Fort Funston

Unfinished History

Fort Funston with Lake Merced on its east and the Pacific Ocean to its west on July 1, 1940.

Photo: National Park Service

View east from Fort Funston towards Lake Merced, 2014.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Fort Funston's Battery Davis from east side, 2014. This is typical of the WWII-era gun emplacements that dot the coastal areas around San Francisco and are now mostly part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Fort Funston's Battery Davis from west side, 2014, once home to major artillery directed at repelling a Japanese invasion force during WWII that never materialized.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

View south along Pacific Coast from Fort Funston. Rocks leaving coast in distance are Mussel Rock, the point where the San Andrea Fault enters the Pacific Ocean.

Photo: Chris Carlsson