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TRIP 3 Presidio of San Francisco: Ecology Trail

Distance 2.2 miles, Loop Hiking Time 1 to 2 hours Elevation Gain/Loss ±400 feet Difficulty Easy Trail Use Leashed dogs, Good for kids Best Times All year Agency GGNRA Recommended Map Golden Gate National Recreation Area Presidio of San Francisco (GGNRA)

HIGHLIGHTS The Presidio was established in 1776 as a Spanish colonial outpost on a windy sand dune near San Francisco Bay. It later served as a Mexican fort and a U.S. military base before being turned over in 1994 to the National Park Service. The Americans built forts, housing, and coastal gun batteries, and planted trees that transformed the landscape. The Ecology Trail loops through the southeastern corner of the Presidio, providing a look at what human intervention has wrought, and also what conservation efforts have managed to preserve and restore, including native wildflowers and grasses, some of them rare, threatened, or endangered.

DIRECTIONS From the Presidio’s Arguello Gate entrance, just north of Arguello Blvd. and Jackson St., go 0.1 mile northeast to the large paved parking area at Inspiration Point, on the right.