Location Moraga & 14th Ave Phone +1 415-831-2700 | Area 2 ha | |
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Type Municipal Park & Natural Area Address 14th Ave & Moraga St, San Francisco, CA 94122, USA Hours Open today · 5AM–12AMSaturday5AM–12AMSunday5AM–12AMMonday5AM–12AMTuesday5AM–12AMWednesday5AM–12AMThursday5AM–12AMFriday5AM–12AM Similar Corona Heights Park, 16th Avenue Tiled Steps, Glen Canyon Park, Golden Gate Heights P, Tank Hill | ||
Grand view drive near grand view park fall 2015
Grand View Park, also referred to as Turtle Hill by local residents, is a small, elevated park in the Sunset District, San Francisco, California. It is surrounded by 14th and 15th Avenues, as well as Noriega Street.
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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 Turtle Hill rises to about 666 feet (203 m). 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.