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A youth group smiling as they hike through Presidio trails in San Francisco
Park Youth Exchange

Our hope is that youth throughout the Bay Area, especially those from communities underrepresented in national parks, have access to park lands and benefit from the park’s wide range of youth leadership and educational opportunities.

Parks After Dark activity book
Parks After Dark Activity Book

Learn about nighttime creatures in the park and how scientists are working to protect them.

From left, Middle School Summer Programs Instructors Imari Keith, Aiden Koontz, Kathleen Wong, Olive Tambou, Dion Chung, and Nhi Nguyen. The six youth leaders from summer 2019 were all past participants in Crissy Field Center programs.
Discover New Virtual Programs at Park Youth Exchange!

Parks are a place of recreation, healing, exploration, education, and wonder. Continue your park adventures even during shelter in place and find your next experience on Park Youth Exchange, where you can find dozens of virtual programming for students, families, and kids of all ages.

Two youth working on a project together
PYC Shared Solutions

By sharing strategies for both physical and digital access to the park, we hope to ensure that no opportunity is out of reach for park visitors.

A student brainstorming a new website design
PYC Shared Data

By sharing data across organizations, we can better understand who the park is serving (and not serving!), using that data to improve programs and reach underserved audiences.

Two youth at the top of a ropes course
PYC Shared Learning

By creating equitable access to high quality professional development for educators, we ensure that all youth can find relevant, quality programming anywhere in the park.

Park educators celebrating another year of professional development
PYC Partner Organizations

By developing meaningful, lasting connections between staff across organizations, PYC is creating a unified community of practice in the GGNRA.

YAC members try virtual reality in the outdoors
PYC Shared Voice - The Youth Advisory Council

By directly partnering with youth and empowering their voices, we are creating a park that is more relevant, welcoming, and impactful for the young people it serves.

Andy Goldsworthy’s installation Tree Fall
Art in the Parks

The program mission of Arts in the Parks is provide programs to connect our visitors with creative experiences in the park that are transformative, unexpected, and inspirational.

A group of four high school students stand in a line outdoors while leading a presentation about the natural environment
Finding Urban Nature

A 2-day workshop utilizing “Finding Urban Nature: An Educators’ Guide to Exploring San Francisco Natural History.”