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 Grandview Park viewed from Parnassus Heights in 2019 | |
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| Type | Municipal Park & Natural Area |
| Location | Moraga & 14th Ave |
| Coordinates | 37°45′23″N 122°28′18″W / 37.7564562°N 122.4718048°W[1] |
| Area | 3.98 acres (1.61 ha)[1] |
| Open | 5am to Midnight |
Grandview Park, also referred to as Turtle Hill by local residents, is a small, elevated park in the Sunset District, San Francisco, California.[2] It is surrounded by 14th and 15th Avenues, as well as Noriega Street.
Despite its small size, 3.98 acres (1.61 ha) or about the size of a city block, the park is important geologically and botanically and offers views of downtown San Francisco, Golden Gate Park, to the Pacific Ocean, the Marin headlands, and across to the Sutro Tower.
The summit of Grandview Park rises to about 666 feet (203 m).[3] It is an outcrop of chert, which is part of the heterogeneous assemblage known as the Franciscan Formation, or Franciscan Assemblage, the primary geologic feature on which the city of San Francisco is founded, here covered with a thin layer of sand. It provides one of the last remaining habitats within the city for a number of native plants, including the endangered Franciscan wallflower and dune tansy, and also bush lupin, beach strawberry, bush monkey flower, and coyote bush. The hill is crowned with Monterey cypress trees.
Because of the fragility of the environment, visitors to the park are asked to keep to paths.[1][4]
The 16th Avenue Tiled Steps lead up to the park.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 "Grandview Park". San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ↑ Todd, Gail (February 14, 2008). "Grandview Park and the Mosaic Stairway". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ↑ San Francisco North quadrangle, California (Map). 1:24000. 7.5 Minute Topographic. USGS.
- ↑ "Grandview Park Trails Improvement Project". San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ↑ "Mosaic Steps on 16th Avenue in San Francisco". California Through My Lens. 7 December 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
External links
- 16th Avenue Tile Steps - Google Maps street view including mosaic stairway and view of ocean, Golden Gate Bridge
- Hartlaub P (2021-11-12). "Six of the best views in San Francisco (that you won't find in guidebooks) - Mosaic Stairway near Grandview Park". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-11-14.