Mountain Lake to Batteries to Bluffs

Just off the Presidio's Mountain Lake Trail is a locked gate with an opening wide enough to squeeze through. First three pix: A short, unimproved narrow trail between the main trail and the golf course. Back to the main paved walk around the lake. The lake area is still being worked on, but all of the main trail is walkable as of this writing. The new Mountain Lake Park restrooms are nearly completed.

Under the highway overpass to the other side of Park Presidio Blvd. to climb the Marine Cemetery Vista steps (103 steps), pics 4 and 5, for a bite to eat and serene dunes-view at the overlook before heading up Rob Hill to Immigrant Point Overlook for the Connector Trail's 208 steps that descend to Lincoln, pix 6, 7, 8.

Directly across Lincoln is a short, sandy trail down to Battery Crosby (9th pic). The west trailhead for the Batteries to Bluffs Trail is atop the battery. 

Tenth pic: Starting down the west side, fog partially covering the bridge in the distance.

Pix 11, 12, 13, 14, 15: Continuing east along the Batteries to Bluffs (473 steps).

Pix 16, 17, 18: To secluded Marshall's Beach, with trail and steps down from the Batteries to Bluffs.

1. Off the main Mountain Lake Trail

2. Mountain Lake Trail in distance

3. Below the golf course.

4. Marine Cemetery Vista boardwalk

5. Marine Cemetery Vista benches

6. Through the forest on the Connector Trail

7. Immigrant Point Overlook down to Lincoln

8. Connector Trail footbridge

9. This way to the Batteries to Bluffs west trailhead

10. Starting down the Batteries to Bluffs Trail

11. Batteries to Bluffs steep westside steps

12. The footbridge and westside steps

13. View from the trail. Lands End in distance.

14. Looking back, midtrail

15. Batteries to Bluffs east trailhead

16. Offshoot trail down from Batteries to Bluffs to Marshall's Beach

17. Steps down to Marshall's Beach

18. Marshall's Beach below