You are looking southeast from the Center grounds (red dot on map below) to the mouth of Richardson Bay, with San Francisco’s skyline in the distance. On the camera image, Sausalito is on the right and Belvedere Island is on the left.

During the months of October through March of each winter, the northernmost 900 acres of the bay waters are closed to boat traffic to prevent disturbance of migratory birds which use the bay for food and refuge.