Visitors can spend hours walking around Fort Funston’s paths, dunes and beach and watching the dramatic launches, flights and landings of the Bay Area’s active soaring community. Skyline Boulevard (west of Lake Merced); call the Golden Gate National Recreation Area at (415) 556-8371 for more information.

Eighteen holes, great views and dramatically lower greens fees than at private courses. Harding Drive (off Skyline between the Great Highway and Armory Drive)

The highest point in the city has a cross on its peak and has been a religious site for years.