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PARKS FOR ALL FOREVER MARIN COUNTY MUIR WOODS Saved by BAKER BEACH At the western edge OCEAN BEACH In keeping with its the Kents and named for of the Presidio, this beach is favored tradition as a recreational destination, BOLINAS RIDGE A trail along John Muir, this National by wedding photographers—and San Francisco’s western flank is great this secluded ridgeline serves as Monument is beloved for its amateur shutterbugs—for picture-per- for sunset strolls. an ideal spot to survey the San tall redwoods and serenity. fect views. Andreas Rift Zone. PRESIDIO Established OAKWOOD VALLEY Coyotes, owls, CHINA BEACH Named for Chinese by the Spanish in 1776, FORT BAKER Former Army and butterflies populate the parks’ fishermen who once plied the nearby this post continues to evolve buildings have taken on new largest stand of oak and bay forest. waters, this little beach affords big-time as a national park with new life as a LEED Gold-certified views of the Golden Gate. trails, overlooks, bikeways, national park lodge and the OLEMA VALLEY and the New Presidio Parklands. home of the Institute at the Picturesque Victorian CLIFF HOUSE The third Golden Gate, a Conservancy program farmhouses and idyllic trails incarnation of this legendary SUTRO HEIGHTS that leverages parks for social and grace this pastoral valley San Francisco landmark The former lands of San environmental change. adjacent to Point Reyes features a world-class Francisco mayor Adolph National Seashore. restaurant with breathtaking Sutro showcase a charming FORT CRONKHITE Restored ocean- ocean vistas. garden and the nearby ruins side barracks house the staff of the POINT BONITA The of his gargantuan Sutro Baths. Golden Gate Raptor Observatory and Point Bonita Lighthouse— CRISSY FIELD Home to park partner organizations. moved to its current location Crissy Field Center (an in 1877—stands sentinel at environmental education SAN MATEO COUNTY GERBODE VALLEY Within the folds of the edge of the continent. center), a vast meadow, and the Marin Headlands, this backcountry a restored marsh, the MILAGRA RIDGE A site of intensive paradise feels far more remote than its RODEO BEACH This locale, speckled transformed Crissy Field is one of the stewardship activity, this lovely ridge is proximity to the City would suggest. with unique green and red pebbles, sits most spectacular parks in America. one of the last remaining redoubts of between the ocean and brackish Rodeo the endangered mission blue butterfly. KIRBY COVE Known for its Lagoon—a favorite birdwatching spot. FORT FUNSTON Visitors astounding campsites, this enjoy beach walks and the MORI POINT Towering bluffs hidden cove offers a one- STINSON BEACH One spectacle of hang gliders overlook the Pacific—as well as of-a-kind perspective of the of northern California’s most taking to the sky over a restored landscape that is home to Golden Gate Bridge. popular beaches, this vast wind-sculpted dunes. the endangered San Francisco garter stretch of white sand is a snake. MARIN HEADLANDS delight for swimmers, FORT MASON A key port These majestic hills are surfers, and picnickers. of embarkation during World PHLEGER ESTATE Union Creek and dotted with historic batteries War II, this site now hosts remnants of 19th-century logging and former military install- TENNESSEE VALLEY the nonprofit Fort Mason are landmarks in the parks’ quietest ations—and perches from A meandering trail winds Center, a popular hostel, redwood forest. which to spy migrating raptors. between rolling hills to a Golden Gate National Parks pocket beach and a hidden headquarters, and Parks Conservancy RANCHO CORRAL DE TIERRA MOUNT TAMALPAIS This cove named for the offices. Added to the Golden Gate National iconic peak is the focus of shipwreck of the SS Tennessee. Parks in 2011, this 3,800-acre parcel the Tamalpais Lands FORT POINT Tucked under is one of the largest swaths of open Collaborative (National Park the Golden Gate Bridge, space on the San Mateo peninsula. Service, California State SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY this Civil War-era fortress is Parks, Marin County Parks, Marin admired for its magnificent SWEENEY RIDGE Just as Municipal Water District, and the Parks ALCATRAZ The Rock, masonry—best appreciated Spanish explorer Gaspar de Conservancy). famous for its notorious on a candlelight tour. Portola` did in 1769, visitors federal prison, is also known today can take in stunning MUIR BEACH This quiet beach is for its seabird colonies and LANDS END Revitalized in 360-degree panoramas of where Redwood Creek, a site of restored gardens once recent years with enhanced San Francisco Bay. extensive habitat restoration, empties