This is a list of the hills of San Francisco, California.
This is a list of the hills of San Francisco, California.
Several cities claim to have been built on seven hills. While "The Seven Hills of San Francisco" is a phrase no one in San Francisco would recognize, seven of the city's 35+ hills that are most well-known among tourists include Telegraph Hill, Nob Hill, Russian Hill, Rincon Hill, Twin Peaks, Mount Davidson and Lone Mountain [1] or Mount Sutro. [2]
The origin of most longer lists of San Francisco hills is Hills of San Francisco, [3] a compilation of 42 San Francisco Chronicle columns, each describing one of the city's hills. The "Hills" chapter of Gladys Hansen's San Francisco Almanac [4] repeated the list given in Hills of San Francisco and added the then-recently-named Cathedral Hill for a total of 43, but the "Places" chapter [5] listed many additional hills. More recent lists include more hills, some lesser-known, some not on the mainland, and some without names. [2] [6] [7]
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| Name | Height | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Alamo Heights [3] [8] [9] | 225 ft (69 m) | |
| Anza Hill [3] [10] [11] | 260 ft (79 m) | |
| Athens Street | 612 ft (187 m) | |
| Bernal Heights [3] [12] [13] | 433 ft (132 m) | |
| Buena Vista Heights [3] [14] [15] | 569 ft (173 m) | |
| Candlestick Hill [3] [16] [17] | 500 ft (152 m) | |
| Billy Goat Hill [18] | 354 ft (108 m) | |
| Castro Hill [3] [19] [20] | 407 ft (124 m) | |
| Cathedral Hill | 206 ft (63 m) | |
| City College Hill [3] [21] [22] (Cloud Hill) | 350 ft (107 m) | |
| College Hill (San Francisco) [3] [23] [24] | 200 ft (61 m) | |
| Corona Heights [3] [25] [26] | 510 ft (155 m) | |
| Dolores Heights [3] [27] [28] (Liberty Hill) | 360 ft (110 m) | |
| Edgehill Mountain [3] [29] [30] | 725 ft (221 m) | Hill is northwest of Mt Davidson; the summit is ringed by Edgehill Way (in the backyard of a personal residence) |
| Excelsior Heights [3] [31] [32] | 315 ft (96 m) | |
| Forest Hill [3] [33] [34] | 800 ft (244 m) | Top of the hill is considered to be the west end of Mendosa Avenue; there are two water tanks and a broadcast tower at the summit - behind a secured gate |
| Gold Mine Hill [3] [35] [36] | 679 ft (207 m) | Diamond Heights |
| Grand View | 666 ft (203 m) | Grand View Park; Golden Gate Heights |
| Heidelberg Hill [37] | 250 ft (76 m) | Golden Gate Park |
| Holly Park Hill [3] [38] [39] | 274 ft (84 m) | Holly Park near Bernal Heights |
| Hunters Point Ridge [3] [40] [41] | 275 ft (84 m) | |
| Irish Hill [3] [42] [43] | 250 ft (76 m) | |
| Lafayette Heights [3] [44] [45] | 378 ft (115 m) | |
| Larsen Peak [3] [46] [47] | 725 ft (221 m) | Sunset Heights Park; Golden Gate Heights |
| Laurel Hill [3] [48] [49] | 264 ft (80 m) | |
| Lincoln Heights [3] [50] [51] | 380 ft (116 m) | Northwestern corner of the Richmond District, including the Legion of Honor |
| Lone Mountain [3] [52] [53] | 448 ft (137 m) | |
| McLaren Ridge [3] [54] [55] | 515 ft (157 m) | |
| Merced Heights [3] [56] [57] | 500 ft (152 m) | Shields Orizaba Rocky Outcrop |
| Mint Hill [5] | 157 ft (48 m) | |
| Mount Davidson [3] [58] [59] | 925 ft (282 m) | Miraloma Park, Sherwood Forest |
| Mount Olympus [3] [60] [61] | 570 ft (174 m) | |
| Mount St. Joseph [3] [62] [63] | 250 ft (76 m) | |
| Mount Sutro [3] [64] [65] | 911 ft (278 m) | |
| Nob Hill [3] [66] [67] | 376 ft (115 m) | |
| Pacific Heights [3] [68] [69] | 370 ft (113 m) | |
| Parnassus Heights [3] [70] | 400 ft (122 m) | |
| Potrero Hill [3] [71] [72] | 300 ft (91 m) | |
| Presidio Heights [3] [73] [74] | 370 ft (113 m) | |
| Red Rock Hill [3] [75] [36] | 689 ft (210 m) | Diamond Heights |
| Rincon Hill [3] [76] [77] | 100 ft (30 m) | Top of the hill is considered to be near First & Harrison |
| Russian Hill [3] [78] [79] | 294 ft (90 m) | |
| Silver Terrace | 275 ft (84 m) | South end of the city |
| Strawberry Hill [3] [80] [81] | 412 ft (126 m) | Golden Gate Park, ringed by Stow Lake |
| Sutro Heights [3] [82] [83] | 200 ft (61 m) | |
| Tank Hill | 650 ft (198 m) | Clarendon Heights |
| Telegraph Hill [3] [84] [85] | 284 ft (87 m) | |
| Twin Peaks [3] [86] [87] North (Eureka Peak) | 904 ft (276 m) | |
| Twin Peaks [3] [86] [87] South (Noe Peak) | 910 ft (277 m) | |
| University Mound [3] [88] [89] | 265 ft (81 m) | |
| Washington Heights [3] [90] [91] | 260 ft (79 m) |
Sutro Tower is a unique three-legged 297.8 m (977 ft) tall TV and radio lattice tower located in San Francisco, California. Rising from a hill between Twin Peaks and Mount Sutro near Clarendon Heights, it is a prominent feature of the city skyline and a landmark for city residents and visitors. The tower was the tallest structure in San Francisco from the time of its completion in 1973 until it was surpassed by the Salesforce Tower in 2018.
