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Waves crashing over rocks at Marshall's Beach with Golden Gate Bridge in the background.
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Marshall's Beach

San Francisco
While visiting the biodiverse shorelines of the Presidio, you can’t get much closer to the Golden Gate Bridge than at Marshall’s Beach. This rugged stretch of sand and rocks is a favorite destination for photographers. Even clothing-optional sunbathers are known to frequent on warm days.
People sit and lay on blankets all about the Golden Gate Meadow at Presidio Tunnel Tops.
Parks

Presidio Tunnel Tops

San Francisco
Presidio Tunnel Tops is a stunning and welcoming national park space, completely free and accessible to all!
Muir Woods walk
Parks

Muir Woods National Monument

Marin County
People do not just visit Muir Woods. They come from around the globe to pay homage to nature in this cathedral of redwoods. The trees' ages range from 400 to 800 years, their height up to 250 feet. Flat easy trails loop through the groves and across creeks. Parking can be an issue.
Alcatraz at night
Parks

Alcatraz

San Francisco
Infamous for its maximum security prison, Alcatraz is also known for remnants of an 1850s military fort, the West Coast's first lighthouse, the birthplace of a Native American movement, an important bird-nesting locale, and the historic Alcatraz Gardens.
A group of educators stand together outside a building in a national park
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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.
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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Raptor Tracking

Raptor tracking provides a more complete picture of raptor movements between banding and recovery
Volunteers prune plants at a native plant nursery
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Native Plant Nurseries

Restoring for generations to come, the nurseries provide a living link between local communities and the restoration of native plant habitat throughout the Golden Gate National Parks.