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Grandview Park

Coordinates: 37°45′23″N 122°28′18″W / 37.7564562°N 122.4718048°W / 37.7564562; -122.4718048
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Grandview Park
Grandview Park viewed from Parnassus Heights in 2019
Grand View Park is located in San Francisco County
Grand View Park
Grand View Park
Grand View Park is located in California
Grand View Park
Grand View Park
Grand View Park is located in the United States
Grand View Park
Grand View Park
TypeMunicipal Park & Natural Area
LocationMoraga & 14th Ave
Coordinates37°45′23″N 122°28′18″W / 37.7564562°N 122.4718048°W / 37.7564562; -122.4718048[1]
Area3.98 acres (1.61 ha)[1]
Open5am 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

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  1. ^ a b c "Grandview Park". San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
  2. ^ Todd, Gail (February 14, 2008). "Grandview Park and the Mosaic Stairway". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
  3. ^ San Francisco North quadrangle, California (Map). 1:24000. 7.5 Minute Topographic. USGS.
  4. ^ "Grandview Park Trails Improvement Project". San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
  5. ^ "Mosaic Steps on 16th Avenue in San Francisco". California Through My Lens. 7 December 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
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