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Constance Smith has been a living historian for decades, sharing the history of the Civil War with visitors at national parks and at reenactments across the country.
Women’s History Month on Alcatraz: Women of Fortress Alcatraz
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From laundresses working in the military fort, to female leaders of the Native American Occupation, to formerly incarcerated women sharing their stories on the island today, women’s history is everywhere on Alcatraz.

General Superintendent David Smith talking at an event.
Coffee and Q&A with the Superintendent
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Join Golden Gate National Recreation Area Superintendent David Smith for informal chats about the park, emphasizing a different park program, topic, or location every session.

Seal Rocks seen in the Pacific Ocean near San Francisco's Lands End.
Belonging in Nature: March 2026
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Join us for our next Belonging in Nature program! This will be the first in a series of three spring programs.

Registration Required
Trail at Presidio Tunnel Tops
Membership Event: Community Walk at Crissy Field
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Come meet your member community at the Presidio Visitor Center and our new Membership Manager, Clare!

RSVP Here
Volunteers at Work
Invasive Plant Patrol
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Hiking with a mission – help find and remove new infestations of invasive weeds while exploring the parks.

Registration Required
People gathered at Fort Point National Historic Site on Living History Day, dressed in civil war era union uniforms for reenactment.
Fort Point Living History Weekend
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Join National Park Service Rangers, and Volunteers as we demonstrate what life was like for all who served here during the American Civil War.

What's New
Ember Ridge Ranch in Rancho Corral de Tierra
Farmer's Daughter Trail
Difficulty Level: Easiest
Trail Length: 2.35 miles round trip
Path winding through Rancho Corral de Tierra
Farallon Trail
Difficulty Level: Easiest
Trail Length: 1.84 miles round trip
Battery Wagner along the Kirby Cove Road in the Marin Headlands.
Battery Wagner Trail
Difficulty Level: Easiest
Trail Length: 0.13 miles round trip
Sunrise from Battery Spencer
Battery Spencer Trail
Difficulty Level: Easiest
Trail Length: 0.86 miles round trip
Habitat restoration volunteers work on Alta Ridge
Alta Trail
Difficulty Level: Moderately Strenuous
Trail Length: 5.02 miles round trip
Fort Baker
Drown Road Trail
Difficulty Level: Easiest
Trail Length: 1.17 miles round trip
Chip Trail
Difficulty Level: Easiest
Trail Length: 0.28 miles round trip
Fort Baker Chapel
Chapel Steps Trail
Difficulty Level: Easiest
Trail Length: 0.31 miles round trip
Former Tennessee Valley Native Plant Nursery and adjoining stables
Chaparral Trail
Difficulty Level: Easiest
Trail Length: 0.66 miles round trip
Ben Johnson Trail
Ben Johnson Trail
Difficulty Level: Easiest
Trail Length: 2.64 miles round trip
Baquiano Trail up Sweeney Ridge
Baquiano Trail
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.22 miles round trip
Enjoying colors of sunset at Lands End
El Camino del Mar Trail
Difficulty Level: Easiest
Trail Length: 1.20 miles round trip