Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Golden Gate National Recreation Area is a national recreation area in the San Francisco Bay Area, .
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: United States national park in California
  • Also known as: GGNRA” and “GOGA

Places of Interest

Highlights include Headlands Center for the Arts and Rodeo Beach.

Arts center
hosts an internationally recognized artist-in-residence program, and interdisciplinary public programs. It is situated in a campus of artist-renovated military buildings in the , in , United States.

Beach
is a beach in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area located in , United States, two miles west of the .

Museum
SF-88 is a former Nike Missile launch site at Fort Barry, in the to the north of San Francisco, California, United States. Opened in 1954, the site was intended to protect the population and military installations of the during the Cold War, specifically from attack by Soviet bomber aircraft.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sausalito and Marin Headlands.

is a unique and picturesque community, perched on a hillside between the San Francisco Bay and the . Since it's across the Golden Gate Bridge from , it makes a great trip by bike, ferry, bus, or car, for a good meal, a visit to an art studio, and views of the city from across the bay.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The are located in southern , in the region of the Bay Area of . Part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the offer beaches, hiking, history, and spectacular views of the coast.

is a small historic town in 's , located across the bay from . 's Main Street has been preserved as it was when the town was a Gold Rush train town and lumber yard.

Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Latitude
37.8499° or 37° 50′ 60″ north
Longitude
-122.5178° or 122° 31′ 4″ west
Elevation
702 feet (214 metres)
Open location code
849VRFXJ+XV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 358796532
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
5352857
Wiki­data ID
Q1456206
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Golden Gate National Recreation Area” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: Àrea Nacional d’Esbarjo Golden Gate
  • Cebuano: Golden Gate National Recreation Area
  • Chinese: 金門國家休憩區
  • Chinese: 金門國家休閒區
  • Chinese: 金門國家遊樂區
  • Chinese: 金门国家休憩区
  • Danish: Golden Gate National Recreation Area
  • Dutch: Golden Gate National Recreation Area
  • Estonian: Kuldvärava riiklik puhkeala
  • French: Golden Gate National Recreation Area
  • German: Golden Gate National Recreation Area
  • Hebrew: אזור הנופש הלאומי גשר שער הזהב
  • Japanese: ゴールデン・ゲート国立保養地
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Golden Gate National Recreation Area
  • Norwegian: Golden Gate National Recreation Area
  • Slovenian: Nacionalno rekreacijsko območje Golden Gate
  • Ukrainian: Національна рекреаційна зона ‘Золоті Вотора’

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