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Golden Gate National Recreational AreaThere are many vistas of the Golden Gate Bridge and the park, like this one from the Marin Headlands looking back towards the city.
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Golden Gate National Recreational Area
Your Dollars At Work
 
One of the many projects completed by your Recreation Fee dollars.
Steve Turpie - NPS
New restroom constructed at Fort Point.

The National Park Service collects Recreation Fees under the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (FLREA). Recreation Fees provide a vital source of revenue for improving facilities and services for park visitors.

 
New Chapel Trail at Fort Baker.
Steve Griswold - NPS
The new Chapel Trail at Fort Baker.

Eighty percent of Recreation Fees improve the parks in which they are collected and the remaining twenty percent is distributed systemwide. Your dollars will rehabilitate trails, stabilize historic buildings on Alcatraz Island, construct new restrooms, restore native plants, replace dilapadated information kiosks, improve accessibility, provide park brochures, upgrade park roads, and the list continues to grow.

Recreation Fee projects on Alcatraz Island.
Alcatraz Island
Recreation Fee projects at a popular park.
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Educational hikes on Coastal Trails
Maintenance on our many trails
with Recreation Fee dollars.
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Recreation Fee funded restroom projects.
New restroom projects
funded by Recreation Fee dollars.
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The Golden Gate Bridge from the view of Fort Point by Dan Ng  

Did You Know?
The Golden Gate Bridge’s two towers rise 746 feet, making them 191 feet taller than the Washington Monument, linking the Presidio of San Francisco to the Marin Headlands.

Last Updated: April 01, 2008 at 17:42 EST