Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Experience a park so rich it supports 19 distinct ecosystems with over 2,000 plant and animal species. Go for a hike, enjoy a vista, have a picnic or learn about the centuries of overlapping history from California’s indigenous cultures, Spanish colonialism, the Mexican Republic, US military expansion and the growth of San Francisco. All of this and more awaits you, so get out and find your park.

What you’ll hear

374 places to explore in this park.

• 10 - Marsh Dynamics
• 10 - San Francisco's Seaside Playground
• 10 - World's Fair
• 11 - Great Meadow
• 11 - "Sand" Francisco
• 11 - Tactile Site Map
• 12 - Phillip Burton
• 12 - The Last Word in Airfields
• 13 - Aviation's Adventuring Years
• 13 - End
• 14 - Braving Wind and Waves
• 15 - The Pacific for its Stage
• 16 - Shaping the Bay
• 17 - Enjoying Crissy Field
• 18 - Setting a Deadly Obstacle Course
• 1906 Earthquake Cottages
• 19 - Protecting Wildlife
• 1 - Exploring the Coast...and Beyond
• 1 - Headquarters
• 1 - Introduction: Lands End Lookout
• 1 - Restoring Habitat - Muir Beach AD
• 1 - Sustainability at Golden Gate
• 20 - Daring Pilots, Youthful Heroes
• 21 - A Tidal-Marsh Extravaganza
• 22 - A Wasteland Transformed
• 2 - Exploring Fort Mason
• 2 - Plants of Lands End
• 2 - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
• 2 - Redwood Creek Watershed Tactile Model
• 3 - A Geologic Tale
• 3 - Animals of Lands End
• 3 - First Stewards - Muir Beach AD
• 3 - Fort Mason Historic District
• 3 - "The Natural", Off-Set
• 4 - An Intimate View of Coastal California
• 4 - A Place of Renewal
• 4 - Geology at the Edge
• 4 - Quarter's 1: The General's Residence
• 4 - Red-Legged Frog Returns - Muir Beach AD
• 5 - A Story of Sustainable Living
• 5 - Healthy Watershed - Muir Beach AD
• 5 - Officer's Row
• 5 - Rocks at the Edge
• 5 - Soldiers Guarding the Coast
• 6 - Farming and Culture: Muir Beach AD
• 6 - Heritage of a Bayshore Culture
• 6 - Resource Partners
• 6 - Terrace Gardens
• 7 - Greek Classics and Garden Gnomes
• 7 - Manifest Destiny
• 7 - Original "Wasteland" Filled
• 8 - Black Point Fortifications
• 8 - Fragments of the Past
• 8 - Home of the Yelamu
• 9 - Ohlone Life
• 9 - San Francisco Port of Embarkation
• 9 - Waterside Treasure
• Activities, Officers & Crowding: Philippines War Tour
• Alcatraz Island Climate Change
• A Mob of Soldiers: Philippines War Tour
• Anza Expedition Camp Site
• Arguello Restaurant
• Arion Press
• A Rollicking Past
• Arrival of Automobiles: Philippines War Tour
• Baker Beach
• Baker Beach Trailhead - Presidio Coastal Trail
• Bakers and Cooks School: Philippines War Tour
• Basalt at Point Bonita
• Battery Alexander Trailhead
• Battery Boutelle
• Battery Chamberlin
• Battery Crosby: Guarding the Minefield
• Battery Davis
• Battery Dynamite
• Battery Dynamite: A Failed Experiment
• Battery East
• Battery Godfrey
• Battery Spencer Overlook
• Battery Townsley
• Battery Wallace
• Battery West: A Response To Rifled Guns
• Battery Yates
• Bay Area Discovery Museum
• Beniamino Bufano's Madonna
• Bird Island Overlook
• Birds in the Scrubland
• "Black Point": A Civilian Neighborhood on Military Land
• Black Point Battery
• Black Sands Beach
• Blue Whale Skeleton
• Bluff Lookout: Mantle Rocks Exposed
• Bohemian Grove
• Bolinas Ridge and Climate Change
• Bolinas Ridge Trailhead
• Bone Beds and Sand Dunes
• Bootlegger's Steps
• Bringing Back Native Plant Habitats
• Burials and Important Figures - Conclusion: Philippines War Tour
• Café RX

…and 274 more in the app.