Fort Point, San Francisco

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Fort Point with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background.
37.810365°N 122.476535°W

Fort Point
37.810471°N 122.476991°W

From the top of the fort.

Fort Point
37.810767°N 122.476965°W

View where guns stood and the Golden Gate Bridge.

Fort Point Officer Quarter
37.810487°N 122.476895°W

Fort Point Cannons
37.810657°N 122.477083°W

Fort Point was established here during the Gold Rush in 1849.

Fort Point, San Francisco

Fort Point is a masonry seacoast fortification located at the southern side of the Golden Gate at the entrance to San Francisco Bay. This fort was completed just before the American Civil War by the United States Army, to defend San Francisco Bay against hostile warships. The fort is now protected as Fort Point National Historic Site, a United States National Historic Site administered by the National Park Service as a unit of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

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