This is a List of parks in

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17t ...

Federal

National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational properti ...

Golden Gate National Recreation Area The Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) is a U.S. National Recreation Area protecting of ecologically and historically significant landscapes surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area. Much of the park is land formerly used by the United ...

(partially), including **

Alcatraz Alcatraz Island () is a small island in San Francisco Bay, offshore from San Francisco, California, United States. The island was developed in the mid-19th century with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, and a military pris ...

China Beach ''China Beach'' is an American war film, war drama television series set at an evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War. The title refers to My Khe beach in the city of Da Nang, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, nicknamed "China Beach" in English by Amer ...

** Fort Funston **

Fort Mason Fort Mason, in San Francisco, California originated as a coastal defense site during the American Civil War. The nucleus of the property was owned by John C. Frémont and disputes over compensation by the United States continued into 1968. In 188 ...

** Fort Miley (partially) **

Lands End Land's End ( kw, Penn an Wlas or ''Pedn an Wlas'') is a headland and tourist and holiday complex in western Cornwall, England, on the Penwith peninsula about west-south-west of Penzance at the western end of the A30 road. To the east of it is ...

** Ocean Beach ** The Presidio, including ***

Baker Beach Baker Beach is a public beach on the peninsula of San Francisco, California, U.S. The beach lies on the shore of the Pacific Ocean in the northwest of the city. It is roughly a long, beginning just south of Golden Gate Point (where the Golden ...

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Crissy Field Crissy Field is a public recreation area on the northern shore of the San Francisco Peninsula in California, United States, located just east of the Golden Gate Bridge. It includes restored tidal marsh and beaches. Crissy Field is a former Un ...

*** Fort Point ***

San Francisco National Cemetery San Francisco National Cemetery is a United States national cemetery, located in the Presidio of San Francisco, California. Because of the name and location, it is frequently confused with Golden Gate National Cemetery, a few miles south of th ...

** Sutro District, including *** Cliff House *** Sutro Baths ***

Sutro Heights Park Sutro Heights Park is an historic public park in the Outer Richmond District of western San Francisco, California. It is within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and the Sutro Historic District. It is located above the Cliff House in the ...

* San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, including ** Aquatic Park ** Hyde Street Pier

United States Fish and Wildlife Service The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS or FWS) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior dedicated to the management of fish, wildlife, and natural habitats. The mission of the agency is "working with othe ...

* Farallon National Wildlife Refuge

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA ) is an United States scientific and regulatory agency within the United States Department of Commerce that forecasts weather, monitors oceanic and atmospheric conditi ...

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary A gulf is a large inlet from the ocean into the landmass, typically with a narrower opening than a bay, but that is not observable in all geographic areas so named. The term gulf was traditionally used for large highly-indented navigable bodies ...

(partially)

State

California Department of Parks & Recreation * Angel Island State Park (partially) * Candlestick Point State Recreation Area

California Department of Fish and Game The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), formerly known as the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), is a state agency under the California Natural Resources Agency. The Department of Fish and Wildlife manages and protec ...

* Farallon Islands State Marine Conservation Area

University of California The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California. The system is composed of the campuses at Berkeley, Davis, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, University of Califor ...

* Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve

City

San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department The San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department is the city agency responsible for governing and maintaining all city-owned parks and recreational facilities in San Francisco, California. The Recreation & Parks Department also runs Sharp Park i ...

* Alamo Square *

Alta Plaza Alta Plaza is a park in San Francisco, California and caps the top of the western edge of Pacific Heights. It falls under the jurisdiction of the City's Supervisorial District 2. The park is served by several San Francisco Municipal Railway bu ...

* Balboa Park * Bayview Park * Bernal Heights Park *

Boeddeker Park Boeddeker Park, more formally known as Father Alfred E. Boeddeker Park, is an urban park in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco. This 1-acre park was renovated and reopened in 2014, especially intended to serve the needs of people in t ...

