Fort Funston
Fort Funston is a former harbor defense installation located on the West Side of San Francisco in the southwestern part of the city.
A park & preserve inside San Francisco
You can stay in San Francisco
Fort Funston is inside San Francisco, which has 80,648 hotel and restaurant jobs, so you won’t need a base farther out. Where to stay ↓
A day trip from San Jose
San Jose is about 48 miles southeast (straight-line). Where to stay ↓
Best months: Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct and Nov
April, May, June, July, August, September, October and November are the mild months, with highs of 62–70°. When to go ↓
An airport 10 miles away
San Francisco (SFO) has airline service, about 10 miles from Fort Funston.
Written from NOAA 1991–2020 normals, Census job and town figures, Wikidata and Wikipedia.
Weather, month by month
Typical highs and lows in Broadmoor. Green months are the mild ones.
Fort Funston
Fort Funston is a former harbor defense installation located on the West Side of San Francisco in the southwestern part of the city. Formerly known as the Lake Merced Military Reservation, the fort is now a protected area within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) and is used widely as an off-leash dog park. It was named in honor of Frederick N. Funston (1865–1917), a Major General in the United States Army with strong connections to San Francisco, and included several artillery batteries. The fort is located on Skyline Boulevard at John Muir Drive, west of Lake Merced.
- Type
- Park & preserve
- Run by
- Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
- Wikipedia readers
- 6.9K a year
Stay in San Francisco, or close by
Towns within 30 miles, closest first. Hotel and restaurant jobs show how many places there are to stay and eat.
| Town | From Fort Funston | Hotel & restaurant jobs | People | Typical home | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | in town | 80,648 | 830,235 | $1,395K | D |
| Broadmoor | 2 mi southeast | 2 | 4,586 | $1,255K | B |
| Daly City | 2 mi southeast | 3,691 | 101,964 | $1,115K | C |
| Colma | 4 mi southeast | 821 | 1,636 | $1,062K | D− |
| Brisbane | 7 mi southeast | 944 | 4,692 | $1,232K | C+ |
| San Bruno | 7 mi southeast | 1,888 | 42,307 | $1,208K | C |
| Pacifica | 8 mi south | 1,143 | 37,261 | $1,250K | B− |
| South San Francisco | 8 mi southeast | 5,339 | 64,305 | $1,189K | C |
| Millbrae | 10 mi southeast | 1,800 | 22,689 | $1,935K | — |
| Sausalito | 10 mi north | 1,265 | 7,141 | $1,895K | B− |
| Marin City | 11 mi north | 47 | 3,195 | $1,143K | — |
| Muir Beach | 11 mi northwest | 30 | 311 | $2,000K | — |
Day trip from
Straight-line miles.
Getting there
Nearest airports with airline service
Also near Fort Funston
Other well-known places within 37 miles. Numbered ones are on the map above.
Big draw19 mi🏛 MuseumAlcatraz Federal Penitentiary
28 mi👀 LookoutCoit Tower
Big draw36 mi🎢 Theme parkCalifornia's Great America
34 mi🏛 MuseumM. H. de Young Memorial Museum394K visitors a year
45 mi🏛 MuseumLegion of Honor302K visitors a year
54 mi🐾 Zoo & aquariumCalifornia Academy of Sciences1.0M visitors a year
68 mi🏛 MuseumExploratorium570K visitors a year
715 mi🎢 Theme parkChildren's FairylandPhoto credits
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary: druchoy, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Coit Tower: Chris6d, CC BY-SA 4.0 · California's Great America: Oleg Alexandrov, CC BY-SA 4.0 · M. H. de Young Memorial Museum: Mark Miller, Public domain · Legion of Honor: No machine-readable author provided. Urban~commonswiki assumed (based on copyrig, CC BY-SA 3.0 · California Academy of Sciences: Adamsofen at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Exploratorium: Ann Bartkowski / Dacreep at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Children's Fairyland: Wordworking, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Visiting Fort Funston
Is Fort Funston in San Francisco?
Yes. It’s inside San Francisco, CA.
When is the best time to visit Fort Funston?
April, May, June, July, August, September, October and November, with highs of 62–70°.
How far is Fort Funston from Oakland and San Jose?
About 16 miles east of Oakland and about 48 miles southeast of San Jose, as the crow flies.
What is the closest airport to Fort Funston?
San Francisco (SFO), about 10 miles away.
Where should I stay near Fort Funston?
San Francisco (in town, 80,648 hotel and restaurant jobs), Daly City (2 mi, 3,691 hotel and restaurant jobs) and Colma (4 mi, 821 hotel and restaurant jobs).
Tips from people in San Francisco
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Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons · NOAA climate normals · U.S. Census.