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

special repeating garden volunteering

Fri, Oct 10, 2025, 9:00am - 12:00pm

Fort Mason

Summary

Presidio Forest Stewards

Fri, Oct 10, 2025, 9:00am - 12:00pm

Presidio of San Francisco

Help tend to the health of the Presidio’s historic forests.

Black Point Historic Gardens

Fri, Oct 10, 2025, 9:00am - 12:00pm

Fort Mason

Help us restore the long-neglected gardens of East Black Point, a spectacular park site tucked away above the bustling San Francisco waterfront.

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

Black Gold: Stories Untold

Fri, Oct 10, 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

Fri, Oct 10, 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