Buena Vista Park Buena Vista Park is a park in the Haight-Ashbury and Buena Vista Heights neighborhoods of San Francisco, California. It is the oldest official park in San Francisco, established in 1867 as Hill Park, later renamed Buena Vista. It is bounded by H ...

Candlestick Park Candlestick Park was an outdoor stadium on the West Coast of the United States, located in San Francisco's Bayview Heights area. The stadium was originally the home of Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants, who played there from 1960 ...

Cayuga Park Cayuga Park is a neighborhood park and playground in San Francisco, at the edge of the Cayuga Terrace neighborhood. Its history, location and aesthetics make it unique among the parks of San Francisco. The aesthetics of Cayuga Park is largely the c ...

Corona Heights Park Corona Heights Park is a park in the Castro and Corona Heights neighborhoods of San Francisco, California, United States. It is situated immediately to the south of Buena Vista Park. Corona Heights is bounded in part by Flint Street on the e ...

* Crane Cove Park * Dolores Park * Duboce Park * Francisco Park * Garfield Square * Glen Canyon Park *

Golden Gate Park Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco, California, United States, is a large urban park consisting of of public grounds. It is administered by the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department, which began in 1871 to oversee the developm ...

, including ** AIDS Memorial Grove (affiliated with the

as a national memorial) **

California Academy of Sciences The California Academy of Sciences is a research institute and natural history museum in San Francisco, California, that is among the largest museums of natural history in the world, housing over 46 million specimens. The Academy began in 1853 ...

** Conservatory of Flowers ** Japanese Tea Garden **

Kezar Stadium Kezar Stadium is an outdoor athletics stadium in San Francisco, California, located adjacent to Kezar Pavilion in the southeastern corner of Golden Gate Park. It is the former home of the San Francisco 49ers and the Oakland Raiders (first AFL s ...

** M. H. de Young Memorial Museum ** Music Concourse ** Polo Fields **

San Francisco Botanical Garden The San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum (formerly Strybing Arboretum) is located in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Its 55 acres (22.3 ha) represents nearly 9,000 different kinds of plants from around the world, with p ...

* Grand View Park * Harding Park Golf Club * Heron's Head Park * Holly Park *

Huntington Park Huntington Park is a city in the Gateway Cities district of southeastern Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 58,114, of whom 97% are Hispanic/Latino and about half were born outside th ...

In Chan Kaajal Park In Chan Kaajal Park is a public park in the Mission District, San Francisco, Mission District of San Francisco, USA, located north of 17th Street between Folsom Street, Folsom and Shotwell Street. It was inaugurated in June 2017 as the city's first ...

Lincoln Park Lincoln Park is a park along Lake Michigan on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. Named after US President Abraham Lincoln, it is the city's largest public park and stretches for seven miles (11 km) from Grand Avenue (500 N), on the south, ...

, including **

California Palace of the Legion of Honor The Legion of Honor, formally known as the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, is an art museum in San Francisco, California. Located in Lincoln Park, the Legion of Honor is a component of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, which a ...

Lafayette Park (San Francisco) Lafayette Park is an park in San Francisco, California, United States. Originally created in 1936, it is located in the neighborhood of Pacific Heights Pacific Heights is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. It has panoramic views ...

* Lake Merced * Larsen Park * McLaren Park (John McLaren Park) * Marina Green * Mount Davidson Park *

Mount Olympus Mount Olympus (; el, Όλυμπος, Ólympos, also , ) is the highest mountain in Greece. It is part of the Olympus massif near the Thermaic Gulf of the Aegean Sea, located in the Olympus Range on the border between Thessaly and Macedonia, be ...

* Mountain Lake Park *

Palace of Fine Arts The Palace of Fine Arts is a monumental structure located in the Marina District of San Francisco, California, originally constructed for the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition to exhibit works of art. Completely rebuilt from 1964 t ...

