Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Golden Gate National Recreation Area is a national recreation area in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jonmallard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 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.
Headlands Center for the Arts
Arts center
Headlands Center for the Arts 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 Marin Headlands, in Marin County, California, United States.
Rodeo Beach
Beach
Photo: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rodeo Beach is a beach in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area located in Marin County, California, United States, two miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Nike Missile Site SF-88
Museum
Photo: Marcin Wichary, CC BY 2.0.
SF-88 is a former Nike Missile launch site at Fort Barry, in the Marin Headlands 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 San Francisco Bay Area during the Cold War, specifically from attack by Soviet bomber aircraft.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sausalito and Marin Headlands.
Sausalito
Photo: Mr. Granger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sausalito is a unique and picturesque community, perched on a hillside between the San Francisco Bay and the Marin Headlands. Since it's across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, 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.
Marin Headlands
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Marin Headlands are located in southern Marin County, in the North Bay region of the Bay Area of California. Part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the Marin Headlands offer beaches, hiking, history, and spectacular views of the California coast.
Tiburon
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tiburon is a small historic town in California's Marin County, located across the bay from San Francisco. Tiburon'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
- Categories: National Recreation Area, National Park System unit, and recreation area
- Location: Marin County, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.8499° or 37° 50′ 60″ northLongitude
-122.5178° or 122° 31′ 4″ westElevation
702 feet (214 metres)Open location code
849VRFXJ+XVOpenStreetMap ID
node 358796532OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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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’”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Marin City and Waldo.
Marin County: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Tiburon, San Rafael, Sausalito, and Novato.
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