Join us for a Hike in Golden Gate Park

and our annual visit to T.G. Masaryk's Bust

Day and Time:
Saturday, March 7, 2026, 2 pm @ Blue Heron Boathouse

It is a tradition in our unit to remember T.G. Masaryk around his birthday with a hike and a visit to his bust in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. This year, we will be joined by students of the Czech School of California, as the students are participating in a project Československé stopy ve světě

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk was a Czechoslovakian statesman, political activist, and philosopher who served as the first president of Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1935. He is regarded as the founding father of Czechoslovakia.

Masaryk's birthday is March 7th. We will lay flowers at his bust in the Rose Garden. The bust was donated to Golden Gate Park by Sokol San Francisco many years ago. Come and hear the story.

We will also visit the Observatory Deck of the de Young Museum to get a 360-degree view of San Francisco. It is free of charge, and the views are breathtaking!

We will continue past the Japanese Tea Gardens, back to Stow Lake, cross the Stow Lake Bridge to visit the waterfalls, and end up back by the boathouse.

It is an easy hike and all flat. Hopefully, the flowers will have started blooming so we can welcome spring on this beautiful hike.

Meeting Place:

Parking lot by Blue Heron Boathouse. (used to be Stow Lake Boathouse) 

From there, we will visit the Rose Garden and the bust of Tomas G Masaryk and continue with our walk.

Would you like more practice speaking Czech?

Chat with native speakers and other Czech learners on the Masaryk hike!
Join us as we revive our Czech knowledge and build our confidence in speaking Czech.
Students from the Czech School of California will be joining us on this hike, too!