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Free things to do in San Francisco

10 museums and landmarks in San Francisco are recorded as free entry by OpenStreetMap contributors, and 40 parks, viewpoints and beaches cost nothing by their nature. 19 of them give opening hours.

Contributors marked these as charging no admission. Museums and landmarks only: a zero here is a fact about the place, not an assumption about its kind.

Free by their nature rather than by a tag, so nobody checked these one by one — but a park being free needs no evidence.

Opening hours come from OpenStreetMap and can be out of date. A place is only marked open on Sunday when its record says so plainly.

Free museums — 8 places

  • Musée Mécanique
    Fishermans Wharf Pier 45
    Mo-Su,PH 10:00-20:00
    Open on Sunday
  • San Francisco Railway Museum
    Steuart Street 77
    Tu-Su 12:00-17:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Randall Museum
    Museum Way 199
    Tu-Sa 10:00-17:00; Jan 1 off; Jun 19 off; Jul 4 off; Nov 11 off; Nov Th[4] off; Nov Th[4] +1 day off; Dec 25 off
  • San Francisco Maritime Visitor Center
    Jefferson Street 499
    Fr-Su 10:00-17:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Truhlsen-Marmor Museum of the Eye
    Beach Street 645
    We-Su 11:00-16:30
    Open on Sunday
  • Museum of Russian Culture
    Sutter Street 2450
    We,Sa 12:00-17:00
  • Japantown Peace Gallery
    Post Street 1684
    Mo-Fr 12:00-17:00
  • Et al. Gallery and Bookshop
    Mission Street 2831A
    We-Sa 12:00-18:00

Free landmarks — 2 places

  • Fort Point
    Fr-Su 10:00-17:00; Mo-Th off
    Open on Sunday
  • Twin Peaks

Parks and gardens — 20 places

  • Alcatraz Island
  • Golden Gate Park
  • Presidio of San Francisco
  • Pink Triangle Memorial
  • Mission Dolores Park
    Mo-Su 06:00-22:00
  • Yerba Buena Gardens
    Howard Street 750
    Mo-Su,PH sunrise-22:00
  • Alta Plaza Park
    05:00-24:00
  • Ina Coolbrith Park
    Mo-Su 05:00-24:00
  • Duboce Park
  • Sergeant John Macaulay Park
    Mo-Su 07:00-08:00
  • Harvey Milk Plaza
  • Pioneer Park
  • Fort Mason
  • Larsen Park
  • Sue Bierman Park
  • Bernal Heights Park
    Mo-Su 05:00-00:00
  • Washington Square Park
  • South Park
  • Glen Canyon Park
    Mo-Su 05:00-00:00
  • Lafayette Park

Viewpoints — 15 places

  • Nob Hill
  • Telegraph Hill
  • Top of the Mark
    We-Sa 17:00-21:30 open "appetizers available" || We-Sa 16:30-23:30 open; Su,Mo-Tu off
  • Mount Sutro
  • Bernal Hill
  • Strawberry Hill
  • Potrero Hill
  • The View Lounge
    4th Street 55
    Mo-Su 16:00-24:00
  • Cityscape Lounge
    O'Farrell Street 333
    Mo-Su 16:00-24:00
  • Mount Olympus
  • Buena Vista Heights
  • Rob Hill
  • Lone Mountain
  • Rincon Hill
  • Immigrant Point Overlook

Beaches — 5 places

  • East Beach
  • Mile Rock Beach
  • Black Sands Beach
  • Crane Cove Beach
  • Kirby Beach

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