Ocean Beach - Beach Chalet & Sloat Blvd lots

How it is free

• Free for anyone

  Free NPS/GGNRA parking lots at Ocean Beach: the Sloat Blvd lot (south end) and the lot across from the Beach Chalet. No park entrance fee; GGNRA collects parking fees only at Battery East and West Bluff in the Presidio, not here. No posted time limit found on official sources.

Details

Free NPS/GGNRA parking with no park entrance fee, covering the Sloat Blvd lot and the lot across from the Beach Chalet. On-site parking is very limited (per the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy); no posted time limit was found on official sources. The upper Great Highway roadway between Lincoln and Sloat is now a car-free park, but the beach parking lots themselves remain open.

More free & effectively-free parking nearby

• Baker Beach Parking Lot
• Blue Heron Lake (Stow Lake) Parking
• 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)

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