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People at the Crissy Field Center Teaching Kitchen
Park cooking: Youth find connections at Crissy Field Center Teaching Kitchen

How the Crissy Field Center Teaching Kitchen is helping young people follow their curiosities—and their senses—to more deeply engage with the world around them. 

Art Projects from De Colores Arts "Presidio Tunnel Tops Park Art Series"
5 Questions with...De Colores Arts

We connected with De Colores Arts to learn more about the 7-week-long "Presidio Tunnel Tops Park Art Series" hosted at the Crissy Field Center Art Lab.

An Adventure Guide engages with a young person at the Outpost at Presidio Tunnel Tops.
Presidio Tunnel Tops Adventure Guides: An 'awesome experience' 

Most of the Adventure Guides started in Crissy Field Center youth programs, and for many, this is their first real job. Here, in their own words, is what they learned at Presidio Tunnel Tops.

Kids stretch and play, running around the Presidio Tunnel Tops lawn.
It's almost here: Get excited for Presidio Tunnel Tops

This new 14-acre national park experience includes trails, meadows, play spaces, and overlooks to soak in the 360-degree views of the Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay. Special cultural events and food offerings are being planned, and Presidio Tunnel Tops will be a welcoming destination for people to gather and learn about the natural world.

Crissy Field Center Urban Backpackers
Crissy Field Center: Summer Camps

Outdoor environmental experiences for middle school youth in the Golden Gate National Parks.

Youth in the Urban Trailblazers program on a hike through the Presidio.
Listen to the sounds of environmental justice in San Francisco

Youth at the Crissy Field Center have become podcasting pros, and you can hear their work on your way to work!

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.
Crissy Field Center 'Special Six' youth return as leaders

All six Middle School Programs Instructors this summer were past participants in Crissy Field Center programs, so inspired by their own experiences that they wanted to mentor a new generation of park lovers.

Hanging out at Muir Beach.
What to do for spring break in the Golden Gate National Parks

Find a new park or activity, and check out what our youth leaders are doing for spring break in San Francisco, the Bay Area, and beyond.

Youth photographers' images from Crissy Field Center programs during the summer of 2018.
Viewfinders: Kids go from amateur to pro photographers

These amateur artists were new to DSLR photography before they came through the Crissy Field Center, which makes their heartwarming, hilarious, and artistic shots all the more incredible. See their images and hear their stories. 

High schoolers from around the Bay Area participated in the LINC outdoor leadership program in summer 2018.
The rewarding LINC program, in high schoolers' own words

These 40 high schoolers spent the summer in the Golden Gate National Parks through our intensive LINC youth leadership program. Here, in their own words, is their adventure.