Golden Gate Park Archery Range — Attraction in San Francisco

This is a great archery range, it's protected from westerly winds and usually enjoys lots of sunny days. There are a handful of us who use lanes 7, 8 and 9 and help maintain the range, repair target bales at least twice a year. There is posted set of 10 rules as you enter the range of do's and don'ts and not allowed. One of these rules says FIELD POINTS ONLY. Yet there are those who insist on throwing knives, spears, Atlatls, broadheads and yes, even crossbows (which are illegal to discharge inside city limits) and as result the bales get torn up quicker. For those of you who are interested in volunteering to help repair the bales, maintain the range contact SF Park and Rec. The ONLY thing that sf park and Rec does for the range is water and cut the grass. THAT'S IT!!! The cost of repairing of bales is thru donations from a very small group of archers who frequent the range and some of the instructors who holds classes there. The City does NOT help with cost. So, the next time you decide to use the range, remember that it's folks like yourself who keep it running so ALL can enjoy this little jewel in...

I love shooting here. You're out in the open, in a lovely park, with trees all around. This is a great open range. There are enough bales so you usually do not have to wait long. And, even if there is a wait, you can usually share with someone. The range and bales are pretty well maintained although the bales do get a bit soft towards the end of the year. The range is large enough that you can shoot at any distance up to about 100 yds.This is a self-monitored range so you have to watch out a bit and you need to be mindful to stay in your own lane when moving between the bale and your shooting position. There's enough parking so that's never...

There seems to be a big misconception about the condition of the archery bales and who maintains them!

Allot of people who come here think the city is maintaining & or is replacing the archery bales in this place.

Actually the city hasn't replaced any of the archery bills in many many years now!

The bales are repaired & or replaced by the efforts of a few very dedicated people with the bale replacement cost covered by donations!

So whenever you hear complaints about the condition of the Bales at the range, please advise the people in question that only through donations will the...