Blue Heron Lake (Stow Lake) Parking

How it is free

• Free for anyone

  No parking meters on the lake-loop road or the ~20-space boathouse lot, and it is not on SFMTA's list of paid park facilities, so it is $0 to park. Legal caveats: no overnight parking on park roads (approx. 10pm-6am) and posted weekday time limits (about 3-4 hrs, 7am-6pm Mon-Fri, not weekends) on some segments. Obey posted signs.

Details

Regular rate

$0 / 1 hr

Daily max

$0

Hours

Free daytime parking; park roads prohibit parking overnight (approx. 10pm-6am). Weekday time limits (7am-6pm, Mon-Fri, not weekends) posted on some segments.

Free: no meters on the lake-loop road or the boathouse lot, and SFMTA lists only Kezar Lot and the Music Concourse Garage as the park's paid facilities. Legal caveats: no overnight parking on park roads (roughly 10pm-6am), and posted weekday time limits (about 3-4 hours, 7am-6pm Mon-Fri, not enforced weekends) apply on some park segments. Follow posted signs.

More free & effectively-free parking nearby

• Baker Beach Parking Lot
• Bryant/Lytton Garage (S/L)
• California Avenue Parking Garage (Lot 7 - 350 Sherman Garage)
• Central Garage
• China Beach Parking Lot
• Civic Center Garage (CC)
• Coit Tower parking lot
• Cowper/Hamilton Lot (H)
• Crissy Field East Beach Lot
• Downtown Parking Structure (California St & Bryant St)
• Downtown Parking Structure 1 (Bryant & California)
• Emerson/Lytton Lot (A)

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