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Sutro Heights
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Sutro Historic District

San Francisco
The fine ruins here excite visitors' imaginations. Adolf Sutro, a visionary 19th-century San Francisco mayor, built a home and gardens on a bluff overlooking the Pacific. Today all that is left are dreamily romantic gardens. Below it, on a rocky shore, are the vast remains of Sutro Baths a lavish...
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Sweeney Ridge

San Mateo County
Ridges and ravines mark this hiking area 25 minutes south of San Francisco. Wildlife, including hawks, deer, and wildflowers, abound on the slopes which drop to the Bay on one side and Thornton Beach on the other. The park's highest point is 1,200 feet and has a plaque honoring Portola's...
Hiking in Tennessee Valley
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Tennessee Valley

Marin County
Offering more of a stroll than a hike, the two-mile trail that meanders through the meadows of this serene valley leads you to bluffs overlooking the Pacific. There you'll several fine sand beaches and the Pacific's shattering surf.
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Tomales Bay & Points North

Marin County
The long blue finger of Tomales Bay points seaward, straight along the San Andreas Fault from the north end of the Olema Valley out to the Pacific. Explore it by kayak and keep your eye for the abundant shore birds, such as herons, egrets, ospreys, and much more.
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Crissy Field Center

Engaging communities who traditionally have had little-to-no access to national parks, the Center offers multicultural urban environmental education for youth.
Camping at the Presidio
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Camping at the Presidio

Provides meaningful overnight camping experiences for youth who traditionally haven't visited national parks.
A large group of cheerful teenagers excitingly cheer at Rob Hill Campground in the Presidio of San Francisco
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Urban Trailblazers

Middle school leadership program for youth attending San Francisco public schools.
Giuseppe Penone's "Idee di pietra" on display at upper Fort Mason
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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.
Video screenshot showing a landscape painting overlayed with the series title, "100 Years of Arts in the Parks"
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100 Years of Arts in the Parks

“100 Years of Arts in the Parks” celebrates how artists inspired the creation of the national parks and are helping to re-imagine the parks today.
Hawk Hill
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Golden Gate Raptor Observatory

The Golden Gate Raptor Observatory’s mission is to inspire the preservation of California raptor populations.