Conservatory
Victorian glass.
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San Francisco's largest park, stretching over 412 hectares between the Richmond and Sunset districts in the west of the city to the Pacific Ocean. It is the third most visited urban park in the United States, with about 24 million visitors a year, and part of it is old-growth forest. A large park was first proposed in the 1860s, and it was designed by the engineer William Hammond Hall on the model of New York's Central Park and built over coastal sand dunes, turning sand into woods, meadows and lakes. Around it are the white Victorian glasshouse of the Conservatory of Flowers, the Japanese Tea Garden, the botanical garden, the California Academy of Sciences, the de Young Museum, Dutch windmills near the beach and lakes for rowing. The park is free to enter, while some sights inside charge separately. It is very long, so rent a bike or focus on one section; on Sundays some roads close to cars, making it lovely for walking and cycling.
Victorian glass.
Quiet paths.
And meadows.
Between the Richmond and Sunset districts, western San Francisco
Yes, entry is free; some sights inside, such as museums, charge separately.
