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Shakespeare Garden, Inner Sunset
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Shakespeare Garden

Venture Serene Strolls

  • 4.7282 reviews
  • Free
  • Open now · till 5 pm

A tranquil, historic pocket garden featuring plants mentioned in Shakespeare’s plays and poems. Visitors come for peaceful strolls, photography, and a small cultured escape within Golden Gate Park — expect winding paths, interpretive plaques, and seasonal blooms.

Quick answers

Shakespeare Garden in short

When is Shakespeare Garden open?

Mon–Wed 9 AM–5 PM; Thu 9 AM–12:30 PM; Fri–Sun 9 AM–5 PM.

When is the best time to visit Shakespeare Garden?

It's at its best mornings and afternoons. Wedar also scores every hour of the next five days against the forecast; see the best time on this page.

Is Shakespeare Garden indoors or outdoors?

Outdoors: best on a dry day.

Where is Shakespeare Garden?

335 Martin Luther King Jr Dr,San Francisco, CA 94118.

Right now · 10:15 am

Why it fits right now

A great call right now.

This is its best hour in the next five days.

In its favour

  • Sun's out
  • Open till 5 pm
  • Outdoors

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The next five days

Best time to go

Scored on the forecast, its opening hours and when it's at its best. Tap a time to see it.

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Before you go

Plan your visit

Hours

Open now · till 5 pm
monday
9 AM–5 PM
tuesday
9 AM–5 PM
wednesday
9 AM–5 PM
thursday
9 AM–12:30 PM
friday
9 AM–5 PM
saturday
9 AM–5 PM
sundayToday
9 AM–5 PM

Where and how

  1. 1 Shakespeare Garden
  2. 2 de Young Museum · 5 min
  3. 3 Hamon Observation Tower · 6 min
  4. 4 Huntington Falls · 10 min
  5. 5 Snowbird Coffee · 11 min
335 Martin Luther King Jr Dr, San Francisco, CA 94118(opens the map)DirectionsTo Inner SunsetCall+14158312700Websitesfrecpark.org

Good to know

  • Outdoors
  • Free to visit
  • Good for solo
  • Good for couples

From visitors and the venue

What it's like

4.7from 282 reviews

Known for

  • Sightseeing
  • Nature walks
  • Photography
  • Gardens
  • Historic landmarks
  • Walking trails

The feel

  • Historic
  • Quiet
  • Spacious
  • Tourists
  • Couples
  • Pet owners

Around Inner Sunset

Nearby

Within about a 15-minute walk.

On nearby

For the next three hours

What to wear to go there now

Jacket until 11 am. Sunglasses all day. Light layer from 11 am. Sunscreen from 12 pm.

Your full outfit
  • JacketUntil 11 am
  • Light layerFrom 11 am
  • SunglassesThe whole time
  • SunscreenFrom 12 pm