On this day I was just passing time as I had dropped off my kids at six flags. I've been to Merritt…read moreIsland numerous occasions that's usually a very peaceful place. Find a coffee shop nearby the ferry building. There's also a winery that seems to put on events. And on this day I called there at Hawaiian festival. If you can find the events occurring on Merritt Island I highly suggest coming to check out the area. There's a park or you can chill. I noticed a lot of people go to this area to take their photographs, so it's highly sought out place for photographers to capture the best shot. There's ferry service to the island I'll take you to San Francisco. It has great amount of History that's worth checking out.

Great place to get some fresh air, while taking in some historical sights…read moreWent there to clear my head after interviewing for a new job. It was so beautiful outside, I just had to stop and walk around. Check out for the free!!! Ciao for now.....

What a great spot to detour from our Chinatown visit, allowing my 6 year old to have some much…read moreneeded fun and enjoys some sunshine vitamins. The park consists of large open green space, perfect for laying out or enjoying a picnic. There are walking paths lined with decent amounts of shade, a children's playground, and apparently is the home for wild parakeet. Ferry Park is well kept and surprisingly clean aside from the 2 tall cans that were littered at the playground. LMAO. With the park being located across the way from the pier, the view is great. 4 stars. During our visit, there was the farmers market happening over at the pier. Should you time things correctly, you could easily grab yourself a snack and enjoy it here. Seating is plentiful.

This park is also called Parrot Park, because of all the wild parrots that live here! You can see…read moreand hear them in the trees! This is a beautiful, open park, and a wonderful place to see fireworks on New Years Eve. This place is stunning during the day; very peaceful for a picnic.

This is a cute little easy walk along a boardwalk close to Baker Beach. I never see a lot of people…read morearound and it's fairly quiet so it's easy to become one with nature and enjoy the stillness with the sounds of many birds and faint hum of the street in the distance. The boardwalk goes over restored sand dunes and there are a lot of native plants like Yellow Brush Lupine, Coyote Brush, and Sticky Monkeyflower. To do a loop around the boardwalk is little over a half mile all fairly level. For a hike I go farther usually to the Lobos Valley overlook then on towards Mountain Lake. There are different paths to add, if you go through the golf course make a left at Washington and a right at Battery Caufield Road it's around a 2.5 miles for a loop. There also the nearby Batteries to Bluff trail up to the bridge which I like, the good thing about the Presidio is there are always many different options.

A nice and easy trail if you want a little walk along the outer side of the Presidio. The trail is…read moreeasy to find especially with the help of Google maps; I started from the Lobos Overlook and set to to Lobos Creek. From this direction, you'll start out more on a didt bath and end with the kind of boardwalk path. If you go in opposite direction, you can take the 29 bus to leas you to the boardwalk area entrance. My only wish is that there was more scenery like flowers or water to look at, but they do have some nice trees and kind of a shrubbery bushes environment going on. Hopefully they develop the area more overtime.

Came by with my pup on our way to Chinatown and North Beach. This is a tiny neighborhood park with…read morea small playground for kids and some seatings. Perfect as a small neighborhood gathering/exercising place (seniors come here to do Tai Chi) and place to sit for a bit. Has a lot of neighborhood charm and the name means Garden of Peace and Joy. Located on Powell and John.

Not the best park when it comes to actual play structures but it does the job…read more Woh Hei Yuen Park is walking distance from the hustle and bustle of SF's Chinatown. There are plenty of benches and table seating which makes it a hot spot for the elderly to sit back and chit chat. The play area could use a bit of revamping and a few areas actually need some fixing up/replacement of pieces. Bonus points for the large back wall designated to wall climbing- perfect for your little one who are super active. 3 stars for this particular park but I bumped up the rating due to the cleanliness [[aside from the random garbage dumped right outside of the parks entrance, on the sidewalk]]. Patrons are quite respectful of the park and during our visit, plenty of dog owners made sure to clean up after their pets.

My first time to the park. Visiting the area from NYC, and I'm loving the area. I am thinking of…read moremoving out here, but I am enjoying the vibes and meeting people when I'm out and about.

