Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94117
Phone:415-831-2700
Fax:415-668-3330
Web: www.nps.gov/goga/
Size: 1,017 acres.
Location:From Highway 101 or Highway 80, follow signs "to Golden Gate Bridge," take the Fell Street Exit, head west into park. From Highway 1, follow signs to 19th Ave., turn right on Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. into the park.
Facilities:Picnic areas, concessions, 11 lakes, waterfalls, boat rentals (pedalboats, electric boats, row boats), bike paths, bridle paths, two18-hole disc golf courses, historical guided walking tours, historicmonuments, museums, California Academy of Sciences (aquarium,planetarium, natural sciences exhibits), conservatory, gardens(including Shakespeare Garden and Japanese Tea Garden), carousel,playground, athletic fields.
Activities:Boating, bicycling, horseback riding, golf, tennis, archery, baseball,basketball, football, soccer, disc golf, swing dancing, lawn bowling.
Special Features:Park is home to the Asian Art Museum, the largest museum outside ofAsia devoted exclusively to Asian art. The collections represent thegreatest effort in the Western world to collect, display, and study thefine arts of more than 40 Asian countries. Collection includes theoldest-known dated Chinese Buddha image (AD 338). Other parkattractions include the Strybing Arboretum and Botanical Gardens.
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