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Lake Merced (Spanish: Laguna de Merced) is a freshwater lake in the southwest corner of San Francisco, in the U.S. state of California.It is surrounded by three golf courses (the private Olympic Club and San Francisco Golf Club, and the public TPC Harding Park), as well as residential areas, Lowell High School, San Francisco State University, Lakeshore Alternative Elementary School, Stonestown ...
Lake Yosemite is an artificial freshwater lake located approximately 5 mi (8.0 km) east of Merced, California, in the rolling Sierra Foothills. UC Merced is situated approximately 0.5 mi (0.80 km) south of Lake Yosemite. The university is bounded by the lake on one side, and two canals (Fairfield Canal and Le Grand Canal) run through the campus.
The Sunset District contains several large park and recreation areas. The San Francisco Zoo is located in the southwestern corner of the neighborhood by Lake Merced, the largest lake within San Francisco. Also within the Lake Merced area are several golf courses: the private Olympic Club and San Francisco Golf Club, and the public TPC Harding Park.
English: Aerial view of Lake Merced Park, Fort Funston, and the San Francisco Zoo, on takeoff from SFO, July 22 2022. Date: 22 July 2022, 17:39:21: Source: Own work:
Formerly known as the Lake Merced Military Reservation, the fort is now a protected area within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) and is used widely as an off-leash dog park. It was named in honor of Frederick N. Funston (1865–1917), a Major General in the United States Army with strong connections to San Francisco, and ...
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Cascade Cliffs is a wall of unjointed granite that rises to 8,170 ft (2,490 m) AMSL, 1,930 ft (588 m) above the Merced River and make up the southern wall of Little Yosemite Valley at , 1.6 mi (3 km) southwest of Bunnell Point and 2.4 mi (4 km) northeast of Mount Starr King, of which Cascade Cliffs comprises the northern flank. In few other ...
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