Sentences with phrase «through golden gate»

One mile of roadway planned through Golden Gate Park is 1,283 times more expensive to San Franciscans than one mile of protected bike lane.

For Florence, true luxury comes in those transcendent moments on his motorcycle that money can't buy: the smell of the Pacific coming through the Golden Gate, the rich scent in forests of giant sequoias, and the sweetness of strawberries picked fresh.

Peering through binoculars, a flock of volunteer raptor watchers perched high in the Marin Headlands reacts excitedly to a pair of peregrine falcons swooping through the Golden Gate.

At that time the bridge was deemed safe for use by Coast Guard personnel only to attend to the light and fog signal which still guide ships safely through the Golden Gate.

The first European to enter the bay is believed to have been the Spanish explorer Juan de Ayala, who passed through the Golden Gate on August 5, 1775 in his ship the San Carlos, and moored in a bay of Angel Island now known as Ayala Cove.

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Our studies of the movements of hawks through the Golden Gate National Parks demonstrate that biological boundaries extend far beyond political boundaries.

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The ebb and flow of watercraft through the Golden Gate is hypnotic.

Though I don't ride to work as often as I'd like due to multiple confounding bridge limitations (I live in Larkspur and work in Oakland — no bikes on the Richmond - San Rafael bridge, no bikes on the Bay Bridge), when I do ride, my route takes me through the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

One passes through the Golden Gate Highlands National Park on the road between Harrismith and Clarens, and you're not charged for the section through which you drive (even though it's the most scenic drive in the Free State).

The Youthful History Buff: Adolph Sutro saw San Francisco for the first time in 1850 when he sailed through the Golden Gate on the steamer California.

Packing the Parks In July 2016, participants in the LINC and I - YEL youth leadership programs will backpack through the Golden Gate National Parks — challenging themselves and bringing awareness to the Centennial and the National Park Service mission.

For example, you might license a photo of fog rolling through the Golden Gate into San Francisco for the cover of your travel book, for sale in North America.

Not exact matches

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation first supported the Golden Rice project through the Grand Challenges in Human Health initiative.

And someone in the future will dig through the history of Marlins Park, and they'll discover that there was a time when everyone thought the structure was a joke, an out - of - place abomination, like the people who couldn't imagine spoiling the natural beauty of the Golden Gate with a bridge.

The Catamaran saunters through some of the Bay's most popular attractions including Alcatraz Island, so guests can watch the sun sink slowly under the Golden Gate Bridge.

And just as you're thinking about the Golden Gate Bridge, the monsters are tearing through San Francisco, too, swinging tails and crushing buildings.

The view from their computer stations through glass walls takes in a commanding vista of Golden Gate Park's gnarled cypress trees and Monterey pines.

We wish that we could tell you that we learned how to use all these drivetrain strategies as we drove along the Embarcadero, through the Marina and across the Presidio, beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, down the coast to Half Moon Bay, up to the top of the peninsula and along Skyline Boulevard, down through Woodside, and then up the Junipero Serra freeway to San Francisco again and past AT&T Park.

Not so with the 2012 CLS63 AMG, as we discovered in our drive route that took us through the crowded streets of San Francisco, over the Golden Gate Bridge and on to the tight and twisting path of Highway 1, then traveling inland to Napa.

Instead of the quick, 11 mile route across the Golden Gate Bridge, it plotted a 35 mile route through Berkeley.

But hammering it through hairpin turns up a mountain north of the Golden Gate, I saw the fuel light come on.

Partial bibliography: Novels The Golden Gate (1986) A Suitable Boy (1993) An Equal Music (1999) Poetry Mappings (1981) Humble Administrator's Garden (1985) All You Who Sleep Tonight (1990) Beastly Tales (1991) Three Chinese Poets (1992) Non-Fiction From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang And Tibet (1983) Two Lives (2005)

But I love having freshly brewed coffee ready in the morning and how the Golden Gate Bridge automatically subtracts money from my account when I drive through (I love the ease of it all, less so the money coming out of my account).

Home Land Security is the latest in a series of collaborations between the FOR - SITE Foundation, the National Park Service, the Presidio Trust, and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy that create new models for engaging park visitors through site - specific art presented on public land.

