China Beach, San Francisco — Attraction in San Francisco

Nice little beach in a cove between Land’s End ( west) and Baker Beach. The parking lot was redone was redone as part of the project to repair and update the facilities. The repair and update to the historic boathouse will be starting this year (2025) with a completion date of 2026. Though much better, it is still a small parking lot and on sunny day, where it seems everybody wants to go to the beach, it can become quite crowded with parked cars spilling out into the seafood neighborhood. The beach offers great views of the Golden Gate Bridge, the Marin headlands and is a great place to watch a sunset if it isn’t fogged in which is typical for the...

China Beach is a cool, quirky little spot that I love. I am a photographer and work with a lot of local families – China Beach offers a quieter space than the more popular Baker Beach, with similar views and a more intimate feel. The beach itself is very tide dependent. At high tide there isn't a lot of sand, and at the lowest tides you can actually connect China Beach to the others on either side of it. Parking has historically been at the top of a steep set of stairs, and is somewhat limited, though they are making renovations currently. Anyways, if you're looking for a slightly off-the-beaten path beach experience in SF, China Beach is...

I have been there twice and definitely third time is coming. Beach is cleverly hidden in one of the reachest neighborhoods of San Francisco with Switzerland embassy right next to it (coincidence?). This beach used to have public amenities as well like public showers but they been phased out. Right now there are only honey bucket kinda restrooms left. But still better than nothing! The beach is separated by a rock on two, smaller and a bigger one. Smaller one is definitely more quite and private. On occasion you can observe some nudist on it. San Francisco...