Marshall’s Beach
A footpath-only beach under the Presidio bluffs, with the Golden Gate Bridge directly overhead.
Attraction Category: Parks & Outdoors
China Beach
A sheltered cove beach below Sea Cliff, looking straight out at the Golden Gate and the Marin Headlands.
Fort Funston
Bluff top trails, a hang glider launch and a 1930s gun battery above the south end of Ocean Beach.
Ocean Beach
Three and a half miles of Pacific sand on the city’s western edge, with dangerous surf and no lifeguards.
Transamerica Redwood Park
Did you know there are redwood trees at the base of the Transamerica Pyramid?
Tunnel Tops
A 14-acre park built on top of the Presidio Parkway tunnels, with views of the Golden Gate Bridge, picnic areas, a playground, and food trucks. Opened July 2022; the Outpost Meadow expansion opened July 2025.
Japanese Tea Garden
The oldest public Japanese garden in the United States, built for the 1894 World’s Fair and tended by the Hagiwara family for nearly 50 years.
San Francisco Botanical Garden
Fifty-five acres of plants from climates similar to San Francisco’s, inside Golden Gate Park. Free for SF residents with ID; free for everyone before 9am and on the second Tuesday of each month.
Hippie Hill
A grassy slope in the southeast corner of Golden Gate Park, gathering spot for the Haight-Ashbury counterculture since the late 1960s. Sunday drum circle, picnics, and 4/20 traditions.
Church of 8 Wheels
Roller rink at 554 Fillmore Street, inside a decommissioned Catholic church. All-ages afternoon sessions and adult evening sessions. Rental skates available.
