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The vast green space provides San Franciscans and visitors with room to picnic, bicycle, hike, row, and many more outdoor pursuits.

"Lindy in the Park"

Every week Sunday, 11:00am-2:00pm

w/ DJs Ken, Naomi, Dave, & Hep Jen, on JFK Drive between 8th & 10th Aves. (weather permitting)

Free Lindy Lessons

Every week Sunday, 12:30pm

Hep Jen steers beginners through the basics of this popular dance style; meet at JFK Drive (between Eighth and 10th aves.) in Golden Gate Park.

"Jump in Golden Gate Park"

First Saturday of every month, 1:00pm

Jumping rope is great cardio, but the art of Double Dutch brings twice the workout with far more space for individual creative expression. Or so it...

2011 | Best Public Art Mindfuck

You'll miss it if you're not paying attention, nestled as it is between the rollerblading, swing-dancing hordes of Kennedy Drive and the leafy dignity of the museum campus, but turn at the right moment and there they are: the ingenious gentleman... More >
2007 | Best Place for Outdoor Sex

Al fresco sex is tricky to come by in any big city. There simply aren't enough secluded spaces to get it on without being carried off by the cops. But San Francisco is blessed with one of the largest urban parks in the country, where there is no... More >
2006 | Best Place to Score a Bull's-Eye

Just this side of the Dutch windmill at the western end of Golden Gate Park is a lovely, misty glade just perfect for making believe you're in Sherwood Forest, where joints of mutton trump shiitake risotto and an unwavering skill with quiver and... More >
2000 | Best Dismembered Piece of Hearst Legacy

No, we're not talking about the stranger-than-fiction final days of the Examiner. To see the most tragic bit of old Hearst wreckage it's necessary to take a walk in Golden Gate Park, where, at the main entrance to the Strybing Arboretum and... More >

SF Weekly Reviews and News

This Land is Our Land

By : Silke Tudor | Wed, January 11, 2012

Longtime National Park Service Director Newton B. Drury once said about the U.S. park system, “If it means anything, it means that America presents to its citizens an opportunity to grow mentally and spiritually, as well as physically.” Anyone who... More >
Missed Outside Lands? People-Watch with Us!

By Dean Schaffer | Mon, August 15, 2011

So maybe you missed Outside Lands, or maybe you were there but don't remember any of it. It happens. Those of us who were there (and mostly conscious) know that it was an overwhelming spectacl More >
Outside Lands Day 1: Phish Ignites Golden Gate Park, MGMT Disappoints

By Dean Schaffer | Sat, August 13, 2011

Outside Lands Friday: Phish Lotus, Foster the People, MGMT August 12, 2011 @ Golden Gate Park Better than: Any other foggy San Francisco afternoon. In some way that must ring true for thousa More >
Outside Lands: Fifteen Lesser-Known Artists You Shouldn't Miss

By Eric Harvey | Wed, August 10, 2011

You're obviously going to catch the headliner sets at this weekend's Outside Lands Festival, so we'll assume you're already more than familiar with Arcade Fire, Muse, the Roots, Girl Talk, and Phish. But there are 70-odd other artists headed to Go... More >
Taste the Smug: Feeling Fine at an Outside Lands Pairing Event

By David Johnson-Igra | Thu, July 14, 2011

It wasn't until my second glass of Chardonnay, while remembering my drive to Scribe Winery in the Prius, taking Instagram photographs of beautiful scenery on my iPhone, and savoring Korean bar More >

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sngracia

| Tue, January 12, 2010

Best place to people watch!

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