Upcoming Events
Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things: The Remarkable Histories of Glen Canyon Park
Sunday, October 11, 2026
9:00 am to 11:30 am
Meet under the Cow Sign at the Elk St entrance to Glen Canyon Park, near Chenery Street.
Led by historian Evelyn Rose, Founder of the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project, this trek along a portion of Section 2 of the Crosstown Trail will explore Glen Canyon’s natural and cultural histories, from the Ramaytush Ohlone to the site of the first dynamite factory in America, the history of water and Islais Creek, the zoo that gave the canyon its name, daredevil aeronauts, and how suffragists and other Glen Park women saved the canyon for future generations. We’ll end the walk just outside the park at Burnside and Paradise near Bosworth at the west entrance of the Glen Park Greenway (just a short walk back to Glen Park Village). An event of the first-ever Walktober, a city-wide festival dedicated to foot-powered exploration, health, and community connection.
This is an easy-to-moderate walk through the floor of Glen Canyon, about 1.5 miles in length. Mix of asphalt and uneven dirt trails. Water and facilities only available at the Glen Canyon Park Recreation Center. Feel free to bring your binoculars!
This walk is Free to join!
To RSVP, email GlenParkHistory@gmail.com.
Glen Park Gravel
Saturday, October 31, 2026
9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Meet at the Glen Park BART Station Plaza, 2901 Diamond Street at Bosworth Street
Hosted by SF Crosstown Trails
Glen Park has some of the city’s best examples of bona fide dirt roads, reflecting the neighborhood’s rural past when it was home to a handful of dairy farms in the late 1800s through the 1920s. Discover them on a hilly 3-mile loop with Double Cross co-founders Arnie Thompson and John Trevithick. Historian Evelyn Rose, founder of the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project, will meet trekkers at key points along the walk to share some of the district's remarkable histories. Renee Berger of the Burnside Mural and Glen Park Beautiful will provide neighborhood beautification insights at the end of the walk at the mural.
This walk will end where it began, at the Glen Park BART Station plaza. An event of the first-ever Walktober, a city-wide festival dedicated to foot-powered exploration, health, and community connection.
This is a moderate-to-vigorous walk among the hilly terrain of the neighborhood of Glen Park, about 3 miles in length. Mix of asphalt, concrete, and uneven dirt trails. Water and facilities only available at the Glen Canyon Park Recreation Center.
Fee per person: $10.00
To RSVP and secure your ticket, go to Glen Park Gravel.