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Ribbon dancers performing at the Presidio Tunnel Tops for FACT/SF Fantastic Field Day
Events
Sun, Jun 11 12:00pm-4:30pm
Presidio Tunnel Tops
Join us June 11 at 12pm for Fantastic Field Day – an all-ages, intentionally inclusive, accessible, and radically Queer sports event that challenges how we look at conventional forms of athleticism.
Sharaya Souza sits in Black Point historic gardens surrounded by wildlfowers.
Article
Editor's note: This article is part of our 2023 Annual Report to the Community , where you'll find all we've accomplished together in the past year, along with interactive postcards from the park sites of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Check it out >> Sharaya Souza (Taos Pueblo, Ute...
Ocean Beach visitors warm up beside a bonfire in the iconic fire pits as a golden sunset illuminates the sky.
Parks
Where else can you roast s'mores while watching the sun set over the Pacific Ocean? So bundle up and head out to these beaches for a memorable time out.
Collecting seeds at Mori Point.
Gateways Article
For Martine Glaros, it’s “like hiking and going on a treasure hunt at the same time.” Desmond Murray called it “needle in a haystack stuff.” Imagine finding a bloom in the park and going back weeks later when it’s no longer flowering, grasses and shrubs growing up around it, and...
Park leaders stand in front of the China Beach monument.
Gateways Article
David Smith became the new Superintendent of the GGNRA in January 2023. We sat down with David to get to know him better, and talk about his priorities for the GGNRA and how they overlap with the Parks Conservancy's work.
A sunset photo of the rainbow pride flag flying in the parks.
Gateways Article
Time travel is a walk in the park in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA). For Pride Month and beyond, let’s make our way through some of the queer history in the parks. In more recent history, our park sites existed as military bases and fortifications—see the batteries and...