Outdoor Project

The ultimate adventure guide

Brandon Katcher

Perspective from the towers of the Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge spans 1.7 miles and connects the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County.

Approaching one of two 746-foot towers that suspend 15,300 feet of main cable.

The same tower disappears into the fog, a frequent occurrence.

The Fort Point military fortification below the Golden Gate Bridge.

Approximately 600,000 steel rivets hold each tower together.

A freighter heading east into the San Francisco Bay.

Tourists, cyclists, and joggers fill the bridge's east sidewalk.

A view of the Presidio of San Francisco.

The main cable that suspends the bridge is more than 36 inches in diameter.

In the distance, from left to right: Alcatraz Island, Treasure Island, Bay Bridge, San Francisco city skyline.

Fog bottlenecks at the Golden Gate entrance to the bay, but the city remains sunny and clear.

Fog shrouds the bridge, yet from below you can still see clear to the other side.

Finished in 1861, the thick brick walls of Fort Point sit directly below the bridge's south viaduct.

Corroded chain links along Marine Drive near Fort Point.

Peering down at Fort Point from the first section of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Fort Point in the foreground and the Golden Gate Bridge Pavilion and toll booths just below the fog line.

Larger west swells wrap in under the Golden Gate serving up waves at Fort Point.

Boogie boarder dropping in at Fort Point.

Looking east over the Horseshoe Cove marina with Angel Island on the right.

The Art Deco elements of architect Irving Morrow's aesthetic literally glow in the fog at night.

Socked in with fog as night falls.