Golden Gate Park at Hellman Hollow. Since the park's conception, over 5,000 concerts have been held in the park. Golden Gate Park Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco, California, United States, is a large urban park consisting of of public grounds. It is administered by the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department, which began in 1871 to oversee the development of Golden Gate Park. Configured as a rectangle, it is similar in shape but 20 percent larger than Central Park in New York, to which it is often compared. It is over three miles () long east to west, and about half
Golden Gate Park main green providers and is greatly responsible for the city's plant life. There are approximately 7,500 homeless people living in San Francisco. Due to high housing costs that have seen a rise since the mid-'70s, a significant portion of the homeless find residence in Golden Gate Park. Around 40 to 200 of these 7,000 people reside in the park. Around half of the homeless population in Golden Gate Park are short-term residents that leave after a certain amount of time, and the other half are more long-term residents. Short-term residents tend to be younger, while permanent residents tend to be