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"Alcatraz: Believe It Or Not" book cover
Alcatraz: Believe It Or Not

For a small island, Alcatraz has a big reputation. This book collects the island’s strange-but-true stories of escapes, madness, and mayhem. Informative, surprising, and handsomely illustrated, this book is like nothing you’ve read. So, dive in and enjoy the swim... Warning! May be scary!

USP Alcatraz tin cup
Inmate Cup

Alcatraz prisoners used tin cups in their cells and in the dining hall. The reason was simple: ceramic or china cups could be broken and their shards turned into weapons. These replica cups, made of food-grade stainless steel, are based on an original.

Snow globe with a mini Golden Gate Bridge inside of it
Golden Gate Bridge Fog Globe

The fog at San Francisco's Golden Gate is legendary. Created when moist ocean air drifts across the cold California current flowing parallel to the coastline, the sea, or advection, fog is drawn inland through this narrow gap in the Coast Range. It then flows up and over the iconic bridge.

Schwab image of birds flying over the Cliff House at sunset
Framed Cliff House Print

Celebrate the Cliff House with this high-quality print.

Michael Schwab graphic of an egret at Crissy Field
Framed Crissy Field Print

Celebrate Crissy Field with this high-quality print.

Schwab image of Fort Baker overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge
Fort Baker Print

Celebrate Fort Baker with this high-quality print.

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Park webcams in the San Francisco Bay Area

Take a look at our parks today through webcams!

Oakwood Valley
Oakwood Valley
Marin County

On a clear day you can see as far as Point Reyes from this park adjacent to the Marin Headlands. Trails loop through groves of eucalyptus and bay laurel. In the spring you will find lupine and California poppies. In summer, the grasses turn golden, and by late summer you can find fennel, sagebrush, and blackberry bushes.

Olema Valley in Marin County
Olema Valley
Marin County

You're in another world here, a picture-perfect rural valley bordering both the Golden Gate National Parks and Point Reyes National Seashore. This pastoral landscape stretches for nine miles, its ribbon of Highway 1 unspooling between the slopes of Bolinas and Inverness Ridge. Here you have an opportunity to experience two national parks in one trip.

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Phleger Estate
San Mateo County

See a verdant redwood forest reborn here at the southern tip of the Golden Gate National Parks. This tranquil park was once severely logged and century-old redwood stumps and remnants of steam mills are still in evidence.