Outdoorsy
New Monarch Butterfly Habitat Coming to Mountain View
Brand New, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches Mountain View is using a grant from Google to create new habitat for monarch butterflies at the city’s Shoreline Park. The $30,000 grant will help the city develop and maintain three “pollinator” habitats on nearly 8 acres in the city’s popular wildlife and recreation area, city officials announced Monday. “We’ve been more...
Peak Fall Colors Hit San Francisco
City Insight, Outdoorsy, San Francisco The fall color is at its peak right now at San Francisco Botanical Garden… we’re told this should last just only 2 weeks. The Garden expects the peak colors to last through the second week of December. While the color of the leaves in San Francisco will never be confused for more...
6 Signs of Winter in SF’s Presidio
Outdoorsy, San Francisco Winter is almost here, and the earlier rains have begun to coax seeds to sprout to life. Creatures like birds and banana slugs are active and visible, and the park is looking green. To embrace the season, we have six signs of the season, and some great ideas to experience more...
Golden Gate Park’s “Winter Lights” Glowing Forest is Here
Brand New, Holiday Lights, Holidays, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Join us for a new tradition this holiday season! Explore Golden Gate Park from sundown to 10 p.m. each night to experience an illuminated journey to delight the whole family. Make your way from “Uncle John’s Tree” at McLaren Lodge to Entwined in Peacock Meadow, then from the glowing Conservatory of more...
SF’s Zeitgeist Just Took Down Half Their Beer Garden Plastic Barriers
Bay Area Favorites, Outdoor Dining, Outdoorsy, San Francisco Need to escape your family and grab an outdoor beer? Zeitgeist are having special Thanksgiving Day hours, opening from 2pm to 9pm on Thursday. Also, they just announced that they’ve removed the plastic barriers on the outdoor picnic tables in half of their beer garden. They’ve left a few barriers still more...
Food Trucks Coming to SF’s Great Highway
Brand New, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department today announced the launch of a three-month pilot program for food trucks on the Upper Great Highway during days the roadway is closed to vehicle traffic, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department announced today. Viva Vegan, a plant-based burger truck, began serving its more...
East Bay Park District’s “Free Park Day” for ‘Green Friday’ (Nov. 26)
East Bay, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches For the past seven years, the East Bay Regional Park District has celebrated Green Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, as a healthy outdoor alternative to Black Friday holiday shopping. To encourage time in nature, the Park District is again making Green Friday a free park day, meaning all district fees are more...
Oakland’s Brand New 2021 “Town Nights” Parks Festival
East Bay, Fairs & Festivals, Oakland, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, Police Reform, Uplifting On Monday, November 22, Oakland’s Department of Violence Prevention is kicking off the 2021 Town Nights events at eight locations across the city of Oakland. According to the flyer there will be free food, games, sports, entertainment and more. Town Nights events aim to change community norms around violence through community engagement, more...
See Golden Gate Park’s Dazzling Lights all December 2021
Bay Area Favorites, Christmas, Holiday Lights, Holidays, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Starting in December, visitors to Golden Gate Park will journey through an immersive wonderland of light, nature and art as illuminated paths, interactive exhibits, and live performances brighten nearly a mile of car-free JFK Drive and the park’s Music Concourse, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department and the San more...
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse for 1,000 Years (Nov. 18)
Outdoorsy, Wow A partial lunar eclipse is on the way, taking place overnight on November 18th and 19th, when the Moon slips into Earth’s shadow for a couple of hours. Weather permitting, the eclipse will be visible from any location where the Moon appears above the horizon during the eclipse. For observers on more...
SF Might Create Mega “Gardens of Golden Gate Park” Attraction
Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches Officials with San Francisco Recreation and Park Department on Monday announced a proposal to merge three separate attractions at Golden Gate Park into one, creating the new “Gardens of Golden Gate Park.” The proposal would bring together the Japanese Tea Garden, San Francisco Botanical Garden, and the Conservatory of Flowers — more...
SF Celebrates Its Newest Boat Dock at Lake Merced
Brand New, Outdoorsy, San Francisco City officials, dragon boat racers and community members gathered to celebrate a new boat dock at Lake Merced in San Francisco on Saturday. The new dock (which actually opened to the public back in September, but had its official opening ceremony on November 13, 2021) is located on the North Lake, more...
SF’s Lighted Forest Returns to Golden Gate Park on Dec. 2
Artsy Fartsy, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches San Francisco’s popular illuminated forest, Entwined, returns to Golden Gate Park’s Peacock Meadow, from December 2, 2021 through February 1, 2022. During the pandemic, this dazzling forest of lights entranced park goers and quickly became a popular evening destination for Bay Area residents and visitors alike. In the returning year of more...
SF’s New 12,000sqft Kid-Designed Nature Exploration Area Opens Nov. 1
Brand New, New Parks, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco City officials, children, and the Bayview-Hunters Point community will celebrate the opening of a 12,000-square foot Nature Exploration Area at Heron’s Head Park on November 1, 2021 with a ribbon cutting, speaking program, and fun designed to ignite creativity and imagination. The Nature Exploration Area was designed with input from local more...
SF Hosts 8 Free Halloween “Slow Street” Block Parties (Oct. 30-31)
Halloween, Outdoorsy, San Francisco Thanks to SFMTA and Eillie Anzilotti for this great roundup of neighborhood Slow Street Halloween parties in SF This Halloween season, Slow Streets are becoming Spooky Streets. All across San Francisco, community groups are transforming their local Slow Streets into neighborhood gathering places for trick-or-treating, costume parties and more. On October 31 from 3 more...
