• East view from Crissy Field overlook with old Coast Guard station on left and city on right

    Presidio of San Francisco

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Lovers Lane

Lovers' Lane passes historic enlisted men's housing

Lovers' Lane passes historic military housing.

One of the oldest foot trails in the Presidio, Lovers' Lane is an easy, one-mile walk. The trail begins at Funston Avenue & Presidio Blvd., crosses a tiny brick footbridge over El Polin creek, passes enlisted men's and officers' houses from the 1930s and ends at the Presidio Boulevard Gate. Historically the path continued to Mission Dolores about three miles to the southwest, connecting the Spanish presidio to the mission. Later U.S. soldiers used the trail to visit their lovers and family in San Francisco.

Did You Know?

Franciscan monk

In 1776, Father Pedro Font wrote, "The port of San Francisco...is a marvel of nature, and might well be called a harbor of harbors...And I think if it could be well settled like Europe there would not be anything more beautiful in all the world."