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  • Fort Point has been called "the pride of the Pacific," "the Gibraltar of the West Coast," and "one of the most perfect models of masonry in America."
  • Military officials soon recommended a series of fortifications to secure San Francisco Bay. Coastal defenses were built at Alcatraz Island, Fort Mason, and Fort Point.
  • Try to find parking at East Beach, the eastern end of the Crissy Field. Failing that, you may find parking in the Marina or along the route toward Fort Point.
  • Fort Point, a National Historic Site since 1970, protected San Francisco harbor from Confederate & foreign attack during & after the U.S. Civil War.
  • Thomas Pownall established Fort Pownall in 1759, Fort Point State Park occupies a long peninsula with panoramic views of the Penobscot River and Penobscot Bay.
  • During the dark winter months, the Candlelight Tour of Fort Point is a popular guided program that allows visitors to experience the fort in a new light.
  • Fort Point National Historic Site is a stone fort built on San Francisco Bay on the south side of the Golden Gate Bridge.
  • "The fort at Fort Point" is practically the only fort worth the name fort on the west coast of the United States: Though not a starfort by any stretch of the imagination...
  • Such is the reputation of Presidio’s Fort Point National Historic Site, which made a memorable cameo in Hitchcock’s 1958 masterpiece, Vertigo.