Panorama Park

See the Point of Infinity at Panoramic Park on Yerba Buena Island

From a distance you might wonder what it is … this very pointed, silvery structure rising above the horizon near the Bay Bridge. It’s the 69-foot-high Point of Infinity, a newly installed permanent sculpture by renowned artist Hiroshi Sugimoto. It’s located at San Francisco’s new public park, the very aptly named Panorama Park at Yerba Buena Island. The park is a marvel, with a beautiful grassy lawn at the entrance (and an adjacent new dog park). Wend up a curving pathway and emerge at a plaza with wowing scenery: the San Francisco skyline, the bay, Alcatraz, Clipper Cove Beach, the Golden Gate Bridge, and beyond. It’s stellar.

You’d hardly know you were standing atop a former water tank—an example of urban planning ingenuity … an old water tank becomes a new scenic overlook that’s not yet reached Instagram fame (that’s coming soon, so get there sooner!).

The sculpture is a working sundial inspired by the 1939 Golden Gate International Expo on Treasure Island and its Tower of the Sun sculpture. Hiroshi Sugimoto’s beautiful work was commissioned as part of the Treasure Island Arts Program.

Panoramic Park and Point of Infinity represent a harmony of art and nature in an expansive plan to develop 300 acres of networked open space and park and wetlands, with walking and biking trails.

The park is leashed-dog friendly but be sure to check out the adjacent new dog park, where Fido can run with more freedom.

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