Take the central staircase up from Haight Street. Loop along the western paths, the ones with the WPA gutters made of broken cemetery headstones. The drainage gutters along the paths on the west side of the park were built by Works Progress Administration crews in the 1930s out of broken headstones from the city’s Victorian cemeteries, which were removed to Colma in the 1930s. Some of the stones were laid inscription-side up. Look down as you walk.
Continue toward the summit at 588 feet. The view, fog permitting, includes Twin Peaks, downtown, the Bay, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the entire spread of the Richmond and the Sunset. Come down the western side toward Buena Vista West, beside the Richard Spreckels Mansion you just passed.
The park has a counterculture footnote too. In the late 1960s a small commune lived in the bushes on the east slope. The paths can be muddy after rain. Wear shoes that handle dirt.