Sunset Dunes
Sunset Dunes is the newest park in San Francisco, created in the November 2024 election by a controversial ballot measure. It's a two mile stretch of the Great Highway that was often closed due to drifting sand. The road was also closed to traffic during the pandemic, a move popular enough to get enough support to convert it to a full time park. Many people are mad with this development due to traffic spilling onto neighboring streets and increased commute times, to the extent that there is a recall campaign against the local supervisor. I'm bored of recall campaigns and NIMBYs and voted in favor of the new park.
The video below is a hyperlapse of the two miles from the Golden Gate Park to Sloat Boulevard through Sunset Dunes and then the two miles back on Ocean Beach.
Not much has changed since the pandemic experience. This isn't surprising as the ballot measure didn't add any funding for the park. The two sides of the original Great Highway are divided into a slow lane and a fast lane which makes sense. There are a few street murals and art installations dotted along the road which are fine but seem beside the point. I hope this remains as a safe space to cycle, scoot, board and stroll.
Hike starts at: 37.767321, -122.509288. View in Google Earth.
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(Published to the Fediverse as: Sunset Dunes #hike #greathighway #sunsetdunes #sanfrancisco #video #hikevid #sfdogwalk #oceanbeach #ggp #map Four mile hike down the Sunset Dunes park and then up Ocean Beach in San Francisco, California.</span> )
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