Regional Park
Bay View Park
900 Key Ave
Looking back at the city while climbing to the hilltop of Bay View Park
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About this place
Bay View Park is a hilltop natural area with grassland, coastal scrub, eucalyptus and oak groves, wildflowers, and extensive habitat for reptiles and birds.
- Setting
- Hilltop natural area above LeConte Avenue
Highlights
- Diverse natural habitatGrassland, scrub, woodland, and the city’s largest population of Islais cherry support a wide range of plants and wildlife.
- Historic park roadA paved road loops through the park past remnants of Depression-era Works Progress Administration stairs and retaining walls.
History
After a proposed residential development was abandoned, the Bay View Land Company sold much of the hill’s crest to San Francisco in 1902. Charles Crocker contributed another portion on the condition that an isolation hospital not be built there, and the hilltop became a park; an additional 16 acres on the upper northeast slope were acquired in 1997.
Context from Bayview Park — SF Recreation and Parks · Reviewed
Location
What is listed here
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Gardens and nature
- Natural Area
Getting here by transit
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Muni bus
- Ingerson Ave & Hawes St0.2 miles away
- 29
- Ingerson Ave & Griffith St0.2 miles away
- 29
- Executive Park Blvd & Thomas Mellon Dr0.3 miles away
- 56
Muni rail and streetcar
- Third Street & Le Conte Ave0.4 miles away
- T
- Third Street/Gilman/Paul0.5 miles away
- T
- Bayshore Blvd & Blanken Ave0.6 miles away
- T
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Official services
Programs and reservations
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Explore nearby
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Ralph D. House Community Park
Bayview Hunters Point · Mini Park
0.3 miles away
Gilman Playground
Bayview Hunters Point · Neighborhood Park or Playground
0.3 miles away
Little Hollywood Park
Bayview Hunters Point · Neighborhood Park or Playground
0.5 miles away
Bayview K.C. Jones Playground
Bayview Hunters Point · Neighborhood Park or Playground
0.7 miles away
Source details
This destination combines records published by the City of San Francisco into resident-facing information. Technical identifiers are included for verification.
Contributing San Francisco records
- Bay View Park — property ID 43
Amenity evidence
- Natural Area — Listed in source data; exact quantity not verified
DataSF datasets
- Recreation and Parks Properties
City and County of San Francisco via DataSF · Retrieved · License: PDDL-1.0
- Recreation and Parks Facilities
City and County of San Francisco via DataSF · Retrieved · License: PDDL-1.0