Outdoorsy
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...
Crab Traps May Be Banned As Dungeness Crab Season Approaches
Bay Area Updates, Green, Outdoorsy By Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News Foundation Recreational Dungeness crab season opens Nov. 6 and, in response to new regulations by the Fish and Game Commission, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife may prohibit crab traps in an effort to prevent marine life entanglement. Announced Wednesday evening, department Director Charlton Bonham more...
Last Day for Ocean Beach Bonfires is October 31st
Bay Area Updates, Halloween, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open Your last day for an Ocean Beach bonfire is Halloween. Fires are allowed on Ocean Beach for eight months, March through October, under the Beach Fire Regulations for Ocean Beach. Fires will not be allowed on Ocean Beach from the first day in November to the last day in February. The Burn Season aligns more...
Palisades Tahoe Ski Resort Opens Early (Oct. 29) After Big Snowfall
Bay Area Favorites, Outdoorsy, Reopening, Tahoe Thanks to an October snowstorm that delivered more than 3 feet to our upper mountains, Palisades Tahoe will be opening early Friday-Sunday, October 29-31. We can’t wait to welcome you back and make some turns this Halloween weekend. Costumes are highly encouraged. All operations are weather & conditions permitting. The season more...
Good News: Parking at SF & Marin Beaches Will Remain Free
Bay Area Updates, Good News, Have Your Voice Heard, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches Good news… Thanks to MarinIJ for sharing the news the National Park Service is dropping its proposal to charge parking fees at several popular coastal sites in San Francisco and Marin including Baker Beach, Lands End Lookout, China Beach, Stinson Beach, and others. The proposed parking fees would have instituted a more...
SF’s New Interactive Exhibit in Golden Gate Park
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches The Exploratorium, in partnership with the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, announced the completion of a set of installations and interactive experiences around the recently upgraded Stanyan Street Entrance to Golden Gate Park. The installations, designed and fabricated by the Exploratorium, aim to reveal, enhance, and celebrate the park’s ever-changing natural and more...
San Francisco Fleet Week 2021: Blue Angels + Full Schedule of Events
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Outdoorsy, San Francisco Look up in the sky when you hear the roaring of jet engines and head down to SF’s northern waterfront and Dogpatch for San Francisco’s annual Fleet Week airshow and festival which is back in 2021 after a year off. New for 2021 – The Blue Angels are celebrating their 75th more...
Sunday Streets’ “Phoenix Day” 30+ Block Parties Take Over SF (Oct. 17)
Outdoorsy, Reopening San Francisco’s Sunday Streets is back on October 17, and bigger than ever. They’re dubbing it “Phoenix Day” featuring 5 open streets destinations, 30+ neighborhood block parties, a 20+ mile community bike ride, and dozens of neighbor-hosted block parties. Get ready to celebrate community, health, resilience, and car-free fun in the streets more...
SF’s New Ropes Course is Now Fully Open
Brand New, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches A new ropes course located in San Francisco’s McLaren Park is fully open after city leaders on Thursday held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the new site — the first ropes course on city property. Although the McLaren Park Ropes Course had a soft opening 11 months ago, the full opening more...
