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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 .
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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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 ...
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.
Sep 16, 2020 · National Register of Historic Places. Forts Baker, Barry and Cronkhite are excellent examples of early coastal defense structures, comprising 2,279 acres of uplands and tidelands along the north side of San Francisco Bay extending west from the Golden Gate Bridge out to the Pacific Ocean.
But the new fort was never built. Steep cliffs hampered its construction and newly developed artillery could destroy brick forts. Instead, the army built a system of hidden and dispersed gun batteries on the surrounding hills from the 1870s to 1905.
Fort Baker is an old army post on the Marin Headlands, with a breathtaking view of the Golden Gate Bridge. Drive across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, to the picturesque grounds of Fort Baker. Fort Baker has an idyllic setting on the waterfront, with arguably the best views of the Golden Gate Bridge.
