Lake Merced
Lake Merced is a freshwater lake located on the West Side of San Francisco, in the southwest corner of the city. It is surrounded by three golf courses, as well as residential areas, Lowell High School, San Francisco State University, Lakeshore Alternative Elementary School, Stonestown Galleria, Fort Funston and the Pacific Ocean.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Isabell Schulz, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in California, United States
- Also known as: “Laguna De La Merced”, “Laguna De Merced”, “Laguna De Nuestra Senora De La Merced”, “Laguna Merced”, “Merced Lake”, and “Shadow Lake”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Merced Park and TPC Harding Park.
TPC Harding Park
Golf course
TPC Harding Park, formerly Harding Park Golf Club and commonly known as Harding Park, is a municipal golf course located on the West Side of San Francisco, California.
Fort Funston
Nature reserve
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Fort Funston is a former harbor defense installation located on the West Side of San Francisco in the southwestern part of the city. Formerly known as the Lake Merced Military Reservation, the fort is now a protected area within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and is used widely as an off-leash dog park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parkmerced and Ingleside Terraces.
Parkmerced
Neighborhood
Photo: J. Ash Bowie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Parkmerced is a neighborhood located on the West Side of San Francisco, California. It was designed by architects Leonard Schultze and Thomas Dolliver Church in the early 1940s.
Ingleside Terraces
Neighborhood
Ingleside Terraces is an affluent residential neighborhood of approximately 750 detached homes built at the former location of the Ingleside Racetrack on the West Side of San Francisco.
Westlake
Quarter
The Westlake District of Daly City, California, was originally created as one of the first post-World War II white-only suburbs in the United States, though for several decades now is as ethnically diverse as the City of Daly City itself. Westlake is situated 1½ miles southeast of Lake Merced.
Lake Merced
- Categories: reservoir and body of water
- Location: San Francisco, Bay Area, California, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Merced from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Merced” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة ميرسيد”
- Bulgarian: “Мърсед (езеро)”
- Bulgarian: “Мърсед”
- Cebuano: “Lake Merced”
- Chinese: “默塞德湖”
- French: “lac Merced”
- French: “Lac Merced”
- Italian: “lago Merced”
- Italian: “Lago Merced”
- Swedish: “Mercedsjön”
- Welsh: “Llyn Merced”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Stonestown and Lakeside.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Harding Park and Police Pistol Range Heliport.
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