Cabrillo Playground

A playground on the park's quieter west side.

Outer Richmond pizza with a lively patio where kids can be loud.

A working Dutch windmill at the ocean end of Golden Gate Park with beds of tulips in front of it. Short stop, flat paths, best in February and March.

Sheltered sand play area, courts and picnic tables, and a clubhouse running tiny-tot classes, after-school programs and teen nights.

Built around a ship you climb aboard and steer, so there's a game to play; works for toddlers up through the early school years.

Come here when the kids mostly want to run. Four big sports fields sit near the windmills and ocean.