Fort Funston
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Viriditas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: former harbor defense installation in San Francisco
- Also known as: “Lake Merced Military Reservation”
Places of Interest
Highlights include San Francisco Zoo and TPC Harding Park.
San Francisco Zoo
Zoo
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The San Francisco Zoo and Gardens is a 100-acre zoo located on the West Side of San Francisco, in the southwestern corner of the city between Lake Merced and the Pacific Ocean along the Great Highway.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parkmerced and Parkside.
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.
Parkside
Neighborhood
Photo: Blackguard SF, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Parkside is a neighborhood on the West Side of San Francisco, California. It is located in the southern part of the Avenues south of Quintara and north of Sloat Boulevard.
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.
Fort Funston
- Categories: landform, military installation, protected area, and recreation area
- Location: San Francisco, Bay Area, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.71951° or 37° 43′ 10″ northLongitude
-122.50289° or 122° 30′ 10″ westElevation
157 feet (48 metres)Operator
National Park ServiceOpen location code
849VPF9W+RROpenStreetMap ID
way 404851503OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveGeoNames ID
11809024Wikidata ID
Q3077870
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to French—“Fort Funston” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “方斯頓堡”
- Chinese: “芬斯顿堡”
- Dutch: “Fort Funston”
- French: “Fort Funston”
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