Golden Gate Park Bike Routes

Map Key & Route Descriptions

This text alternative provides the classification for the color-coded paths shown in the map above. It ensures the information is accessible to users with visual impairments or those who cannot distinguish between the map’s colors.

• Promenade (Bike & Pedestrian Only): Shown in light blue. Includes the major ‘JFK Promenade’ running the length of the park and the northern loop around ‘Blue Heron Lake Drive.’
• Multi-use Paths & Protected Bikeways: Shown in a slightly darker teal line, found mainly on the park’s perimeter (like Great Highway, Lincoln Way) and near major roads (like 19th Ave).
• Slow Streets: Shown in yellow. These are residential streets immediately surrounding the park, such as Cabrillo St and Page St, with lower car traffic.
• Streets with Bike Lanes: Shown in solid green, including roads like Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Overlook Dr, and 19th Ave crossover.
• Streets with Mixed Traffic: Shown in a thin green line, representing shared-lane (sharrow) streets within and surrounding the park.
• Higher Vehicle Traffic Streets (No Bike Designation): Shown in dashed red, including crossover roads like Park Presidio Blvd and 19th Avenue.
• Bike Parking or Rental: Indicated by small, square green ‘P’ icons.

Major Roads, Paths, and Points of Interest

• East/West Promenades: JFK Promenade is the longest continuous path, stretching from the eastern panhandle past the Music Concourse (Museums and Japanese Tea Garden) all the way towards Ocean Beach.
• Southern Roads: Martin Luther King Jr. Drive runs parallel to JFK on the southern side of the park.
• Amenities: Key visible amenities include the Music Concourse, several athletic fields (Polo Field, track and field oval), and playgrounds.
• Crossover Streets: Great Highway (west), Sunset Blvd (south-west), 19th Ave/Crossover Drive (central-south), and Park Presidio Blvd (central-north).