This Vortex is Phenomenal and our Meditation and Tai chi Sessions are Awesomeness!! Tune in and…read moreGround with Love

Such a lovely park! My family stopped by just to enjoy some time in the sun. Yes the water is…read moremuddy, but the sun and shade were nice and the park was quiet (even with being on a busy street). We didn't explore the entire park but we enjoyed our little picnic off the water.

I love this beautiful park in Yountville and we enjoyed walking around on such a beautiful day!…read moreThey have bocce ball and volleyball courts, and the kids playground. It's really worth stopping by to check out when you are in the neighborhood. I love this area so much and can't wait to come back.

Small, but beautiful and tranquil park with so much greenery! It's just a large circle of grass…read moresurrounded by many tall trees. I liked to bring my dogs here, though if you bring dogs, keep in mind that it's not a fenced/enclosed area, so exercise caution so that your dogs don't run away on you. When it's during the rainier and damper seasons, the grass can get super muddy. You can walk through the grass, thinking it's perfectly fine, but then accidentally step into a patch of mud, so watch out for that! There's also benches all around the park where you can sit and relax. Especially on warmer days, it's wonderful to enjoy the park. Especially when it's warmer, I prefer to come later in the day, like sunset, when there's sometimes less people. Or come in early-ish afternoon when all the pesky kids are still in school on the weekdays.

A small park dominated by a large nearly circular grassy lawn. Very popular for families with small…read morechildren and for dog owners. The park has been enlarged and upgraded multiple times, and there are many comfortable benches for enjoying the space.

One of those backyard discoveries that makes me question why it's taken me so long to actually get…read morehere. Welp... I finally made it here. And it is truly sensational. I've pretty much been all up, down, and around Tilden Park. But even with that, I always seem to discover trails that I've never hiked before. It's a huge park, so that makes total sense. Wildcat Peak was one of those recent discovery trails and vista points for me. I've always seen it on the park map, but you know when you get used to hiking on your favorite trails and you neglect all of the rest? That was me. I mean, that IS me. A creature of habit I guess. So on this very day, I decided to explore a different part of Tilden. Entered the park through the nature area and started near Jewel Lake on the Wildcat Creek Trail. This trail is super easy, flat, and partially paved. You'll pass by Jewel Lake along this trail. Turned right onto Sylvan and then left onto the Wildcat Peak Trail. This part of the Wildcat Peak Trail features switchbacks that incline up to the peak. It's a nice workout in general, but the views of the Bay is what makes this jaunt super enjoyable. Once you reach the peak, you'll have the most incredible views of the Bay Bridge, Briones Reservoir, San Pablo Bay, and Berkeley city views. There's a little brick barrier wall at the summit where you can sit and admire the views. It's 360 degrees of pure scenic bliss up there. From here, you can go back the same way you came up, or you can connect to another trail. I connected to the Laurel Canyon trail which looped me back around to the Tilden Nature area. There are so many vibrant wildflowers and plants nestled along this trail loop. The trail has a nice mix of covered and exposed paths. You'll pass through beautiful groves and notice the rampant wildlife on the trails. In the late winter and early spring, it's so incredibly green here. Wildcat Peak is such a gorgeous vista point within Tilden Park. I'd highly recommend the Wildcat Creek/Wildcat Peak/ Sylvan/Laurel Canyon trail loops. It's simply marvelous.

It's hard to imagine that the bucolic fire roads in Wildcat Canyon and Tilden Park once connected…read morethe US military with missile radar stations and launch sites during the depths of the Cold War. Or maybe not given the escalating tensions we have with Russia. But back in 1962 during a moment of atypical calm, a stone circle was built by the Berkeley Rotary Club to allow people agitated by the Commies a meditative spot to take in panoramic, 360-degree views of the SF Bay Area to the west and San Pablo Reservoir to the east. Years later it's still a nice respite if it isn't crowded up here as it sometimes does on warm weekends. Most people walk on Nimitz Way, the mostly paved path from Inspiration Point, to get here. However, my favorite route starts on the Wildcat Creek Trail where I take the gradual climb on the Conlon Trail where you get the same bay views you get from the peak. Except maybe for a herd of unimpressed cows in your way. I then descend on the zig-zaggy Wildcat Peak Trail back to Wildcat Creek. Gee, I sound like an actual hiker, don't I? RELATED - Up for a hike? Here's a collection of trails I've walked and reviewed: https://bit.ly/2OrC8nU