Buena Vista Park is a park in the Haight-Ashbury and Buena Vista Heights neighborhoods of San Francisco, California, USA. It is the oldest official park in San Francisco, established in 1867 as Hill Park and renamed Buena Vista in 1894. It is bounded by Haight Street to the north, and by Buena Vista Avenue West and Buena Vista Avenue East. The park is on a steep hill that peaks at 589 feet, and covers 37 acres (150,000 m²). The lowest section is the north end along Haight.

The layout of the park uses the steep hill to great advantage, offering excellent views of the city (particularly to the north) as well as impressive natural beauty.

Muni bus lines 6, 7, 66, and 71 pass Buena Vista directly north along Haight. The 37 passes along the ridge at the south end. The 43, 33, and 24 come within a few blocks. The N Judah runs through the Sunset Tunnel, which is directly below the park.

Specific points of interest

• At the peak of the park is a small lawn offering views to the south. Other excellent views are available from various lookouts lower down.
• The east side of the slope is particularly notable for a group of majestic trees that are believed to date from the park's inception.
• The paths along the west side are lined with gutters built by WPA workers out of broken headstones from old pioneer cemeteries. In a few cases the inscriptions were placed facing up and can be discerned (Cf. the San Francisco Wave Organ ).
• Across the street from the south side of the park is 351 Buena Vista East, an architecturally memorable building appearing briefly in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo.
• For the Haight Street hippie types, the northeast corner staircase features a large peace symbol (the classic Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament variety) shaped out flower plantings.
• The park, with its thick foliage and secluded pathways, has long been known as a nighttime "cruising ground" for gay men, who meet in the park for anonymous sexual encounters.

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