Distance from Ayala Cove: 1.5 miles Estimated hiking time: 45 min Estimated biking time: 30 min Amenities Baseball Diamond Picnic Tables Restrooms Visitor Center Volleyball Court Water Fountain The Detention and Discharge Camps, 1898-1905 During the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Philippine Insurrection, activity grew on the island due to the post processing men on their way to and […]

Angel Island is fortunate to have a wide-ranging museum collection which relate primarily to the US government’s use of the island. Many of the exhibits and programs focus on the military and immigration programs and include everything from artillery and equipment to letters and photographs of military personnel and detainees. Displays are found at the […]

Before Westerners arrived, the Miwok enjoyed thousands of peaceful years of pristine beauty on Angel Island.  Native American use of the island began when people first came to live in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Coast Miwok Indians, who lived in what is now Marin County, reached the island with boats made from tule reeds. […]

Distance from Ayala Cove: 1.5 miles Estimated hiking time: 25 min Estimated biking time: 15 min Amenities Museum (Quarter’s 10 & Bakehouse) Picnic Tables Restrooms       Civil War Era With concern mounting over threats to the Bay Area from Confederate sympathizers and naval forces, the federal government established Camp Reynolds (later known as […]

Shown in this 1958 photograph are four of the twelve missiles of D Battery, 9th AAA Missile Battalion, Angel Island. The missiles were stored underground, and were raised only for maintenance or firing. the site was razed when the missiles were removed from the island in 1962. Distance from Ayala Cove: 1.75 miles Estimated hiking […]

Distance from Ayala Cove: 1.5 mile Estimated hiking time: 30 min Estimated biking time: 20 min   Amenities Museum with Guided & Self-Guided Tours Restrooms Picnic Tables Water   The “Ellis Island” of the West In 1905, construction of an Immigration Station began in the area known as China Cove. The facility, primarily a detention […]

Please contact the Ranger’s office for information not listed below: (415) 435-5390. Baseball Baseball, the national pastime played a key role in the American war effort during World War II. American soldiers played baseball whenever, and wherever they could. Bring your bat, ball and glove as the baseball field, once used by the troops at […]

Distance from Ayala Cove: 1.4 miles Estimated hiking time: 45 min. Estimated biking time: 30 min.   Amenities None   The quarry on the east side of the Island was in operation beginning in 1850, when labor for the quarry was provided by state prisoners housed in the prison hulk Alban, anchored just off the […]