For four years running, the Great Hauntway Halloween event at Sunset Dunes Park (formerly the Great Highway) were a wild success. The road-turned-park, sandwiched between the Ocean Beach and the Outer Sunset neighborhood of San Francisco, is transformed annually into a mile-and-a-half of Halloween costumes and trick-or-treat booths and decked-out families.
I always hope that the Popup Photo Studio will be a fun activity for families and a unique way to document as many costume-clad participants as I possibly can. But I’m always blown away by the sheer number of people who attend – literally hundreds of groups stream in and out of the Popup Studio for three straight hours. Every year, I lose my voice and go home with cheeks tired from laughing and smiling.
2025 was no exception, despite heavy winds and rain. Two incredibly gracious volunteers alternated between helping event-goers sign up for photos and literally hanging from the tent to keep it from blowing away. We didn’t quite make it the full three hours this year, but we also didn’t stop until my camera (and the intrepid families attending) were completely soaked.
Sunset Dunes Park was voted into existence via Proposition K in the 2024 elections. It is now threatened by recent proposals to overturn the vote. Please visit Friends of Sunset Dunes to keep this space, and events like these, from being taken away.
And see you next year!
