Things to Do

Visit and learn about the Parks, in person or at home!

Parks Conservancy staff lead a Camping at the Presidio program

Paul Myers/Parks Conservancy

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.

Go for a walk

Find your trail

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

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Seasonal guides to the parks

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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

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Volunteering and Internships

Active Events

Events that have not been canceled or postponed

Children watching an astronomer adjust a telescope on the Presidio Main Lawn for stargazing

San Francisco Amateur Astronomers' Star Party

Sat, Oct 4, 2025, 6:00 - 9:00pm

Come join the San Francisco Amateur Astronomers for free public stargazing of the Moon, planets, globular clusters and more!

British artist Yinka Shonibare’s large-scale sculptural installation Man Moving Up

Black Gold: Stories Untold

Sun, Oct 5, 2025, 10:00am - 5:00pm

Fort Point

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).

Fort Point National Historic Site underneath the Golden Gate Bridge

Fort Point History Talk

Sun, Oct 5, 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

Fort Point History Talk

Sun, Oct 5, 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

Battery Townsley Open House

Sun, Oct 5, 2025, 12:00 - 4:00pm

Battery Townsley, at Fort Cronkhite, was San Francisco's most extensive--and most secret--World War II military fortification. Come visit and explore this labyrinthine battery.