Ad
related to: golden gate park walking map- San Francisco Excursions
Top Quality Tours Guaranteed!
The Best Tours. Order Now!
- Tickets
Tickets, Tours & Activities.
5 Stars Tour for Affordable Prices!
- Things To Do
5-Star Rated Tours & Activities.
Book Now for Great Prices!
- Top San Francisco Tours
Excursions, Tours & Activities.
Book Now To Ensure the Best Price
- San Francisco Excursions
Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Golden Gate Park is an urban park between the Richmond and Sunset districts of San Francisco, California, United States.It is the second-largest park in the city, containing 1,017 acres (412 ha), and the third-most visited urban park in the United States, with an estimated 24 million visitors annually.
An 1853 map of San Francisco labels the area that the Panhandle and Golden Gate Park presently occupy the "Great Sand Bank". In 1870, the Panhandle's footprint occupied large, shifting sand-dunes with little vegetation in between it and the Pacific Ocean known as the "Outside Lands".
Initial work completed in 1871 included grading, fencing, drainage and irrigation work, and development of a park nursery. In 1872, 22,000 hardy and quick-growing trees were planted, park roads were built, and visitors began to arrive by the thousands. [4] Aerial view of today's Golden Gate Park, which was once known as the Outside Lands
Lloyd Lake, also known as Mirror Lake or Kissane Lake, is a clay-lined lake in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, named in memory of Reuben Hedley Lloyd, the park commissioner. [2] It is home to a wide variety of non-native, non-migratory birds.
Hippie Hill is a small hill and historic area within Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.It is situated between the Conservatory of Flowers and Haight Street.Positioned east of the Golden Gate Park tennis courts, this green space features a gentle sloping lawn located off Kezar Drive.
The Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) is a U.S. National Recreation Area protecting 82,116 acres (33,231 ha) of ecologically and historically significant landscapes surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area. Much of the park is land formerly used by the United States Army.
The Beach Chalet is a historic two-story Spanish Colonial Revival-style building, [2] located at the far western end of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.The building is owned by the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department; and the tenants are the Beach Chalet Brewery and Restaurant, and the Park Chalet.
The fort is now protected as Fort Point National Historic Site, a United States National Historic Site administered by the National Park Service as a unit of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. It is now popular as a tourist viewing point of the Golden Gate Bridge directly over top of it.
Ad
related to: golden gate park walking map