration Required
Volunteer at work in Lands End
San Francisco Habitat Stewards MLK Weekend of Service
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Celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with the San Francisco Habitat Stewards. Become a habitat steward and help restore unique San Francisco coastal habitat.

Registration Required
volunteer; MLK Day
(CANCELED) Landscaping and Habitat Restoration
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Celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. by helping with habitat restoration and learning the untold stories of Lands End.

A group of volunteers smile for a photo in front of the invasive plants they have removed.
San Francisco Habitat Stewards

Become a Habitat Steward and help restore unique San Francisco coastal habitat.

Registration Required
Volunteer at work in Lands End
San Francisco Habitat Stewards MLK Weekend of Service
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Celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with the San Francisco Habitat Stewards. Become a habitat steward and help restore unique San Francisco coastal habitat.

Registration Required
People hiking down a winding path through trees at Rancho Corral de Tierra, sloping hillsides are visible ahead and in the background.
Big park, bigger stories: 50 years and beyond in the GGNRA

On Oct. 27, 1972, a collection of former military, private, and public lands spanning three Bay Area counties was united and officially designated as public parklands for all. Those lands are the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and we're celebrating the milestone 50th anniversary year of their founding!…

NPS park ranger, children gather and examine flowers in black and white historic photo from 1978.
50 years of the GGNRA: Timeline and key places to visit

Here's where you can get started to learn more about the history of the GGNRA: The spots that were critical to the formation of the parks and a timeline of how we got here.

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