tended by residents. trails, gorgeous overlooks, into the ocean. native plants, and a new visitor center, this park is a gem on San Francisco’s coast. KIRKE WRENCH KIRKE : parksconservancy.org /parksconservancy @parks4all #parks4all COVER PHOTO COVER Keeping Parks FOREVER 2015 Report and Thank You to the Community GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY Board of Trustees OFFICERS Colin Lind, Managing Michael R. Barr, Partner, Phil Marineau, Partner, LNK Mark W. Buell (Chair) Partner, Blum Capital Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Partners Civic Leader, San Francisco Partners, Ross, CA (retired) Pittman LLP Robert Morris, Managing Randi Fisher (Vice Chair) John E. McCosker, Ph.D., Leslie Browne, Partner, SSL Director, Goldman Sachs Pisces Foundation, San Senior Scientist and First Law Firm Group, Inc. (retired) Francisco Chair of Aquatic Research, Virgil Caselli, Commercial Regina Liang Muehlhauser, California Academy of Lynn Mellen Wendell Property Ventures President, Bank of America Sciences, Mill Valley, CA (Vice Chair) California (retired) (retired) Milton Chen, Ph.D., Senior Civic Leader, San Francisco Fellow and Executive Donald W. Murphy, President John Murray, Chief Execu- David Courtney (Treasurer) Director Emeritus, The & CEO, National Underground tive Officer, Element98, San General Partner & Chief George Lucas Educational Railroad Freedom Center Francisco Operating Officer, Crosslink Foundation (retired) Capital, San Francisco Jacob E. Perea, Ph.D., Profes- Carlota del Portillo, Dean, Mark W. Perry, General sor and Dean Emeritus, San Larry Low (Secretary) Mission Campus, City College Partner, New Enterprise Francisco State University, Chief Legal Officer, Orrick of San Francisco (retired) Associates (retired) San Francisco Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Phelps Dewey, President, Toby Rosenblatt, Former San Francisco Rob Price, Co-Chairman & Chronicle Publishing Chair, Board of Directors, Creative Director, Eleven, TRUSTEES Company, Book Division Presidio Trust Inc., San Francisco (retired) Janice Barger, Civic Leader, Alexander H. Schilling Gordon Ritter, Founder and San Francisco Paula F. Downey, President President, Union Square General Partner, Emergence and CEO, CSAA Insurance Investment Company Martha Ehmann Conte, Civic Capital Partners, San Group Leader, San Francisco Francisco Helen Schwab, Civic Leader Millard Drexler, Chairman Betsy Eisenhardt, Civic Alan Seelenfreund, Chair- Staci Slaughter, Senior Vice and CEO, J. Crew Leader, San Francisco President, Communications, man, McKesson Corporation Gianni Fassio, Owner, Palio (retired) Jessica Parish Galloway, San Francisco Giants, San D’Asti (retired) Civic Leader, San Francisco Francisco Gail P. Seneca, Chairman and Robert Fisher, Member, Board CEO, Luminent Mortgage John Gamble, Managing BOARD LIAISONS of Directors, Gap, Inc. Capital, Inc. (retired) Partner, Allen Matkins Leck Charlene Harvey, Civic Gamble Mallory & Natsis, LLP, Leader, Liaison to the Board David Grubb, Chairman West Shell III, Co-Founder, Carmel, CA (retired) of Directors, Presidio Trust, Emeritus, Swinerton, Inc. CEO & Chairman, Conversa Health Sally Hambrecht, Civic San Francisco Walter J. Haas, Member, Leader, San Francisco Amanda Hoenigman, Civic Board of Directors, Levi Rich Silverstein, Co-Chair- Strauss & Co. man & Creative Director, Linda Howell, Civic Leader, Leader, Liaison to the Goodby Silverstein & San Francisco William Kent Society, S. Dale Hess, Executive Vice San Francisco President, San Francisco Partners Patsy Ishiyama, Civic Leader, Julie Parish, Landscape Convention & Visitors Bureau Cathy Simon, Principal, San Francisco Designer, Liaison to the (retired) Perkins+Will Sujay Jaswa, Advisor, William Kent Society Kit Hinrichs, Founder, Studio Michael Willis, Principal, Dropbox, San Francisco (Emeritus), San Francisco Hinrichs Michael Willis Architects Dan Kingsley, Managing BOARD ASSOCIATES Amy McCombs, Lee Hills Sharon Y. Woo, Civic Leader Partner, SKS Partners, San Frank Almeda, Ph.D., Senior Chair of Free Press Francisco Rosemary Young, Former Curator, Department of Studies, Missouri School Chair, Peninsula Community Martha Kropf, Civic Leader, Botany, California Academy of Journalism Foundation San Francisco of Sciences Nion McEvoy, Chairman and Fritz Arko, President and CEO, Chronicle Books LLC General Manager, Pier 39 (retired) 3On the cover: Crissy Field Center and Park Stewardship interns and educators represent the bridge to the parks’ future Dear Friend of the Parks: In 2015, the National Park Service (NPS) launched a yearlong celebra- tion leading up to the 2016 Centennial of its founding. 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