Keep reading to learn why Baker Beach is quintessential San Francisco. Hosted by some of the city’s most popular performers with the Golden Gate Bridge and Pacific Ocean as a backdrop ...

Horseshoe Cove's pocket strand-locally dubbed Battery Yates Beach-hides behind the Coast Guard Station Golden Gate at Fort Baker ... sand mere yards from the bridge's anchorage.

Located in the northwestern area of San Francisco in the Presidio, Baker Beach is primarily known for its sweeping views of the Golden Gate Bridge and the neighboring Marin Headlands. The mile ...

Baker Beach's other neighbor, this time to the north, requires a walk or trail run to access, but affords even more spectacular, up-close views of the Golden Gate Bridge with a fraction of the crowds.