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33,000 Free Passes to CA State Parks Will Be Available at Local Libraries
Bay Area Updates, Freebies, Outdoorsy By Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News Foundation A swipe of a library card is enough for Californians to venture into the great outdoors for free. On Tuesday, California State Parks representatives encouraged Californians to take advantage of multiple ways to visit state parks for free, including utilizing the California State Parks Library more...
SF’s Esprit Park Closes for a Year for Renovations
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco By Victoria Franco, Bay City News Foundation A renovation project at Esprit Park in San Francisco broke ground on Friday and will leave the park closed for about a year, according to the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department. Once renovated, the 2-acre Dogpatch neighborhood park will still have its original design, more...
SF’s “Esprit Park” Is Getting a Huge Makeover After 40 Years
Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Esprit Park was built as a private, corporate park in 1982 and transferred to San Francisco’s Recreation and Park Department in 2001. The park is an urban oasis, connecting the neighborhood to nature within an urban environment. As Dogpatch transitions to a high-density residential neighborhood, the park is experiencing an increased more...
Here’s the 400+ National Parks Free On These 5 Days In 2023
Freebies, Outdoorsy, Travel Sometimes you’ve just got to get away from it all and clear your head with the peace and serenity of a national park. On certain “fee-free” days throughout the year, enjoy free entry to all national parks and monuments including Muir Woods and Yosemite National Park and free admission aboard all of the historic more...
This Nonprofit Has Planted 60,000 Trees on SF Streets
Causes, Green, Outdoorsy, San Francisco By J.L. Odom, BCN Foundation On any given weekend in San Francisco, they meet in a predesignated location, wearing adhesive tags with preferred first names and pronouns, hard hats and gloves. While working together and using equipment such as ladders, barrels, shovels, hammers, stakes and stake drivers for the task more...
Huge Private Property on Bay Area Coast to Become Public Park
Outdoorsy At a public meeting in Pescadero on December 10, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (Midpen) board of directors approved the purchase of 6,300 acres of the Cloverdale Ranch in San Mateo County from Peninsula Open Space Trust. The purchase is the single largest for Midpen in its 50-year history, and preserves nearly 10-square more...
Iconic SF Park Gets Fresh New Grass for 2023 Picnics
Bay Area Favorites, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Yerba Buena Gardens is installing brand new grass that will be ready for picnics in the new year. Yerba Buena Gardens shared on Instagram, “Fresh sod has been rolled in and the lawn is now closed as we … watch the grass grow. 🍃 We anticipate the lawn will be established more...
SF’s Great Highway Will Stay Car-Free on Weekends Until 2025
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Thanks to SF Chronicle for sharing the news that San Francisco’s Great Highway will remain car-free on weekends for the next three years through December 31, 2025 after the Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday. The Great Highway stretches 3.8 miles down San Francisco’s western coast, bordering Ocean Beach. Every weekend more...
No Reservations Needed for Yosemite National Park in 2023
Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches Yosemite National Park recently shared the news that reservations will no longer be required in 2023. Reservations were required in the summers of 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic and in summer 2022 when numerous key visitor attractions were closed for critical infrastructure repairs. Yosemite has been grappling with congestion—even gridlock—for more...
Free National Parks Day for Veteran’s Day (Nov. 11)
Freebies, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches Sometimes you’ve just got to get away from it all and clear your head with the peace and serenity of a national park. On certain “fee-free” days throughout the year, enjoy free entry to all national parks and monuments including Muir Woods and Yosemite National Park, and free admission aboard all of the historic more...
Rare “Blood Moon” Total Lunar Eclipse Over SF (Nov. 8)
Outdoorsy, Wow In the early morning on Tuesday, November 8, 2023, we’ll be treated to a rare Total Lunar Eclipse over San Francisco. It’ll be the last total lunar eclipse for the next three years until March 14, 2025. Thanks to NASA for sharing the details about the upcoming Blood Moon. According to more...
Golden Gate Park’s Lighted Forest is Back for 2022
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Favorites, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Entwined, the iconic illuminated art installation, returns to Golden Gate Park on December 1. Entwined will be hosted at Peacock Meadow for its third season from December 1, 2022 to March 12, 2023. This dazzling forest of light first welcomed parkgoers as a safe and joyful outdoor destination in 2020 and more...
SF Skate Park Gets a $200K+ Makeover
New Parks, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches The San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department recently rolled out improvements to the Waller Street Skate Park, 751 Stanyan St.,—a project spearheaded by local skaters who helped shape its inclusive design that honors its street skateboarding roots. The skateboarding area on the eastern edge of Golden Gate Park has been beloved more...
SF’s Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park May Be Renamed
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news that San Francisco’s Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park may be renamed. The picturesque man-made lake with pedal boats, a waterfall and Chinese pavilion was named after California Assemblymember William Stow, who was speaker in 1855. The politician, who was unapologetically and outspokenly more...
This is SF’s Last Ocean Beach Bonfire Night Until 2023
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco October 31st is the last night to legally have a bonfire at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach. During the “No Burn” Season (which runs from November 1 to the end of February), bonfires are not allowed, but starting March 1, 2023 bonfires are back through the end of October with a more...
