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Follow signs to Fort Baker and the Bay Area Discovery Museum. From the East Bay: Take 580 West across the Richmond/San Rafael Bridge. Follow the signs to 101 South. After the Waldo Tunnel and just before the Golden Gate Bridge, take the Alexander Avenue exit. Follow signs to Fort Baker and the Bay Area Discovery Museum.
Find breathtaking vistas at the Golden Gate Overlook, where you can connect to the Batteries to Bluffs Trail. To dive into history, visit Fort Point National Historic Site and Battery Chamberlin. Or simply enjoy sunset views of the Golden Gate Bridge from Baker Beach.
From its magnificent setting at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge, Fort Baker is the gateway to the Marin Headlands and other national parklands in the San Francisco Bay Area. Surrounded by more than 75,500 acres of open space, Fort Baker offers easy access to ocean beaches, coastal mountains, miles of trails, historic sites, and world ...
Sep 16, 2020 · Forts Baker, Barry and Cronkhite, partially administered by the National Park Service's Golden Gate National Recreation Area, are located on the north side of San Francisco Bay extending west from the Golden Gate Bridge out to the Pacific Ocean, in Marin County. Visit the park's website for further information.
Apr 25, 2016 · Fort Baker is a 335-acre former U.S. Army post located immediately to the north of the Golden Gate Bridge that is now a unit of Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The core of the park is comprised of over twenty-five historic buildings clustered around a thirteen-acre parade ground. The parade ground is an important historic feature of the ...
Originally inhabited by the coastal Miwok tribes, Horseshoe Cove became home to Fort Baker long before there was a Golden Gate Bridge. In 1866, the U.S. Army acquired the site for a military base to fortify the north side of the Golden Gate. The 24 buildings around the 10-acre parade ground at Fort Baker took shape between 1901 and 1915.
Sep 28, 2021 · An Endicott-period Army Post. Fort Baker is a historic army post located in the Marin Headlands. The post, built between 1902 and 1910, is one of the park’s best examples of the army’s “Endicott Period” military construction, named after the late 19th century Secretary of War, William C. Endicott. The “Endicott Period” refers to the ...
