For decades, locals have enjoyed the beautiful natural landscape and varied recreational offerings at the historic Glen Canyon Park. In recent years, residents have voiced the need for renovating the park and in 2008, voted to allocate nearly $6 million to preserve the park's natural features and improve existing facilities.

With the Trust for Public Land, we are partnering with the Glen Park community to plan these renovations. With the community's direction, we will help create a new Glen Canyon Park that maintains its natural beauty and is complemented by a wide range of recreational options. We will work the community to determine the areas to be improved with the funds and develop a plan to address additional needs when funds are identified. Projects to be considered include: upgrades or renovation to the recreation center, day camp, children's play area, courts, and fields to create sustainable and fun and safe spaces for the park's visitors.

Funding for the community outreach process and the park improvement plan has been provided by the California State Coastal Conservancy and the Trust for Public Land.

We can't wait to roll up our sleeves with the Glen Park community!

A park ready for a makeover

Glen Canyon Park is a 66.6-acre recreation area located off of Elk Street and O'Shaughessy Boulevards in the Glen Park District. Rich with a history that spans back to the 1850s, Glen Canyon Park has seen a myriad of uses ranging from Adolph Sutro's personal "Gum Tree Ranch"; to the Crocker Real Estate Company's mini-amusement park and picnic site; to an earthquake refugee camp. Not until 1992 did the park come into its current state as an official public recreation site operated and maintained by the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department.

Today, the park is valued by local residents as a wild refuge in the City and it also offers local residents a 17,600' recreation center, including a gymnasium, auditorium, and offices; a two-story Silver Tree Day Camp building; hiking trails and open space; two baseball fields; two tennis courts; and a playground. The canyon itself, one of the City's "Significant Natural Resource Areas", has naturally forested slopes, native chert outcroppings, and wild flower growths including important native San Francisco species.

Park users take full advantage of the recreation and day camp center's various programs and classes, organized youth sports offerings, and the natural scenery of the grounds. We can't wait to give this special park the love that it deserves.