Golden Gate
With some of the most beautiful scenery and intact natural environments in the city, the Golden Gate area is the spectacular northern tip of the San Francisco peninsula.
Photo: Med777, Public domain.
Notable Places in the Area
Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the one-mile-wide strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. Golden Gate Bridge is situated 2,000 feet northeast of Golden Gate. Photo: RichN, CC BY 2.5.Fort Point National Historic Site
Fort Point is a masonry seacoast fortification located on the southern side of the Golden Gate at the entrance to San Francisco Bay. Fort Point National Historic Site is situated 3,500 feet southeast of Golden Gate. Photo: Joncosner, CC BY-SA 3.0.Lime Point Light
Lighthouse
Lime Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse in California, on the northern side of the narrowest part of Golden Gate strait. Lime Point Light is situated 3,400 feet northeast of Golden Gate. Photo: Jef Poskanzer, CC BY 2.0.
Kirby Cove Camp
Campsite
Kirby Cove Camp is a campground and scenic area managed by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in the Marin Headlands, California. Kirby Cove Camp is situated 4,000 feet north of Golden Gate. Photo: BenBench, Public domain.
- Type: Channel
- Description: North American strait
- Categories: strait and body of water
- Location: San Francisco, Bay Area, California, United States, North America
Localities in the Area
Marin Headlands
The Marin Headlands are located in southern Marin County, in the North Bay region of the Bay Area of California. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Golden Gate
Latitude
37.8178° or 37° 49' 4" northLongitude
-122.485° or 122° 29' 6" westElevation
-39 feet (-12 metres)Open Location Code
849VRG97+4XGeoNames ID
5352838Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Golden Gate
- Arabic: مضيق البوابة الذهبية
- Arabic: مضيق جولدن جيت
- Armenian: Ոսկե Դարպասներ
- Azerbaijani: Qızıl darvaza boğazı
- Basque: Golden Gate
- Belarusian: Залатыя Вароты
- Belarusian: Праліў Залатыя Вароты
- Bulgarian: Голдън Гейт
- Catalan: Golden Gate
- Cebuano: Golden Gate (agianan sa Estados Unidos, California)
- Cebuano: Golden Gate
- Chinese: 金門海峽
- Chinese: 金门海峡
- Chuvash: Ылтăн Хапха (тинĕс пырĕ)
- Chuvash: Ылтăн Хапха
- Czech: Golden Gate
- Czech: Goldengateská úžina
- Czech: Zlatá brána
- Danish: Golden Gate
- Dutch: Golden Gate
- English: Golden Gate Strait
- English: Golden Gate channel
- Esperanto: Golden Gate
- Esperanto: Ora Pordego
- Estonian: Kuldvärava väin
- Finnish: Golden Gate
- French: Golden Gate
- German: Golden Gate
- German: North
- Hebrew: אזור שער הזהב
- Hebrew: סן פרנסיסקו/אזור שער הזהב
- Hebrew: שער הזהב
- Hungarian: Golden Gate
- Icelandic: Golden Gate
- Indonesian: Golden Gate
- Italian: Golden Gate
- Japanese: ゴールデンゲート海峡
- Japanese: 金門海峡
- Javanese: Golden gate
- Korean: 골든게이트 해협
- Kurdish: Golden Gate
- Kurdish: گۆلدەن گاتە
- Lithuanian: Aukso Vartai
- Macedonian: Златна Порта
- Malay (generic): Golden Gate
- Malayalam: ഗോൾഡൻ ഗേറ്റ്
- Norwegian: Golden Gate
- Norwegian Bokmål: Golden Gate
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Golden Gate
- Persian: گلدن گیت
- Polish: Cieśnina Golden Gate
- Polish: Golden Gate
- Portuguese: Golden Gate
- Romanian: Golden Gate
- Russian: Голден-Гейт
- Russian: Золотые Ворота
- Russian: Пролив Золотые Ворота
- Scots: Golden Gate
- Slovak: Golden Gate
- Spanish: Golden Gate
- Spanish: Puerta Dorada
- Sundanese: Golden Gate
- Swedish: Golden Gate
- Telugu: గోల్డెన్ గేట్
- Ukrainian: Золоті Ворота
- Vietnamese: Golden Gate
- Chrysopylae
- Yulupa
Other Places Named Golden Gate
- Golden GateLocality in Florida, United States
- Golden GateHamlet in Illinois, United States
- ParemataSuburb in Greater Wellington, New Zealand
- Golden GateNeighborhood in Alameda County, California
- Golden Gate BridgeCalifornia, United States
- Golden GateMuseum in Ukraine
- Golden GateGate in West Bank, Palestine
- Golden gatePomorskie, Poland
In the Area
Localities
- Fort Winfield ScottLocality
- Sea CliffNeighborhood
- Lake DistrictLocality
- Presidio TerraceNeighborhood
Landmarks
- Kirby CoveBay, 3,300 feet northwest
- Kirby BeachBeach, 3,500 feet northwest
- Lime PointCape, 3,500 feet northeast
- Fort PointCape, 3,500 feet southeast
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