1623 41st Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94122

The Sunset District contains many large park and recreation areas. The San Francisco Zoo is located in the southwestern corner of the neighborhood by Lake Merced, the largest lake within San Francisco. Also within the Lake Merced area are two large golf courses, the private Olympic Club and San Francisco Golf Club, and the public TPC Harding Park. Across from Lake Merced is Fort Funston, an old coastal battery, now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Fort Funston is notable in that it has some of the last remnants of the sand dune ecosystem that once covered the entire Sunset District. Stern Grove, a heavily wooded park and amphitheater located on Sloat Boulevard beetween 19th and 34th avenues, is known for its annual summer festival. Other large parks include Grand View Park, also referred to as Turtle Hill by local residents, a small, elevated park in the Inner Sunset. It is surrounded by 14th and 15th Avenues, as well as Noriega Street.

 

The Inner Sunset is now a popular evening destination, primarily due to the influx of young urban professionals with disposable income.

 

The Outer Sunset/Parkside area is more suburban in character complete with a suburban-type mall, the Stonestown Galleria, located just beyond the southeastern corner of the neighborhood on 19th Avenue, near Stern Grove.