Fort Point National Historic Site, San Francisco CA | Nearby Businesses

• Landmark and Historical Place
• National Park

MARINE Dr
San Francisco, CA 94129
(415) 556-1693

The Golden Gate Bridge opened to pedestrians on May 27, 1937, and to traffic the following day, May 28, 1937. At that time, it was the longest suspension bridge ever built. It is truly an engineering marvel, a structure of magnificence, grace, and beauty. A true American Icon with a rich history. Please take a moment and visit our Research Library which is filled with factoids of interest about this famed span, located here: http://goldengatebridge.org/research/

San Francisco National Cemetery is an United States national cemetery, located in the Presidio of San Francisco, California. Because of the name and location, it is frequently confused with Golden Gate National Cemetery, a few miles south of the city.About 1937, San Francisco residents voted to no longer build cemeteries within the city proper and, as a result, the site for a new national cemetery was selected south of the city limits. The cemetery is one of only four officially existing within San Francisco city limits (the others being the Columbarium of San Francisco, the historic graveyard next to Mission Dolores, and the sarcophagus of Thomas Starr King.)HistoryWhen Spain colonized what would become California, this area was selected as the site for a fort, or presidio, to defend San Francisco Bay. About 40 families traveled here from northern Mexico in 1776 and built the first settlement, a small quadrangle, only a few hundred feet west of what is now Funston Avenue. Mexico controlled the Presidio following 1821, but the fort became less important to the Mexican government. In 1835, most soldiers and their families moved north to Sonoma, leaving it nearly abandoned. During the Mexican–American War, U.S. troops occupied and repaired the damage to the fort.

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Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) chronicles two hundred years of history, from the Native American culture, the Spanish Empire frontier and the Mexican Republic, to maritime history, the California Gold Rush, the evolution of American coastal fortifications, and the growth of urban San Francisco. The Golden Gate National Recreation Area was established in 1972 as a new urban park. A timely merging of political, economic, social and environmental forces, occurring in both the Bay Area and the country, paved the way for the creation of the park. The park’s very existence illustrates the power of the environmental conservation movement in the 1960s and 1970s.

As if amazing views of the San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz, and Golden Gate aren't enough to woo you to this place, Planet Granite San Francisco boasts over 45 foot high climbing walls and 25,000 square feet of climbing terrain! Explore the catwalks around the gym to find stretching and work out areas and fitness equipment! With two yoga studios, PG San Francisco offers the most complete yoga and fitness program of all our gyms - all available to members at no additional cost.