We chose to visit Stow Lake as one of our Golden Gate Park adventures. This lake surrounds Strawberry Hill. For families with children, there are pedal boats and rowboats for rent, plenty of ducks and birds to feed, and an electrically-pumped waterfall. There are 2 different bridges where you can walk over the water to start the jaunt up Strawberry... More

A lovely way to spend an hour in gg park. $19 for 60 minutes--see the Chinese Pagoda and man made waterfalls and bridges. Ducks sea gulls etc. Just good old fashioned fun.

Our family of four rented a paddle boat this past week. It is not as easy as you would think! We opted to rent just one boat for the four of us because it was $20 per boat per hour. Having two adults and two teenagers in one boat did make it harder to paddle, but you could certainly rent... More

Our first mini-disappointment of our SF trip...we showed up too late to do the boats on Stow Lake (10 am to 4 pm). Consolation prize...one "trike" (for pre-teen), one quad (for teen), and a very embarrassing surrey (for mom & dad). The embarrassment was worth it just to see the kids have a blast going down the hill and we... More