Rainbow Falls in Golden Gate Park. Photo: Brocken Inaglory · Source · CC BY-SA 3.0
Every photograph on this site is a real image of Golden Gate Park and its surroundings, used under a Creative Commons or public domain license. Here is who took each one.
Updated · Independent visitor guide
Photographs are credited beside each page image and listed below with links to the originals and their licenses. Images were resized and converted to WebP; some are cropped by the layout. Historic images are marked by date and are not current conditions.
A red five-tiered pagoda among autumn trees and clipped shrubs in the Japanese Tea Garden
Daderot · Original photograph · CC0
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The wooden Tea House with a curved roof beside a pond in the Japanese Tea Garden
Daderot · Original photograph · CC0
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A still pond framed by pines and maples in the Japanese Tea Garden
King of Hearts · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 4.0
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The steep, round wooden drum bridge arching over water in the Japanese Tea Garden
Daderot · Original photograph · CC0
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The white Victorian Conservatory of Flowers glasshouse between tall palm trees
Mikebhuang · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Colorful patterned flower beds on the lawn in front of the Conservatory of Flowers
Almonroth · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 3.0
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View northeast over Golden Gate Park treetops toward the Richmond District from the Hamon Observation Tower
Joe Mabel · Original photograph · CC BY 4.0
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The glass and steel entrance of the California Academy of Sciences under low fog
Tobias Kleinlercher / Wikipedia · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Aerial view of the green, rolling living roof of the California Academy of Sciences
Alfred Twu · Original photograph · CC0
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A shaded path winding through trees and ferns in the San Francisco Botanical Garden
Daderot · Original photograph · CC0
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The arched stone Rustic Bridge reflected in Blue Heron Lake
Tobias Kleinlercher / Wikipedia · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Blue Heron Lake with reflections of the wooded shore under a clear sky
King of Hearts · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Tall trees and blue sky mirrored in the calm water of Blue Heron Lake
King of Hearts · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Huntington Falls tumbling over rocks into a pool on Strawberry Hill
King of Hearts · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 4.0
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The red and green Chinese Pavilion on the shore of Blue Heron Lake, reflected in the water
Myrabella · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 4.0
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A brown bison grazing on green grass in the Golden Gate Park bison paddock
Andrew Napier · Original photograph · CC BY 2.0
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The Dutch Windmill with its sails against a deep blue sky
Gregory Varnum · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Murphy Windmill and a red brick cottage beside a lawn at the southwest corner of the park
Allie_Caulfield · Original photograph · CC BY 2.0
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The Spreckels Temple of Music bandshell with benches and trees on the Music Concourse
Joe Mabel · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 3.0
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The Music Concourse, bandshell and fountains seen from above, with the Botanical Garden behind
Joe Mabel · Original photograph · CC BY 4.0
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A stone-lined path and ferns in the National AIDS Memorial Grove
Gregory Varnum · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 4.0
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A brick path leading between flowerbeds and trees to the gates of the Shakespeare Garden
Daderot · Original photograph · CC0
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A purple and orange sunset sky over Ocean Beach in San Francisco
Amybekah · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Wet sand reflecting a cloudy sunset over the Pacific at Ocean Beach
Brocken Inaglory · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Painted frescoes of 1930s San Francisco life covering the walls of the Beach Chalet lobby
Sandra Cohen-Rose and Colin Rose · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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The white marble columns of the Portals of the Past beside Lloyd Lake
Gregory Varnum · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 4.0
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The grassy slope of Hippie Hill under tall trees on a sunny day
Benjamin Tincq · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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The domed, open-sided carousel building in Golden Gate Park
Daderot · Original photograph · CC0
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A radio-controlled model powerboat speeding across Spreckels Lake
Daderot · Original photograph · CC0
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A wide, quiet road lined with tall trees and lawns in Golden Gate Park
FASTILY · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 4.0
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John F. Kennedy Drive curving between eucalyptus and pine trees
FASTILY · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 4.0
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A footpath beneath tall trees and dappled light in Golden Gate Park
FASTILY · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 4.0
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The clubhouse and level greens of the San Francisco Lawn Bowling Club
Daderot · Original photograph · CC0
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A crowd sitting on the grass in front of a stage at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Btwashburn56 · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 4.0
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An empty green meadow below Hippie Hill ringed by trees
Cooper · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Painted Victorian buildings and shops on a street corner in Haight-Ashbury
Tobias Kleinlercher / Wikipedia · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Shops and street lights at the corner of Haight and Ashbury streets at dusk
Daniel Schwen · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 2.5
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A Muni bus on a park road beside lawns near the California Academy of Sciences, seen from above
Alfred Twu · Original photograph · CC0
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A two-lane park drive passing lawns and cypress trees in Golden Gate Park
FASTILY · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Aerial view of the long green rectangle of Golden Gate Park between city blocks, reaching the ocean
Hispalois · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 3.0
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A historic hand-colored postcard of crowds at the Music Pavilion in Golden Gate Park
Detroit Photographic Company (postcard); scan by New York Public Library · Original photograph · Public domain
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Rays of morning sunlight streaming through fog and trees over a lake in Golden Gate Park
Brocken Inaglory · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Golden Gate Park and its narrow Panhandle stretching toward the downtown San Francisco skyline
Jitze Couperus from Los Altos Hills, California, USA · Original photograph · CC BY 2.0
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A car-free former highway with a park sign beside the dunes at Sunset Dunes
BriefEdits · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Sunset and Richmond districts with the green band of Golden Gate Park between them and the Pacific beyond
Akos Kokai · Original photograph · CC BY 2.0
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The wide green Polo Field and its running track surrounded by trees
Hlutz · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Rainbow Falls splashing down a rocky hillside surrounded by greenery
Brocken Inaglory · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Rows of rose beds on a green lawn edged by trees in the Golden Gate Park Rose Garden
FASTILY · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 4.0
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The copper-clad de Young Museum and its twisting observation tower beyond a lawn of pruned trees
Yair-haklai · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 4.0
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