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Sunset to Lands End, with a grievance

A walk next to the Outer Sunset and through the paths and cliffs of Lands End.
2026-04-19 at 23:30
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An elevated southern view of San Francisco's Outer Sunset neighborhood. Rows of pastel-colored residential buildings — soft blue, cream, and tan — stretch back in a grid toward the Pacific Ocean. The Great Highway runs along the coast lined with parked cars, with Ocean Beach and its sand dunes to the right. On the left edge, the historic Dutch windmill of Golden Gate Park is visible among trees. Hazy hills rise in the distance. A walking path between green coastal dunes fills the foreground.

A photograph of a Lands End dirt footpath winding through a lush, sun-dappled woodland. Tall cypress and pine trees with twisted, ivy-wrapped trunks arch overhead. The ground is blanketed in English ivy, ferns, and other dense undergrowth in varying shades of green. Soft sunlight filters through the canopy, creating bright glowing patches along the path.

A coastal viewpoint from Lands End, framed by silhouetted dark green cypress trees on either side. The sun sits high in a sky streaked with wispy cirrus clouds, casting a faint iridescent halo. Below, the ocean shimmers with reflected sunlight next to two tree-covered bluffs.

A photograph of a bathroom stall interior. A silver double-pronged coat hook is mounted on a cream-colored painted stall wall. Above the stall wall in the background, a small white motion sensor is visible on the white ceiling, a gray tile wall to the right. Near the bottom of the stall wall is graffiti that reads, in all caps, "I resent this gatekeeping."