The Presidio’s new Battery East Overlook is just east of the Bridge.
Nice design with several benches. This’ll be a choice spot to view the next Fleet Week/Blue Angels. First 6 pix
To one side is a parking lot. Not someplace I’d like to be anywhere near myself but convenient for drivers. Look forward to seeing whatever they’ve planted under all that netting.
I like looking down to the trail below. Pic 7
Battery East Trail and 153 steps down to Crissy Field: 8 thru 11
Bridgeviewing area: 12, 13, 14
Now for the west side of the Bridge. Even more recently completed, a walkers’ bridge with a wood floor.
Under the GG Bridge to the west, the old trail has been widened and you'll see erosion-control straw wattles.
Found several old pix of this part of the Coastal Trail from 2009 and 2010: just under the Bridge until right before the few steps to the top of the battery. THENs and NOWs: 15 thru 22
Used to take the steps down from the trail here some years ago to the foot of this old battery. Then they closed off the bottom part so one couldn’t continue straight down the stairs. So you'd then continue along the side of the battery to descend its main steps for the trail at the foot.
The old steps are still blocked off at the foot. You'll still walk alongside the old battery, now with a few new steps, and down its main stairs to continue west on the trail - and up fo the Golden Gate Overlook: 23 the 35
The new walkers’ bridge, pix 36 thru 44, crosses you from the top of the old battery to the other side where there’s a parking lot. The parking lot’s east end is just behind the second bridge-bus shelter for the #28.
There was still work ongoing with some fencing and signs but a small opening let me thru to the GG Overlook:
The slopes across from the batteries are covered with more straw wattles.
The Batteries to Bluffs (473 or so steps) east trailhead is a few blocks from here: 45 thru 48
Up and over Rob Hill we go. The Connector Trail (208 steps) that ascends from Lincoln to Immigrant Point Overlook is starting to show some green now: 49 thru 55
Nice design with several benches. This’ll be a choice spot to view the next Fleet Week/Blue Angels. First 6 pix
To one side is a parking lot. Not someplace I’d like to be anywhere near myself but convenient for drivers. Look forward to seeing whatever they’ve planted under all that netting.
I like looking down to the trail below. Pic 7
Battery East Trail and 153 steps down to Crissy Field: 8 thru 11
Bridgeviewing area: 12, 13, 14
Now for the west side of the Bridge. Even more recently completed, a walkers’ bridge with a wood floor.
Under the GG Bridge to the west, the old trail has been widened and you'll see erosion-control straw wattles.
Found several old pix of this part of the Coastal Trail from 2009 and 2010: just under the Bridge until right before the few steps to the top of the battery. THENs and NOWs: 15 thru 22
Used to take the steps down from the trail here some years ago to the foot of this old battery. Then they closed off the bottom part so one couldn’t continue straight down the stairs. So you'd then continue along the side of the battery to descend its main steps for the trail at the foot.
The old steps are still blocked off at the foot. You'll still walk alongside the old battery, now with a few new steps, and down its main stairs to continue west on the trail - and up fo the Golden Gate Overlook: 23 the 35
The new walkers’ bridge, pix 36 thru 44, crosses you from the top of the old battery to the other side where there’s a parking lot. The parking lot’s east end is just behind the second bridge-bus shelter for the #28.
There was still work ongoing with some fencing and signs but a small opening let me thru to the GG Overlook:
The slopes across from the batteries are covered with more straw wattles.
The Batteries to Bluffs (473 or so steps) east trailhead is a few blocks from here: 45 thru 48
Up and over Rob Hill we go. The Connector Trail (208 steps) that ascends from Lincoln to Immigrant Point Overlook is starting to show some green now: 49 thru 55
1. Battery East Overlook
2. Just east of the bridge
3. The Presidio's newest overlook
4. Long benches
5. History infusigns
6. Battery East Trail below
7. Going back down now
8. Battery East Trail
9. Battery East stairs
10. Fort Point to left, Crissy Field to right
11. 153 steps
12. A few steps added here
13. Down this way to picnic area and low-overhead tunnel
14. More additions to the view-area in the last few ears
15.. THEN: Coastal Trail 2009
16. THEN: Coastal Trail 2010
17. THEN: Coastal Trail 2010
18. THEN: Coastal TraIl 2010
19. THEN: Coastal Trail 2010
20. THEN: Coastal Trail 2010. Almost up to top of battery.
21. NOW: Widened trail
22. NOW: Up to top of battery
23. New steps at top of battery
24. Replacement steps
25. Bottom part of old battery steps still blocked off
26. Turn alongside the battery
27. Replacement stairs for this old battery
28. The new walkers' bridge to the left
29. New battery steps continue to main battery stairway
30. New side steps and the bridge
31. Down the main battery steps to the trail below
32. Descending to the trail
33. The trail will take you to the Golden Gate Overlook
34. Foot of the battery now with trail infosign
35. Batery bottom
36. Near Golden Gate Overlook
37. Able to get through
38. Up to Golden Gate Overlook
39. Looking west from the new bridge
40. Looking east down from the bridge
41 Crossover to parking lot
42. South to North
43. New steps out to the parking lot
44. Trail iufosign added
45. Batteries to Bluffs east
46. Down the east side
47. Below, center, Marshall's Beach Trail
48. Marshall's Beach trailhead lower left
49. To left out to Baker Beach Apts. and Presidio Forest
50. Lincoln to Immigrant Point Overlook and Rob Hill Campground
51. Note the green starting to show up after the rains
52. 208 steps
53. Climbing and winding thru the trees
54. Rob Hill is the park's highest elevation
55. Step out to Immigrant Point,Overlook, upper right
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