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Thanks to YOU we are leaving the Golden Gate National Parks better than we found them: Improving trails, building overlooks, and growing plants. And we're engaging the next generation of park stewards through richly rewarding opportunities for young people of all ages. Scroll down to see our wide variety of programs. 

Trails Forever
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Interactive sliders show the dramatic changes there before and after restoration work done by the Parks Conservancy and our partners.

Rainbow above the Golden Gate Bridge.
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Seasonal guides to the parks

hiking at Muir Woods
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Take a hike

Colored pencils next to a piece of paper titled "Parks at Home: Activity Pack"
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Activity packs and other online resources

Volunteering on Mt. Tam.
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Volunteering and Internships

Active Events

Events that have not been canceled or postponed

A formerly incarcerated speaker lectures in the Alcatraz Dining Hall
Events
Sat, Jun 07 3:00pm-4:00pm
Alcatraz Island - New Industries Building
The Formerly Incarcerated Speaker Series is a biweekly program on Alcatraz Island that lifts up and highlights the voices of people who have spent time inside of jails and prisons.
Children watching an astronomer adjust a telescope on the Presidio Main Lawn for stargazing
Event
Sat, Jun 07 8:30pm-11:30pm
Meadows at Presidio Tunnel Tops
Come join the San Francisco Amateur Astronomers for free public stargazing of the Moon, planets, globular clusters and more!
Park Rangers Takeo Kishi, left, and Jasmine Reinhardt at Muir Woods.
Events
Sun, Jun 08 9:00am-3:00pm
Muir Woods Visitor Center
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
Events
Sun, Jun 08 10:00am-5:00pm
Fort Point Entrance
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
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Sun, Jun 08 10:15am-10:30am
Muir Woods Visitor Center
Join a Muir Woods Ranger in a grove of towering Coast Redwoods for a 15-minute talk.

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