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Yellow wildflowers on hill at Mori Point
Tips for Viewing Wildflowers in the Golden Gate National Parks

Where can you enjoy the array of seasonal flora in the Golden Gate National Parks while minimizing your impact? Follow these tips.

Hiking in the Marin Headlands
How to Celebrate National Park Week 2019 at Golden Gate

Here at the Golden Gate National Parks, there are so many opportunities to celebrate National Park Week 2019!

Some spots in the Golden Gate National Parks, like this overlook in Tennessee Valley, are wonderful for reflection.
Thoughtful park haikus from a late Friday afternoon

Hopefully these haikus remind us all why we love our jobs and these parks.

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Spring 2019 guide to the Golden Gate National Parks

A new season means a new menu of events and happenings for those seeking adventure—and a good time—in the Golden Gate National Parks. See what’s in store from April to June 2019.

Redwood Fog Globe
Award-Winning Redwood Fog Globe Raises Climate Change Awareness

Celebrate California's redwood forests with our new fog globe, winner of the 2019 Public Lands Alliance Innovative Product of the Year Award.

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Our favorite Instagram posts of the Blue Whale art exhibit on Crissy Field

Did you hear the really BIG news? From October 2018 to March 2019, an artful, artificial leviathan landed on Crissy Field.

Volunteers at work
Traits of a Park Superhero

Superhero movies might be trendy, but being a hero to the parks never goes out of style—especially during times of need (ahem, partial federal government shutdown).

Sunset at Milagra Ridge
Best Instagram-able photo spots in the Golden Gate National Parks

We collected a list of the most Instagram-able, “double tap”-worthy vistas in your coastal parklands for your posting pleasure. While you’re out exploring and documenting, tag us in your post (@parksconservancy) for a chance to be featured on our website!

Image of a coastal battery with the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance
Best Instagram photos of the Golden Gate Bridge, and how to get them yourself

Don’t rely on the Bridge’s photogenic qualities to make your photo pop. We compiled tips to help you improve your next photo of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Black and white photo of people posing on Fieldbrook Stump, one of the largest trees in the world.
Redwood tree clones form Presidio ‘supergrove’

We can’t go back in time and stop giant redwoods from being cut down. But we can take material from old stumps, grow it in a special medium, and plant a grove of coast redwood saplings with super DNA, right here in the Presidio of San Francisco.