page_title: Marin Headlands
section_title: Views
hierarchical_section_title: Marin Headlands / Recreation / Views
caption_attribution_description: English: Author of this photo is Matt O'Brien. It is a picture that I myself took while sitting on Ben's Bench. Ben's Bench is ideally located for a quiet view of the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco beyond -- all while eating a quiet lunch and drinking a Big Beer. Congratulations to Ben on saving the schoolhouse from the rapacious Bourne historical park.
context_page_description: The Marin Headlands is a hilly peninsula at the southernmost end of Marin County, California, United States, located just north of San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge, which connects the two counties and peninsulas. The entire area is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The Headlands are famous for their views of the Bay Area, especially of the Golden Gate Bridge.
context_section_description: The area has views of San Francisco and, as such, is a tourist destination. One of the most common photographs of San Francisco is the view of the city from the Headlands with the towers of the Golden Gate Bridge just reaching out of the fog. On clear days, the site takes in views of the bay, including the Farallon Islands, Angel Island, Alcatraz, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, the Golden Gate Bridge and the East Bay.
  Where Conzelman Road runs along the southern shore of the Headlands and becomes one-way, a pedestrian path leads upwards to Hawk Hill. A short distance further on the right, in a grove of Monterey pines, is a bench from which it is possible to view the Golden Gate, ship traffic beneath the bridge, and the city just beyond.
caption: View of Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco from Hawk Hill.
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