Hawk Hill

New trails that are part of a multi-phase project at Hawk Hill allow visitors to take in the breathtaking views from this ecologically and historically significant site.

Alison Taggart-Barone

Hawk Hill offers a prime vantage point for viewing thousands of hawks, eagles, falcons, and vultures collectively known as “raptors” as they soar overhead during their annual fall migration. It is also lauded as the most spectacular view of the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco skyline. But Hawk Hill is more than just a view. This unique site in the Marin Headlands is steeped in military history and plays an important role in the vitality of endangered mission blue butterflies. In order to preserve its rich historical, ecological, and recreational significance, Golden Gate National Recreation Area has been working with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy to revitalize Hawk Hill since 2011. Find out below how plans to enrich the site will continue through 2023.

 

Learn More about Hawk Hill

Raptors

Taking Flight at Golden Gate

GGRO volunteers tally and band migrating raptors every year at Hawk Hill.

Mission Blue Butterfly

Habitat Restoration

Maintaining grassland ecosystems is critical to the survival of this endangered butterfly.

Battery Construction 129

Military History on the Hill

Hawk Hill stood ready throughout WW2 and the Cold War for an attack that never came.

Reviving Hawk Hill

Visitor Improvement Project

Efforts to restore the historic and ecological character of Hawk Hill are ongoing.

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GGNPC Page for Hawk Hill

Learn more about Hawk Hill from the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy!

Program Update

2021 Hawk Watch

Find out more about current GGRO protocols during 2020.