Exhibition dates: September 10 through December 18, 2016 Location: Fort Winfield Scott and the Presidio, in San Francisco's Golden Gate National Recreation Area Hours: Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission: free Information: for - site.

«The exhibition resonates with a key theme of the National Park Service's 100th anniversary, which is to connect our individual lives with the larger world around us through meaningful experiences on park land,» says Christine Lehnertz, superintendent of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

If you've been bitten by the bird bug while strolling through the Presidio, picnicking at Crissy Field, or hiking the Marin Headlands, you're in good company — scientists, birders, volunteers, and casual observers have long admired the Golden Gate National Parks for the diversity of birds that appear in its many habitats.

Part of the larger Bay Area Ridge Trail system, this trail runs through both Mount Tamalpais State Park and the Golden Gate National Recreation Parks.

We're organizing a mass gathering on May 19 to form the shape of the Golden Gate Bridge on Crissy Field — a historic moment that will be captured through aerial photography!

Golden Gate continued to pioneer how parks can serve and educate young people through its involvement in the Park Youth Collaborative.

Additional information on the Island and the Junior Ranger program is available through the National Park Service at www.nps.gov/alcatraz, or the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy at www.parksconservancy.org.

Service Learning Field Trips >> The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, National Park Service, and Presidio Trust are committed to providing meaningful and memorable opportunities for young people through our Park Youth Collaborative

From there, the Bay Trail and Promenade share the same alignment as they wind through the historic batteries en - route to the Golden Gate Bridge.

Through a national convening in early October, the Institute at the Golden Gate took a big step in establishing «park prescriptions» — a cross-sector effort to give health providers the tools they need to prescribe time outdoors to improve patients» overall health.

Laura joined the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory as a volunteer bander in 2010, while participating in a wildlife management internship through the Park Service on Alcatraz Island.

Follow the trials and triumphs of a Golden Gate Raptor Observatory intern, as told through several encounters with a particularly mysterious species of raptor — the Northern Harrier.

The Institute at the Golden Gate's newest report examines one potential solution to this challenge: targeting diverse, urban youth through programming designed by and for the youth themselves.

Under Frank's visionary leadership, Golden Gate was instrumental in bringing world - class art to the park through Mark di Suvero at Crissy Field and @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz and the site - specific performances by We Players (such as Macbeth at Fort Point).

This 1,000 - acre historic forest — the far - flung southernmost outpost of the Golden Gate National Parks — is accessed through the entrance to Huddart County Park.

In addition to the scene in which he looks over the Golden Gate from the Marin Headlands, there's this harrowing scene, beginning at 1:03 of this clip: a dash through the dark tunnel (closed to the public) under Fort Mason — home of Golden Gate National Recreation Area headquarters, and our Conservancy offices!

The 8.9 - square - mile Redwood Creek watershed begins high on Mount Tamalpais, passes through the redwood cathedral at Muir Woods National Monument, and empties into the Pacific Ocean at Muir Beach in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

About halfway through our trek, the misting stopped and the fog lifted just enough to regain a glimpse of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance.

Through our Art in the Parks program, this Portal takes it a step further by connecting people in our park to people in other nations,» said Acting General Superintendent of Golden Gate National Recreation Area Cicely Muldoon.

We kicked off our four - day backpacking trip through the north side of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area for the National Park Service Centennial today.

In the 1980s, the land was purchased by the National Park Service and the recent improvements are the latest in a long line of innovative and sustainable projects made possible through their partnership with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy.

CRISSY FIELD CENTER»S «GREEN» INTERIM MODULARS SHOWCASE SUSTAINABILITY FOR STUDENTS AND PARK VISITORS SAN FRANCISCO, CA: With the infusion of federal stimulus funds through the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act, one of the Bay Area's largest and most anticipated public works projects — the reconstruction of the Doyle Drive / Presidio Parkway approach to the Golden Gate Bridge, originally scheduled to begin in 2011 — was put on the fast track to break ground in summer 2009.

Foundation through its Urban Parks Program will help complete the final segment of SF Bay Area Trail improvements in the Presidio,» said Greg Moore, President and CEO of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy.

Here in the Golden Gate National Parks, we'll be celebrating another momentous year of service through projects ranging from habitat restoration to landscape beautification to trail maintenance — so locals and visitors can enjoy our parks for years to come.