For many of us, hiking the sprawling and spectacular trail system at Golden Gate is how we experience the parks and encounter their many wonders.

Learn more about biking in the parks.

The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and the National Park Service urge visitors to use public transportation to get to the park’s many sites.

What kind of bird are you? Find out with our scientifically dubious but finely feathered personality quiz, based on distinct avian phenotypes!

Take our personality quiz and find out which trail in the Golden Gate National Parks you should explore!

Use this tool to get directions to the parks.

The lighter side of the parks

The Big Blue Whale sculpture is located at the west end of Crissy Field and will be free and open to the public October 13th, 2018 to January 13th, 2019. Below is the sign content accompanying the exhibition.

Art in the Parks works with with a variety of community partners to bring the arts to park settings to provide new ways of experiencing and learning about place.

From foggy Sutro Baths to Alcatraz, Art in the Parks showcases site-specific works within national park settings that provide opportunities for reflection about nature and the unique culture of the San Francisco Bay Area. Proposals are accepted on a quarterly basis.