Parks, Beaches and Outdoor Recreation

Being a famously crowded city, San Francisco CA Real Estate is often assumed to be all paved over by newcomers and first-time visitors. San Franciscans love their green and open spaces, however, and the city actually has more parks, playgrounds and outdoor recreation venues than other cities twice its size. Outdoor enthusiasts need not think twice about checking out the San Francisco, CA MLS.

The Golden Gate Park is the Golden Gate City’s largest park. A 1.6 square-mile rectangle, this green slice of San Francisco is bigger than Central Park and contains more than enough features to satisfy any nature lover. The oldest public Japanese garden in the country can be found here – the serene, beautiful and more than a century old Hagiwara Japanese Tea Garden sprawls over five lovingly landscaped acres.

The park’s other features include the Academy of Sciences; the De Young Museum; the San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum; the AIDS Memorial Grove; Stow Lake; Spreckels Lake; the Conservatory of Flowers; Kezar Stadium and John F. Kennedy Memorial Drive. The city also has numerous mini parks and playgrounds scattered throughout its various neighborhoods. You can look for homes near green spaces in the San Francisco, CA MLS.

The greater Golden Gate National Recreation Area which encompasses several places throughout the Bay Area provides more recreation options to San Franciscans. Included here are the city’s own Presidio (a National Historic Landmark District), Alcatraz Island, Angel Island, Baker Beach, Ocean Beach and more.

San Francisco has over 200 miles of biking trails, in-line skating can be done at the Embarcadero and Marina Green, and the Golden Gate Park and Dolores park have public tennis facilities.