John McLaren Park is a park in southeastern San Francisco. At 312.54 acres (126.48 ha), McLaren Park is the third largest park in San Francisco by area, after Golden Gate Park and the Presidio. The park is surrounded mostly by the Excelsior, Crocker-Amazon, Visitacion Valley, Portola and University Mound neighborhoods.
Cole Valley is a small neighborhood in San Francisco, California. It borders Golden Gate Park to the north, Haight-Ashbury to the northeast, The Castro to the east, and Twin Peaks to the south. Near Kezar Stadium, Cole Valley is the smallest neighborhood in the city.
Pacific Heights is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, United States. It has panoramic views of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Bay, the Palace of Fine Arts, Alcatraz, and the Presidio.
Mount Davidson is the highest natural point in San Francisco, California, with an elevation of 928 feet (283 m). It is located near the geographical center of the city, south of Twin Peaks and Portola Drive and to the west of Diamond Heights and Glen Park. It dominates the southeastern view from most of Portola Drive. It is one of San Francisco's many hills and one of its original "Seven Hills".
Potrero Hill is a residential neighborhood in San Francisco, California. A working-class neighborhood until gentrification in the late 1990s, it is now home to mostly upper-income residents.
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Rincon Center is a complex of shops, restaurants, offices, and apartments in the South of Market neighborhood of Downtown San Francisco, California. It includes two buildings, one of which is the former Rincon Annex post office building, completed in 1940. Rincon Center occupies an entire city block near the Embarcadero, bounded by Mission, Howard, Spear, and Steuart Streets.
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One Rincon Hill is an upscale residential complex on the apex of Rincon Hill in San Francisco, California, United States. The complex, designed by Solomon, Cordwell, Buenz and Associates and developed by Urban West Associates, consists of two skyscrapers that share a common townhouse podium. It is part of the San Francisco Skyline and is visible from Mt. Diablo, Port of Oakland and San Francisco.
The Infinity or 300 Spear Street is a mixed-use residential condominium development in the Rincon Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California consisting of 2 high-rise towers and 2 low-rise buildings. The four buildings contain 650 residential units. The complex is the first phase of a massive residential development encompassing two city blocks.
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Mount Olympus is a hill located on Upper Terrace in the Ashbury Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. It was once considered to mark the geographical center of the city, and was topped off by a statue given by Adolph Sutro, the Triumph of Light, now lost. Only the statue's pedestal remains, and the view from the top is obstructed by trees and condominiums.
Nob Hill is a neighborhood of San Francisco, California, United States that is known for its numerous luxury hotels and historic mansions. Nob Hill has historically served as a center of San Francisco's upper class. Nob Hill is among the highest-income neighborhoods in the United States, as well as one of the most desirable and expensive real estate markets in the country. Prior to Covid-19, it was the most expensive real estate market per metre squared, narrowly beating Monte Carlo, although it has since fallen heavily. It was the only place in the United States so far where market price per square metre exceeded the average yearly salary in the country.
Bayview Park is a 46.63-acre (18.87 ha) park in the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood of southeast San Francisco. The park's land is mainly occupied by a large hill named either Bayview Hill or Candlestick Hill, west of the former site of Candlestick Park and east of the Bayshore Freeway; it is prominently visible from both. The hill was initially proposed as parkland by Daniel Burnham in his 1905 Burnham Plan for San Francisco as Visitacion Park, but the park was not created until 1915. Prior to that, the title to the land was held by the Bay View Land Company, which intended to erect luxury houses on the site. After plans for housing fell through, it was proposed to create a pest house on the site in 1902 until the Crocker Land Company donated adjacent land to the city to block plans for the pest house. KYA (1260 AM) opened a studio and 5000-watt radio transmitter on the hill in 1937, and further development of the area occurred in 1958, when part of the hill was quarried to create fill and land for Candlestick Park. Currently, the park receives relatively few visitors to what is considered one of the best-preserved remnants of pre-Columbian open spaces in San Francisco.
