Directions
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(415) 331- 9622
You may lose cell phone and GPS reception on the drive to YMCA Point Bonita. Please DO NOT count on these technologies to get you here. Have printed directions available.
Project Headlands Traffic Delays:
The National Park Service is working on a multi-year project to improve the roads and trails in the Marin Headlands. There could be 15-30 minute delays on the entrance roads. Please plan your travel to the Marin Headlands accordingly. For more information, please go to www.projectheadlands.gov, or call the GGNRA Visitors Center at (415) 331-1540.
Directions to YMCA Point Bonita
YMCA Point Bonita Outdoor & Conference Center
981 Fort Barry, GGNRA, Sausalito, CA 94965 (415) 331-9622
From South of the Golden Gate Bridge:
Going North on Highway 101 from San Francisco, cross the Golden Gate Bridge. Go past the Vista Point exit and take the Alexander Avenue exit. As you exit, bear right but proceed slowly. After approximately 500 feet, take the first left to the Marin Headlands onto Bunker Road. Ahead you will come to a one-way tunnel. You may have as much as a five-minute red light here. At the green, continue through the tunnel. Continue straight on Bunker Road for approximately 2 miles. After you see the horse stables on the left, continue around the corner and bear left onto Field Road. Follow the signs up the hill heading to the Point Bonita Lighthouse, Nike Missile Site, AYH Hostel, and the YMCA Point Bonita. Go past the GGNRA Visitor’s Center.
From North of the Golden Gate Bridge:
Head South on 101 to the last Sausalito exit (after the Waldo Tunnel and just before the bridge). At the exit stop sign, turn right and double back under 101. Bear left after the stop sign. Proceed slowly, after 500 feet, take the first left to the Marin Headlands onto Bunker Road. Ahead you will come to a one-way tunnel. You may have as much as a five-minute red light here. At the green, continue through the tunnel. Continue straight on Bunker Road for approximately 2 miles. After you see the horse stables on the left, continue around the corner and bear left onto Field Road. Follow the signs up the hill heading to the Point Bonita Lighthouse, Nike Missile Site, AYH Hostel, and the YMCA Point Bonita. Go past the GGNRA Visitor’s Center.
From the East Bay:
Take 580 West towards San Rafael. Continue on 580 to the Richmond/San Rafael Bridge. ($5.00 portions toll) Take the Sir Francis Drake Blvd. exit off the bridge. Continue on Sir Francis Drake past San Quentin and the Larkspur Ferry Terminal to 101 South. Take the left ramp onto 101 South towards San Francisco. Continue on 101 to the last Sausalito exit (after the Waldo Tunnel and just before the bridge). At the exit stop sign, turn right and double back under 101. Bear left after the stop sign. Proceed slowly, after 500 feet, take the first left to the Marin Headlands onto Bunker Road. Ahead you will come to a one-way tunnel. You may have as much as a five-minute red light here. On the green light, continue through the tunnel. Go straight on Bunker Road for approximately 2 miles. After you see the horse stables on the left, continue around the corner and bear left onto Field Road. Follow the signs up the hill heading to the Point Bonita Lighthouse, Nike Missile Site, AYH Hostel, and the YMCA Point Bonita. Go past the GGNRA Visitor’s Center.
