Parks in San Francisco

Around the perimeter of San Francisco’s second-largest park is a meandering 2.7-mile path designed to inspire contemplation.

One of the smallest parks in San Francisco honors the legacy of the "Mother of Civil Rights in California."

This teeny-tiny park built by a San Francisco man in 1962 is mostly stairs.

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.