View north from Mori Point showing abundant spring flowers and Mt. Tamalpais in the background.
Experience a park so rich it supports 19 distinct ecosystems with over 2,000 plant and animal species. Go for a hike, enjoy a vista, have a picnic or learn about the centuries of overlapping history from California’s indigenous cultures, Spanish colonialism, the Mexican Republic, US military expansion and the growth of San Francisco. All of this and more awaits you, so get out and find your park.
A new National Park Service report shows that the nearly 15 million visitors to Golden Gate National Recreation Area in 2023 spent $1.5 billion in communities near the park. That spending supported 13,150 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $2 billion.
A new exhibit on Alcatraz Island showcases the lesser-known inhabitants of the former prison. Birds in a Changing Climate, a multi-media interpretive display created by National Park Service staff, explores the island’s different species of the waterbirds, some of which nest nowhere else in the San Francisco Bay.
The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking your input for the Stinson Beach Parking Lots Rehabilitation Project at Golden Gate National Recreation Area. NPS will host a public meeting on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the Stinson Beach Community Center at 30 Belvedere Avenue, Stinson Beach. You are invited to attend this meeting to learn more and to ask NPS representatives any questions you may have about the project.
The National Park Service and Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy announced today a new public webcam that will allow viewers to watch the growth of four recently hatched peregrine falcon chicks on Alcatraz Island in an exciting opportunity for casual observers and citizen scientists alike.