* The Panhandle *

Park Presidio Boulevard Park Presidio Boulevard is a road and park in San Francisco, California which connects Golden Gate Park to the Presidio of San Francisco. It carries California State Route 1 along its entire route. Running from Crossover Drive near the John F. Ke ...

(roadway maintained by

Caltrans The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is an executive department of the U.S. state of California. The department is part of the cabinet-level California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA). Caltrans is headquartered in Sacrame ...

) * Pine Lake Park, including ** Pine Lake *

Pink Triangle Park The Pink Triangle Park is a triangle-shaped mini-park located in the Castro District of San Francisco, California. The park is less than and faces Market Street with 17th Street to its back. The park sits directly above the Castro Street St ...

* Pioneer Park, including ** Coit Tower * Portsmouth Square *

San Francisco Zoo The San Francisco Zoo is a zoo located in the southwestern corner of San Francisco, California, between Lake Merced and the Pacific Ocean along the Great Highway. The SF Zoo is a public institution, managed by the non-profit San Francisco Zoolog ...

* Sigmund Stern Recreation Grove *

South Park ''South Park'' is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central. The series revolves around four boysStan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormickand ...

Sue Bierman Park Sue Bierman Park, also known as Ferry Park, is a park in San Francisco, California in the Financial District. Sue Bierman Park replaced off-ramps just north of the Embarcadero Center, and next to the park Ferry Plaza was constructed in front of ...

Twin Peaks ''Twin Peaks'' is an American mystery serial drama television series created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. It premiered on ABC on April 8, 1990, and originally ran for two seasons until its cancellation in 1991. The show returned in 2017 ...

* Union Square * Warm Water Cove * Washington Square Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure (former San Francisco Redevelopment Agency) * Mission Creek Park * Rincon Park * South Beach Park * Yerba Buena Gardens

Private

Oracle Park Oracle Park is a Major League Baseball stadium in the SoMa neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Since 2000, it has been the home of the San Francisco Giants. Previously named Pacific Bell Park, SBC Park, and AT&T Park, the stadium's curren ...

Ghirardelli Square Ghirardelli Square is a landmark public square with shops and restaurants and a 5-star hotel in the Marina area of San Francisco, California. A portion of the area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 as Pioneer Woo ...

Levi's Plaza Levi Strauss Plaza, also known as Levi Plaza or Levi's Plaza, is an office complex located in North Beach/ Telegraph Hill along The Embarcadero in San Francisco, California.Ginsberg, Steve. "Levi Strauss inks $300M headquarters deal." ''San Fran ...

Privately-Owned Public Open Spaces

In certain districts, private developers must account for and maintain public spaces within their facilities. These ''Privately-Owned Public Open Spaces (POPOS)'' take many forms and have varying hours of operation. *55 2nd St - A, B, C *101 2nd St *235 2nd St *Marriott - 299 2nd St **Courtyard A **Courtyard B **Courtyard C *Marathon Plaza - 303 2nd St *1 Bush Street *345 California St **A **East B **West C *1 California St *50 California St *100 California St *150 California St *200 California St *555 California St *600 California St *650 California St *Empire Park - 648 Commercial St. *Embarcadero Center West 1, 2, & 3 *611 Folsom St *14 Fremont St *Foundry Square - 400, 405, 500 Howard St *Intercontinental Hotel - 888 Howard St. **Pacific Terrace **Bay Terrace *25 Jessie St *1 Kearny St *333 Market St *425 Market St *444 Market St *525 Market St *555/557 Market St *595 Market St *Westfield Sky Terrace - 845 Market St *Golden Gate University - 536 Mission St *555 Mission St *560 Mission St *456 Montgomery St *100 Pine St *1 Post St *Citigroup Center - 1 Sansome St *343 Sansome St *49 Stevenson St *71 Stevenson St *Crocker Galleria - 165 Sutter St *Trinity Alley - at 333 Bush St *77 Van Ness Ave *Redwood Park - 535 Washington St

References

{{Reflist San Francisco, California parks