San Francisco View from Mt. Tamalpais Photo

A scenic picture taken of the city of San Francisco from a distance at Mt. Tamalpais State Park in Marin County. From this picture you can see the tops of the tall buildings in San Franicso cover the green hills as well as the very tip of the Golden Gate Bridge. Alcatraz and the Bay Bridge is also visible in this photo. Mt. Tamalpais is located just north of San Francisco's Golden Gate and is 6,300 acres of redwood groves and oak woodlands with a spectacular view from the 2,571-foot peak (which is where this was taken). With the Gold Rush of 1849, San Francisco grew and more people began to use Mount Tamalpais for recreation. Trails were developed and a wagon road was built.