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city: nature
San
francisco is a major city and sports, for the united states, a very high
population
density. Many neighborhoods
are wall-to-wall houses with nothing but concrete for front yards. Even
so, every neighborhood is a short walk from greenery. City parks, beaches,
waterfronts and lakes help
make the city vastly more livable.
The city has a natural convection system that brings in fresh, cool air from the ocean and blows our pollution into the central valley, where it returns later in the form of apricots, olives and grapes.
Watch
for more of our favorite nature stuff in and around the city.
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ggnra |
crissy
field embarcadero golden gate park buena vista |
glen
park twin peaks duboce park washington sq |
dolores park |
golden
gate park
Given
its origins in lifeless sand and a corrupt political climate, it's a wonder
this park was ever created, and a small miracle that it has survived largely
intact.
To the north and south and within the city are the parklands of the golden gate national recreation area. Encompassing 74,000 acres of land and water, the ggrna is the largest urban national park in the world.
The national park service has a great website on the vast ggnra.