At Sulu, we create GPS-guided audio tours that bring each city to life with storytelling, history, and local culture. We’re currently in Beta, which means every tour is completely free to enjoy - no credit card required. Just download the Sulu app, enter the access code for your chosen tour, and head to the starting point with your mobile device. From there, GPS will guide you along the route, and audio will play automatically as you arrive at each stop.

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Step Into Golden Gate Park, The Heart of San Francisco, with our Free GPS Guided Audio Tour

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Golden Gate Park isn’t just a park - it’s San Francisco’s great escape, a sprawling green world that has drawn dreamers, locals, and travelers for more than 150 years. Larger than New York’s Central Park, it stretches three miles from the edge of Haight-Ashbury all the way to the Pacific Ocean, weaving together lakes, meadows, gardens, museums, and trails.

But what makes Golden Gate Park truly extraordinary is its history. Before the first tree was planted, this was a windswept sea of sand dunes known as the “Outside Lands.” Many believed it was impossible to tame. Yet in the 1870s, city leaders called on engineer William Hammond Hall and gardener John McLaren to make the impossible real. Over decades of planting, irrigation, and design, they transformed barren dunes into forests, gardens, and cultural landmarks. McLaren, who oversaw the park for decades, once vowed it should be “all trees and grass, with as little brick and mortar as possible.”

The result is a place that has hosted everything from world’s fairs and rock concerts to quiet Sunday picnics. It’s where San Franciscans come to celebrate, to protest, to grieve, and to breathe. And now, you can experience it all for yourself with our free self-guided Golden Gate Park walking tour.

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Our Free Tour of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park Covers 5 Miles and 15+ Historic Locations

This free self-guided walking tour is the best way to explore San Francisco's Golden Gate Park - at your own pace, on foot, with discoveries waiting around every bend. The full route covers about 5 miles, takes 3–4 hours, and includes 15+ legendary stops. (Want to skip all the mileage? Check out our free Highlights of Golden Gate Park Walking Tour!)

You’ll wander from drum circles on Hippie Hill to Victorian glasshouses filled with orchids, through serene Japanese gardens, past hidden waterfalls, roaming bison, and finally out to the Pacific Ocean. Whether you spend an hour sampling the highlights or devote a whole day, you’ll experience how Golden Gate Park captures the soul of San Francisco: wild, creative, resilient, and full of surprises.

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Golden Gate Park Tour highlights

Here are just a few of the unforgettable locations you’ll see along the way:

Hippie Hill
Once the heartbeat of San Francisco’s counterculture, this grassy slope still echoes with the music, protests, and free-spirited gatherings of the 1960s.

Conservatory of Flowers
A gleaming Victorian glasshouse filled with rare orchids, giant water lilies, and plants that look like they’ve been pulled from another world.

Stow Lake & Strawberry Hill
Circle the shimmering lake, cross stone bridges, and climb to the summit for waterfalls and sweeping views of the city and Golden Gate Bridge.

Bison Paddock
Yes, real American bison still roam here - a tradition dating back to the 1890s that adds a touch of the wild to this urban oasis.
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And that’s just the beginning. From the Japanese Tea Garden to the Dutch Windmill and tulip fields, every stop tells a story.

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Download Your Free GPS Guided Audio Tour of Golden Gate Park

Want to explore the Golden Gate Park like never before? Just click this link and get instant access our GPS -guided walking tour, including 15 stops, and the stories and history that bring the the park to life. While we're in Beta the our is 100% free - no credit card required!

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Here's how it works

1. Click this link
2. Using your mobile device, enter your phone number or email address,(we'll never spam you!)
3. You'll receive an access code and a link to download the Sulu app (100% free, no credit card required)
4. Download the app, enter your access code and start exploring!
5. Sulu will guide you through the tour,  automatically playing audio as you arrive at each location

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At Sulu, we create cultural and niche GPS-guided tours that let you walk or bike through the cities you love while hearing the stories, history, and hidden highlights unfold around you.

Have More Time in San Francisco? Continue exploring The City with more of our free self-guided walking tours!  Explore the murals and history of the Mission District. follow in the footsteps of Mark Twain, Jack Kerouac, and the Beat Generation on our Literary San Francisco Tour, or step back into the psychedelic 1960s with our Citywide Sixties Tour. With Sulu’s free tours, you can experience the many sides of San Francisco - at your own pace, in your own way.

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Get Your Free GPS Guided Audio Tour of Golden Gate Park

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