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Sep 30, 2021 · Fort Baker, the 9th and final "Post-to-Park" conversion in the Golden Gate National Parks, is a 335 acre former 1905 U.S. Army post located immediately north of the Golden Gate Bridge. This hidden gem of a site consists of over 25 historic army buildings clustered around a main parade ground, a sheltered harbor protected by a jetty, a number of ...
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Fort Baker. Fort Baker, circa 1910. PARC, NPS. An...
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Sep 28, 2021 · Fort Baker. Fort Baker, circa 1910. PARC, NPS. 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 19 th century Secretary of War, William C ...
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- Bay Natives: The Coast Miwok
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Much of San Francisco and points north of the bay fall under the realm of the frequent visitor in gray, Karl the Fog. Karl is fond of the Golden Gate Bridge and the bay; large swaths of the city disappear within his dense shroud. Although a ridge to the west keeps him from Fort Baker, it makes the view from Fort Baker a bit eerie. He's a product of...
The Miwok and their ancestors made their home in areas north of the Golden Gate, primarily in Marin County and southern Sonoma County, for 10,000 years before any Europeans arrived. They were organized into small, politically independent societal groups that moved annually between temporary and permanent village sites determined by seasonal hunting...
Although the Spanish colonized this region in 1776, the area remained largely uninhabited even after the Mexican War of Independence, which was fought from 1810 to 1821. Towards the mid-1800s, the grasslands here were gaining recognition as primo territory for cattle ranching. The ranch hands were known as los vaquerosand were some of America's fir...
In the mid-1800s, the US Army set about modernizing the harbor defenses of San Francisco. The brick forts that had been the standard structures for the first half of the century were now vulnerable to rifled artillery attack. The army therefore developed a more modern system that relied on hidden batteries and "disappearing" guns. At first, the men...
As the country began to mobilize for war, the army created the Harbor Defenses of San Francisco, a system with operational command over many San Francisco army posts, including Fort Baker, Fort Barry and Fort Cronkhite. The Harbor Defenses of San Francisco was responsible for ensuring the safety of friendly shipping traffic and defending the coastl...
Fort Baker is one of the components of California's Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The Fort, which borders the City of Sausalito in Marin County and is connected to San Francisco by the Golden Gate Bridge , served as an Army post until the mid-1990s, when the headquarters of the 91st Division moved to Parks Reserve Forces Training Area .
May 27, 2008 · Nestled against the Marin Headlands at the northern foot of the Golden Gate Bridge, Fort Baker is a 350-acre former U.S. Army post that was reborn as a national park site through the teamwork of the Parks Conservancy, the National Park Service, and the Fort Baker Retreat Group.
View overlooking Fort Baker and the Golden Gate Roland Greenberg/National Park Service. Hike the trails in and around Fort Baker —home to the endangered Mission blue butterfly—and take in spectacular vistas of the bay and the Golden Gate Bridge.
Fort Baker. Place. Fort Baker stands on the shoreline of San Francisco Bay in the heart of the Golden Gate National Parks. This historic site boasts one of the most spectacular settings in the world, from the Golden Gate Bridge to panoramic views across the bay to Alcatraz, Angel Island, and San Francisco, located just 15 minutes away.
