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Directions to Horseshoe Cove:

FROM Hwy 101
1) If you're coming from SF and South: Take the first exit (Alexander Exit) after crossing the Golden Gate Bridge. Proceed downhill for about 50-100 yards and take a left following the sign Fort Baker & Bay Area Discovery Museum.
If you're coming from the North: Take the last exit, Sausalito Exit just before the Golden Gate Bridge. Bear right following the Sausalito and Bay Area Discovery Museum signs. Drive under the freeway to the stop sign. Continue downhill. Take your first left at the Fort Baker & Bay Area Discovery Museum sign.

2) 100 yards later take a right following the 2nd Fort Baker & Bay Area Discovery Museum sign. (Note: do not enter the Ft. Cronkite Tunnel.) Continue downhill to stop sign. Go right following Bay Area Discovery sign. At the next stop sign go left on Center Road, drive approx. 150 yards and look for the Waterfront Road and the Waterfront Parking signs. Turn right and drive 80 yards to the water (Horseshoe Cove). Take a left on Sommerville Road and follow the paved road between two buildings going uphill (past the Presidio Yacht Club) and then take an immediate right on a dirt road and another immediate right now going downhill for 30 yards and park. Look for the Sea Trek trailer and/or Sea Trek staff and kayaks on the beach. (You will now be on the east side of Horseshoe Cove near the sailboats just in front of the big Presidio Yacht Club building). Mileage from freeway: approx. 1.6 miles.

FROM downtown Sausalito:
Follow Bridgeway south out of town. Brideway turns into Second Street (pass the Golden Gate Market) and then Second Street turns into Alexander Avenue. Follow Alexander Avenue uphill for a short while then take a right at the Fort Baker sign and onto East Road. Follow this road for approximately one mile and you'll come to the Bay ARea Discovery Museum. Look for the Waterfront Road and go approximately 80 yards to the water (Horseshoe Cove) Take a left on Sommerville Road and follow the paved road between two buildings going uphill (past the Presidio Yacht Club) and then take an immediate right on a dirt road and another immediate right now going downhill for 30 yards and park. Look for the Sea trek trailer and/or Sea Trek staff and kayaks on the beach. (You will now be on the east side of Horseshoe Cove near the sailboats just in front of the big Presidio Yacht Club building).