San Francisco Bay Area family weekend planner
Best parks & outdoors in San Francisco Bay Area
Family-friendly parks, playgrounds, regional open space and outdoor adventures across San Francisco, the Peninsula, the East Bay, and the South Bay. Browse 30 family-friendly spots and 40 upcoming events on FamHop.
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Upcoming parks & outdoors
- West Point Inn Father's Day Pancake Breakfast · Sunday, June 21, 2026
West Point Inn, Mill Valley · Ticketed (sold out)
- Niles Canyon Railway Heritage Train Rides · Sunday, June 21, 2026
Sunol Depot, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol · Adults $25; seniors (62+)/children 3-12 $15; under 2 free
- Six Flags Discovery Kingdom · Sunday, June 21, 2026
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Vallejo · Park admission
- Union Square Daily Programming: Sunday Fun Days · Sunday, June 21, 2026
Union Square, San Francisco
- Celebrate the Sun · Sunday, June 21, 2026
Del Valle, Livermore
- Summer Solstice Walk · Sunday, June 21, 2026
Big Break, Oakley
- Beach Break · Sunday, June 21, 2026
Del Valle, Livermore
- Fish Feeding · Sunday, June 21, 2026
Crown Beach, Alameda
- Good Night Farm · Sunday, June 21, 2026
Tilden Nature Area, Berkeley
- Aquatic Adventure Swim Camp - Session 1 - June 22 - June 26 · Monday, June 22, 2026
Don Castro, Hayward
- Bay Adventure Camp - Session 1 - June 22 - June 26 · Monday, June 22, 2026
Crown Beach, Alameda
- Junior Lifeguard - Session 1 - Crown Beach · Monday, June 22, 2026
Crown Beach, Alameda
- Junior Lifeguard - Session 1 - Cull Canyon · Monday, June 22, 2026
Cull Canyon, Castro Valley
- Leaders-in-Training - Miller Knox 6.22 - 6.26 · Monday, June 22, 2026
Miller/Knox, Richmond
- Park'n It Day Camp - Miller/Knox 6.22 - 6.26 · Monday, June 22, 2026
Miller/Knox, Richmond
- Union Square Daily Programming: Imagination Mondays · Monday, June 22, 2026
Union Square, San Francisco
- Roberts Swim Lessons - Parent Tot - June 22 - July 02 - 3:00 · Monday, June 22, 2026
Roberts, Oakland
- Roberts Swim Lessons - Super Tot - June 22 - July 02 - 3:00 · Monday, June 22, 2026
Roberts, Oakland
- Roberts Swim Lessons - Parent Tot - June 22 - July 02 - 3:30 · Monday, June 22, 2026
Roberts, Oakland
- Roberts Swim Lessons - Super Tot - June 22 - July 02 - 3:30 · Monday, June 22, 2026
Roberts, Oakland
- Roberts Lessons - Learn to Swim - June 22 - July 02 - 4:00p · Monday, June 22, 2026
Roberts, Oakland
- Roberts Swim Lessons - Parent Tot - June 22 - July 02 - 4:00 · Monday, June 22, 2026
Roberts, Oakland
- Roberts Swim Lessons - Super Tot - June 22 - July 02- 4:00 · Monday, June 22, 2026
Roberts, Oakland
- Roberts Lessons - Learn to Swim - June 22 - July 02 - 4:30p · Monday, June 22, 2026
Roberts, Oakland
- Roberts Swim Lessons - Parent Tot - June 22 - July 02 - 4:30 · Monday, June 22, 2026
Roberts, Oakland
- Roberts Swim Lessons - Super Tot - June 22 - July 02- 4:30 · Monday, June 22, 2026
Roberts, Oakland
- Roberts Lessons - Learn to Swim - June 22 - July 02 - 5:00p · Monday, June 22, 2026
Roberts, Oakland
- Roberts Swim Lessons - Parent Tot - June 22 - July 02 - 5:00 · Monday, June 22, 2026
Roberts, Oakland
- Roberts Lessons - Learn to Swim - June 22 - July 02 - 5:30p · Monday, June 22, 2026
Roberts, Oakland
- Roberts Lessons - Youth Advanced Swim - June 22 - July 02 · Monday, June 22, 2026
Roberts, Oakland
- Union Square Daily Programming: Toddler Tuesdays · Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Union Square, San Francisco
- Children's Fairyland · Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Children's Fairyland, Oakland · $$
- Toddler Time · Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Ardenwood, Fremont
- Fish Feeding · Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Crown Beach, Alameda
- Birding at Big Break · Thursday, June 25, 2026
Big Break, Oakley
- Children's Fairyland · Thursday, June 25, 2026
Children's Fairyland, Oakland · $$
- Union Square Daily Programming: Thursday Crafternoons · Thursday, June 25, 2026
- Family Fun Night at Washington Park: Duncan Playful Circus · Thursday, June 25, 2026
- Surviving Paradise · Friday, June 26, 2026
- Children's Fairyland · Friday, June 26, 2026
Children's Fairyland, Oakland · $$
Top-rated parks & outdoors
- The Escape Game · San Francisco
Group puzzle in San Francisco.
- Diablo Escapes · Walnut Creek
- Spiral Gardens · Berkeley
Outside hangout in Berkeley.
- Observation Deck · San Francisco
- Tree Swing · Belvedere Tiburon
- Trojan Point · Mill Valley
- Community Garden · San Francisco
Outside hangout in San Francisco.
- Ina Coolbrith Park · San Francisco
Outside hangout in San Francisco.
- Salesforce Park · San Francisco
Outside hangout in San Francisco.
- Muir Beach Overlook · Muir Beach
View stop in Muir Beach.
- University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley · Berkeley
Outside hangout in Berkeley.
- Community Garden · San Francisco
- Bay Lights Viewpoint · San Francisco
- Bay Bridge and Treasure Island Viewpoint · San Francisco
- Christmas Tree Point · San Francisco
- Hamon Tower · San Francisco
- Mt. Davidson Vista Point · San Francisco
- National Cemetery Overlook · San Francisco
- Strawberry Hill · San Francisco
- Pacific Overlook · San Francisco
View stop in San Francisco.
- Fort Point Viewpoint · Sausalito
- Golden Gate Bridge overlook · San Francisco
- Golden Gate Overlook · San Francisco
- Panorama Park · San Francisco
- Eagle's Point Overlook · San Francisco
- Lands End Trail Eagles Point, 916 El Camino Del Mar, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA · San Francisco
- Lands End Point · San Francisco
- Mile Rock Overlook · San Francisco
- Ocean Terrace Overlook · San Francisco
- Lands End Overlook · San Francisco