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Golden Gate Promenade

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  • Golden Gate Promenade

  • Address: Marina Blvd. at Fort Mason, San Francisco, California 94123
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Golden Gate Promenade

Visitors can enjoy the beautiful San Francisco Bay shoreline while dog walking, running, rollerblading, or biking the Golden Gate Promenade.

This popular trail, part of the Bay Area Ridge Trail, runs the distance of Crissy Field to Fort Point and up to the Golden Gate Bridge.

Along the pathway, natural and historic treasures are framed against the San Francisco skyline and the Marin Headlands.

Crissy Marsh gives both casual observers and enthusiastic birders an opportunity to enjoy a salt marsh, rich with wildlife.

The western end of this trail leads visitors past former airplane hangars that have been repurposed for indoor recreational uses, then up and around old coastal gun batteries, finally ending at the Golden Gate Bridge.

Beach access is provided along the distance of the trail.

Distance: 4.3 miles
Difficulty: Easy

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