Stretching a mile below the rugged cliffs on the Presidio’s western shoreline,  Baker Beach’s spectacular outside-the-Gate views of the Bridge and the Marin Headlands are unsurpassed.

Keep your eye out for harbor porpoises frolicking in the surf and for California’s State Rock (serpentine). Learn about an early 20th-century “disappearing gun”. Picnic and restroom facilities available.