Fort Mason

Fort Mason, in , is a former United States Army post located in the northern Marina District, alongside . Fort Mason served as an Army post for more than 100 years, initially as a coastal defense site and subsequently as a military port facility.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: fort in San Francisco, California, USA
  • Also known as: “FMCAC”, “Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture”, and “梅森堡中心”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Fort Mason Tunnel and Fort Mason Historic District.

Tunnel
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is an abandoned single-track railway tunnel in which runs under a small hill upon which sits a portion of the old .

Historic site
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is a historic site.

Museum
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, also known as the Italian American Museum, is a in , , that focuses on and Italian-American history, art and culture. is situated 740 feet west of Fort Mason.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marina District and Fisherman’s Wharf.

Quarter
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The is a neighborhood located in , . The neighborhood sits on the site of the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition, staged after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to celebrate the reemergence of the city.

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's most popular destination among travelers, Fisherman's Wharf is the tourist center of the city. Its historic waterfront, once the hub of the city's fishing fleet, is still famous for the depth and variety of its harvest and for having some of the best seafood restaurants in the city, with scenic vistas over San Francisco Bay and Alcatraz Island.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood of , California. It is named after one of San Francisco's 44 hills, and one of its original "Seven Hills".

Fort Mason

Latitude
37.80633° or 37° 48′ 23″ north
Longitude
-122.429° or 122° 25′ 44″ west
Operator
National Park Service
Open location code
849VRH4C+GC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 82207054
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Wiki­data ID
Q948933
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Russian—“Fort Mason” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حصن ماسون”
  • Catalan: “Fort Mason”
  • Chinese: “梅森堡”
  • Czech: “Fort Mason”
  • Dutch: “Fort Mason”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حصن ماسون”
  • French: “fort Mason”
  • French: “Fort Mason”
  • German: “Fort Mason”
  • Hebrew: “פורט מייסון”
  • Indonesian: “Benteng Mason”
  • Japanese: “フォート・メイソン”
  • Macedonian: “Тврдина Мејсон”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort Mason”
  • Norwegian: “Fort Mason”
  • Russian: “Форт Мейсон”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: HI San Francisco - Fisherman’s Wharf and Golden Gate National Recreation Area Park Headquarters.

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