ferry to Angel Island State Park.

The Angel Island-Tiburon Ferry offers the quickest public route to the largest natural island in the San Francisco Bay, turning a brief ten-minute crossing into an entry point for both recreation and poignant history. Often called the "Ellis Island of the West," the island once served as a major immigration station, where preserved barracks still bear poems carved into the walls by Chinese immigrants. Today, the car-free state park is a haven for hikers and cyclists, who come to tackle the easy six-mile perimeter loop, rent bikes, or take open-air tram tours. Aside from military ruins and museum exhibits, the island rewards visitors with unobstructed, 360-degree views of the San Francisco skyline, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the Tiburon shoreline.