Upcoming Events

Deloitte Volunteer at Crissy Field
Presidio Shoreline (Crissy Field & Area A)
September 2, 2010
Thursday, 9 am-Noon
Location: Crissy Field, Presidio of San Francisco
Volunteer and help keep Crissy Field and the Presidio Shoreline clean and free of invasive weeds.


Lands End Volunteers
Park Stewardship: Lands End & Presidio Bluffs
September 2, 2010
Thursday, 1-4 pm
Location: San Francisco
Help restore unique San Francisco coastal habitat and enhance our trail systems along the Presidio Coastal Bluffs and at Lands End.


Volunteers working in the gardens of Alcatraz
Alcatraz Historic Gardens
September 3, 2010
Friday, 8:30 am-12:30 pm
Location: Alcatraz
Volunteer on Alcatraz and help grow and care for the Historic Gardens.


PresidiGo Shuttle
Shuttle Through Time
September 3, 2010
11-11:45 am
Location: Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco
Take the PresidiGo shuttle and travel through time as you hear stories spanning the centuries.


Volunteers working in the Presidio
Presidio Plant Patrol
September 3, 2010
Friday, 1-4 pm
Location: Presidio of San Francisco
Help eradicate noxious weeds that pose threats to the native biodiversity of Presidio plants and animals.


Shipwrecks at the Golden Gate
September 4, 2010
11 am-Noon
Location: Lands End, San Francisco
On this moderately strenuous hike, see and learn about some of the ships that have perished upon the rocky cliffs of the Golden Gate.


The Presidio, drawing by Louis Choris, circa 1817
Comandante del Presidio
September 4, 2010
10-11:30 am
Join a ranger-led tour of the oldest building in San Francisco and for a Main Post stroll, as you learn about Comandante Moraga and the development of the Presidio in the 18th century.


Fort Funston
Fort Funston Cleanup Day
September 4, 2010
9:30 AM
Location: Fort Funston, San Francisco
Bring dogs, friends, and family to help keep Fort Funston clean for everyone; held in conjunction with Fort Funston Dogwalkers.


Hikers on Dias Ridge, looking toward Muir Beach (Mason Cummings)
Labor Day Weekend Hike - CANCELED
September 4, 2010
9:30 am-12:30 pm
Location: Marin County, Marin Headlands, Muir Beach
Join us on a moderate hike up the newly re-opened Dias Ridge Trail, aone of our best examples of skillful trail-building, and learn about California seasons and plant life.


Deloitte Volunteer at Crissy Field
Presidio Shoreline (Crissy Field & Area A)
September 4, 2010
Saturday, 9 am-Noon
Location: Crissy Field, Presidio of San Francisco
Volunteer and help keep Crissy Field and the Presidio Shoreline clean and free of invasive weeds.


Crab Time
Pier Crabbing
September 4, 2010
10 am-Noon
Location: Fort Point, San Francisco
Come learn about crabbing in the San Francisco Bay, then try your hand at it with our equipment.


Photo by Don Vincent
Presidio Park Stewards
September 4, 2010
Saturday, 9 am-Noon
Location: Presidio of San Francisco
Help enhance rare native plant habitat and create important wildlife corridors in the Presidio of San Francisco.


Nike missile site
Nike Missile Site Tour and Author Event
September 4, 2010
12:30-3:30 pm
Location: Marin County, Marin Headlands
Join historians John Martini and Stephen Haller, authors of "The Last Missile Site," for an in-depth look at this fascinating site...unique in the National Park Service.


Battery Chamberlin at Baker Beach
The Last Gun
September 4, 2010
11 am-3 pm
Location: Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco
How can a 50-ton gun simply disappear? Learn this and other facts while helping load and aim the last operational gun of its kind.


View of Pacifica from Mori Point (Michael Hsu)
360 Degrees of Pacifica
September 4, 2010
9:30 (9 am breakfast)-3 pm
Location: Milagra Ridge, Mori Point, San Mateo County, Sweeney Ridge
Enjoy a grand tour of the Golden Gate National Parks sites in San Mateo County--Milagra Ridge, Mori Point, Sweeney Ridge--with Ranger George Durgerian.


Brown pelican
Beginning Birding
September 5, 2010
9:30-11:30 am
Location: Marin County, Marin Headlands, Rodeo Lagoon/Valley
Explore the shore of Rodeo Lagoon with volunteer Jane Haley to discover what birds can be found here in the fall.


Cover of Farmers' Market Desserts
Meet the Author: Jennie Schacht, "Farmers' Market Desserts"
September 5, 2010
1-2:30 pm
Location: Crissy Field, Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco
Meet Jennie Schacht, author of the scrumptious book "Farmers' Market Desserts," and sample some of the featured treats. at the Warming Hut. Get your copy signed by the author!


Presidio Forest
A Walk in the Presidio Forest
September 5, 2010
10 am-1 pm
Location: Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco
Take a strenuous six-mile walk through the trees that the U.S Army planted over 100 years ago with a ranger who will share a historical narrative.


Battery Townsley Open House
September 5, 2010
Noon-4 pm
Location: Marin County, Marin Headlands
Battery Townsley, at Fort Cronkhite, was San Francisco's most extensive—and most secret—World War II military fortification. Come visit and explore this labyrinthine battery.


Antiaircraft in Marin Headlands
Coastal Defenses of San Francisco Bay
September 5, 2010
1:30-2:30 pm
Location: Marin County, Marin Headlands
Learn how the coastal defenses of San Francisco Bay have played an important part in major historical events from the Gold Rush to World War II.


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