Bayview Hill Description
Bayview Hill is one of the largest of San Francisco’s Significant Natural Resource Areas, and it contains the most diverse habitats remaining in the City. Located just above Candlestick Park above the western shore of the Bay, Bayview forms a similar-sized bookend to Mt Davidson to its west.
Managed by the Natural Areas Program of the Rec&Park Department, Bayview Hill gets regular attention from two volunteer groups — San Francisco for Democracy and the Yerba Buena Chapter of the California Native Plant Society. So far there are no regular nearby neighborhood groups that work at Bayview Hill, but we hope that will one day change.
Bayview Hill has wonderful areas of coastal scrub, oak groves, and the largest population rare Islais cherry trees around.
The principle management challenges at Bayview Hill include controlling French broom, fennel, radish, and ehrharta grass.
Bayview Hill currently has 25 volunteers who have subscribed to our regular email newsletters and work at this site. They have posted 17 photos and 3 posts to their blog.
Regular Workparty Schedule
- 2nd Saturday, every odd-numbered month from 9:00 to 12:00
Regular Meeting Location
- Key Avenue -- [Map and Details]
Blog Posts
Here are blog posts about the Bayview Hill project — presented 2 at a time in reverse chronological order. Browse to earlier or later posts via the pagination controls below.
High on native grasses
Mon, 12 May 2008, 5:07pm, Alane said:
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Saturday, May 10th was one of the most beautiful days we’ve had on Bayview Hill, and that’s saying a lot because that is one beautiful hill. It was sunny and warm with a cool, mellow breeze.
We gathered seeds, mostly from grasses, including Purple Needlegrass and wild oat and rye, and I’d list all the names in precise Latin and English, but I seem to have plant-name amnesia. We also cleared European radish from around the radio tower (don’t worry, there’s more), and were treated to a man climbing the tower to change light bulbs up there. A hawk landed on the tower BELOW him.
If you like watching the wind move over grassy meadows and lots of yarrow and poppies in bloom, among other earthly delights, I recommend a visit to Bayview Hill right about now. Enjoy.
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so many flowers - so MUCH broom
Sat, 15 Mar 2008, 1:58pm, TereseL said:
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Our regular workparty went out to Bayview Hill on March 8th. We pulled quite a bit of French Broom that was trying to re-establish a foothold on our cleared ridge. That Broom really makes us cranky!
But, what makes us happy is seeing all of the beautiful natives plants and flowers on the Hill. It is truly lovely. Our wonderful gardener, Dylan, took us on a wildflower walk after we finished working and we saw more than a dozen different types of flowers in bloom.
We had not brought a camera with us but one of our volunteers had her trusty I-phone. I’ve posted some of those photos – just to give folks an idea of what a rich, diverse area Bayview Hill is – this little batch of pictures is just a very small sample of what we saw that day. Working on Bayview Hill is a joy!
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