Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden
About this place
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.
How kid-friendly is it?
Nearby places
Ocean Beach restaurant with a kids' menu, a lawn out front, and room for strollers; lively and easy.
Outer Sunset coffee stop with room for strollers and a quick pastry before the beach.
Come here when the kids mostly want to run. Four big sports fields sit near the windmills and ocean.
Built around a ship you climb aboard and steer, so there's a game to play rather than just equipment; works for toddlers up through the early school years.
Outer Sunset fish shack with outdoor tables and a play area, so kids move while the tacos come.
A dark room behind the old Cliff House where a rotating lens throws the ocean outside onto a big white dish. Five minutes, and kids remember it for years.