{"id":67264,"date":"2019-07-31T18:39:46","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T01:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=67264"},"modified":"2022-09-23T14:25:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T21:25:26","slug":"san-francisco-outdoor-activities-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/travel\/san-francisco-outdoor-activities-guide","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Outdoor Activities Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

California\u2019s fourth-largest city ticks all the boxes required of a world-class metropolis: acclaimed museums, great shopping, diverse restaurants, a dynamic music scene and creative startups. What sets San Francisco apart is its 3,413 acres of open space, enough that every resident lives within a 10-minute walk of a park, <\/span>according to The Trust for Public Land<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

San Francisco\u2019s most famous public space, Golden Gate Park, covers a whopping 1,000-plus acres of lakes, gardens and redwoods. But dozens of smaller patches of green, like Tank Hill and Buena Vista Park, deliver spectacular views of the city\u2019s star attractions few tourists see. And if you do want to leave the city in search of adventure? You don\u2019t have to go far. Wilderness and wildlife await just across the Golden Gate Bridge in the Marin Headlands (home to 140 miles of trails), and camping is just a 25-minute ferry ride away on Angel Island State Park. As if that wasn\u2019t enough, it all comes with easy access to morning swells and beginner-friendly crags, making The City by the Bay truly the best of all worlds. Download an illustrated version of this guide<\/a>, and you\u2019re ready to roll.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

California\u2019s fourth-largest city ticks all the boxes required of a world-class metropolis: acclaimed museums, great shopping, diverse restaurants, a dynamic music scene and creative startups. What sets San Francisco apart is its 3,413 acres of open space, enough that every resident lives within a 10-minute walk of a park, according to The Trust for Public […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":73830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"page-map-template.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[388],"tags":[1931,1929,12,1930],"internal-tag":[],"class_list":["post-67264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","tag-guide","tag-san-francisco","tag-travel","tag-west-coast"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/rei.com\/blog\/travel\/san-francisco-outdoor-activities-guide","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"San Francisco Outdoor Activities Guide","url":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/travel\/san-francisco-outdoor-activities-guide","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/travel\/san-francisco-outdoor-activities-guide"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/07\/San_Fran_City_Guide_Map.jpg?resize=150%2C150","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/07\/San_Fran_City_Guide_Map.jpg?fit=1500%2C971"},"articleSection":"Travel","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Michelle Flandreau"}],"creator":["Michelle Flandreau"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Uncommon Path \u2013 An REI Co-op Publication","logo":""},"keywords":["guide","san francisco","travel","west coast"],"dateCreated":"2019-08-01T01:39:46Z","datePublished":"2019-08-01T01:39:46Z","dateModified":"2022-09-23T21:25:26Z"},"rendered":"