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
- Children's Fairyland · Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Children's Fairyland, Oakland · $$
- Explorer Hike: Chestnut Blooms Abuzzing · Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Long Ridge Preserve, Los Altos
- Toddler Time · Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Ardenwood, Fremont
- Butterfly Walks · Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Tilden Botanic Garden, Berkeley
- Butterfly Walks · Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Tilden Botanic Garden, Berkeley
- Naturalist Club · Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Big Break, Oakley
- Fish Feeding · Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Crown Beach, Alameda
- Children's Fairyland · Thursday, June 18, 2026
Children's Fairyland, Oakland · $$
- Union Square Daily Programming: Thursday Crafternoons · Thursday, June 18, 2026
Union Square, San Francisco
- Family Fun Night at Washington Park: Rock Steady Juggling · Thursday, June 18, 2026
Sunnyvale Public Library, Sunnyvale
- Del Valle Boat Tour (9-10:30am): Water, Wildlife, Wilderness · Friday, June 19, 2026
Del Valle, Livermore
- Children's Fairyland · Friday, June 19, 2026
Children's Fairyland, Oakland · $$
- Greathouse Visitor Center Open for Juneteenth · Friday, June 19, 2026
Black Diamond Mines, Antioch
- Juneteenth Celebration Walk · Friday, June 19, 2026
Coyote Hills, Fremont
- Rabbit Rendezvous · Friday, June 19, 2026
Ardenwood, Fremont
- Story Time · Friday, June 19, 2026
Crown Beach, Alameda
- Del Valle Boat Tour (11-12:30): Water, Wildlife, Wilderness · Friday, June 19, 2026
Del Valle, Livermore
- Fun With Felting · Friday, June 19, 2026
Ardenwood, Fremont
- Union Square Daily Programming: Friday Chess Lessons · Friday, June 19, 2026
Union Square, San Francisco
- We All Scream For Ice Cream! · Friday, June 19, 2026
Ardenwood, Fremont
- Del Valle Boat Tour (2-3:30pm): Water, Wildlife, Wilderness · Friday, June 19, 2026
Del Valle, Livermore
- Good Night Farm · Friday, June 19, 2026
Tilden Nature Area, Berkeley
- Pastimes of the Past · Friday, June 19, 2026
Del Valle, Livermore
- Annual Sandcastle and Sculpture Contest · Saturday, June 20, 2026
Crown Beach, Alameda
- Discovery Club · Saturday, June 20, 2026
Del Valle, Livermore
- Last Days of Spring Hike · Saturday, June 20, 2026
Black Diamond Mines, Antioch
- Sketch the Sky · Saturday, June 20, 2026
Sunol, Sunol
- Children's Fairyland · Saturday, June 20, 2026
Children's Fairyland, Oakland · $$
- Don Edwards SF Bay NWR — family programs · Saturday, June 20, 2026
Don Edwards SF Bay NWR, Fremont · Free
- Summer Solstice Hike · Saturday, June 20, 2026
Coyote Hills, Fremont
- Coal Mine Experience · Saturday, June 20, 2026
Black Diamond Mines, Antioch
- Creature Feature · Saturday, June 20, 2026
Tilden Nature Area, Berkeley
- Farmyard Story Time · Saturday, June 20, 2026
Ardenwood, Fremont
- Delta Discovery Craft · Saturday, June 20, 2026
Big Break, Oakley
- Insect Party! · Saturday, June 20, 2026
Tilden Nature Area, Berkeley
- Chicken Miracles · Saturday, June 20, 2026
Ardenwood, Fremont
- Coal Mine Experience · Saturday, June 20, 2026
Black Diamond Mines, Antioch
- Union Square Daily Programming: Saturday Juggling Lessons · Saturday, June 20, 2026
Union Square, San Francisco
- Butterfly Walks · Saturday, June 20, 2026
Tilden Botanic Garden, Berkeley
- Cemetery Stroll · Saturday, June 20, 2026
Black Diamond Mines, Antioch
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