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List of hills in San Francisco

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List of hills in San Francisco
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Steep [[hill]]s are a major feature of [[San Francisco]]'s geography, with strong impacts on [[transport]]ation, [[building]] and [[urban planning]]. Here, a [[sign]] warns drivers of a steep slope on Taylor Street.

This is a list of the hills in San Francisco, California.

Prior lists

Several cities claim to have been built on seven hills. Seven of the city's most well-known hills, sometimes referred to collectively as the "Seven Hills of San Francisco," include Telegraph Hill, Nob Hill, Russian Hill, Rincon Hill, Twin Peaks, Mount Davidson and Lone Mountain or Mount Sutro.

The origin of most longer lists of San Francisco hills is Hills of San Francisco, 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 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 listed many additional hills. More recent lists include more hills, some lesser-known, some not on the mainland, and some without names.

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Hills

NameHeightNotes
Alamo Heights225 ftAlamo Hill
title=The Good-Natured Gardeners of Anza Vistaauthor=date=1958newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle }}260 ft
Athens Street612 ft
Bernal Heights433 ft
Buena Vista Heights569 ft
Bayview Hill (Candlestick Hill)500 ftBay View Park
Billy Goat Hill354 ft
url=http://blog.sfgate.com/johnking/2013/06/26/hills-of-san-francisco-castro-hill/title=The Modest Summit Most People Overlookauthor=newspaper=San Francisco Chronicleaccessdate=18 February 2017}}407 ft
Cathedral Hill206 ft
title=Jail Gone, City College Took Hillauthor=date=1958newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle }} (Cloud Hill)350 ft
url=http://blog.sfgate.com/johnking/2013/05/23/hills-of-san-francisco-college-hill/title=Where St. Mary's College Was Part of S.F.author=date=15 September 1958newspaper=San Francisco Chronicleaccessdate=18 February 2017}}200 ft
Corona Heights510 ft
title=Dolores Heights' Own Spectacularauthor=date=1958newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle }} (Liberty Hill)360 ft
url=http://blog.sfgate.com/johnking/2013/07/17/hills-of-san-francisco-edgehill-mountain/title=A Steep, Green Country Hillauthor=date=7 July 1958newspaper=San Francisco Chronicleaccessdate=18 February 2017}}725 ftMountain is northwest of Mt Davidson; the summit is ringed by Edgehill Way (in the backyard of a personal residence)
url=http://blog.sfgate.com/johnking/2013/03/31/hills-of-san-francisco-excelsior-heights/title=Excelsior Heights Settlers Stay Onauthor=date=25 August 1958newspaper=San Francisco Chronicleaccessdate=18 February 2017}}315 ft
Forest Hill800 ftTop 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
title=Summit With a Futureauthor=date=1958newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle }}679 ftDiamond Heights
Grand View Hill666 ftGrandview Park; Golden Gate Heights
Heidelberg Hill250 ft (76 m)Golden Gate Park
title=Holly Park Hill-Low but Pleasantly Greenauthor=date=1958newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle }}274 ftHolly Park near Bernal Heights
title=Historic Little Ridge On Hunters Pointauthor=date=1958newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle }}275 ft
Irish Hill250 ftnow 50 ft
url=http://blog.sfgate.com/johnking/2013/05/01/hills-of-san-francisco-golden-gate-heights/title=Susnet Panorama from Larsen's Peakauthor=date=21 June 1958newspaper=San Francisco Chronicleaccessdate=18 February 2017}}725 ftSunset Heights Park; Golden Gate Heights
Laurel Hill264 ft
Lincoln Heights380 ftNorthwestern corner of the Richmond District, including the Legion of Honor
Lone Mountain448 ft
McLaren Ridge515 ft
Merced Heights500 ftShields Orizaba Rocky Outcrop
Mint Hill157 ft
Mount Davidson925 ftMiraloma Park, Sherwood Forest
Mount Olympus570 ft
Mount St. Joseph250 ft
url=http://blog.sfgate.com/johnking/2013/07/03/hills-of-san-francisco-mt-sutro/title=Mt. Sutro-Nature Was Revamped to Save S.F.author=date=1 September 1958newspaper=San Francisco Chronicleaccessdate=18 February 2017}}911 ft
Nob Hill376 ft
Pacific Heights370 ftLafayette Park, Lafayette Square, Lafayette Heights
title=Medical Center on Parnassusauthor=date=1958newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle }}400 ft
title=Potrero Hill: A Quiet Island in a Noisy Swirl of Traffic and Industryauthor=date=1958newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle }}300 ft
Presidio Heights370 ft
url=http://blog.sfgate.com/johnking/2013/04/16/hills-of-san-francisco-diamond-heights/title=A Soaring Future for Red Rock Hillauthor=date=18 August 1958newspaper=San Francisco Chronicleaccessdate=18 February 2017}}689 ftDiamond Heights
url=http://blog.sfgate.com/johnking/2013/07/31/hills-of-san-francisco-rincon-hill/title=One of the Hills that Was San Francisco—Rinconauthor=date=13 January 1958newspaper=San Francisco Chronicleaccessdate=18 February 2017}}100 ftTop of the hill is considered to be near First & Harrison
Russian Hill294 ft
Silver Terrace275 ftSouth end of the city
Strawberry Hill412 ftGolden Gate Park, ringed by Blue Heron Lake (formerly Stow Lake)
url=http://blog.sfgate.com/johnking/2013/04/10/hills-of-san-francisco-sutro-heights/title=Sutro Heights–An Ocean Viewauthor=date=30 January 1958newspaper=San Francisco Chronicleaccessdate=18 February 2017}}200 ft
Tank Hill650 ftClarendon Heights
Telegraph Hill284 ft
Twin Peaks North (Eureka Peak)904 ft
Twin Peaks South (Noe Peak)910 ft
url=http://blog.sfgate.com/johnking/2013/06/12/hills-of-san-francisco-university-mound/title=A Hill That Couldn't Live Up to its Nameauthor=date=16 June 1958newspaper=San Francisco Chronicleaccessdate=18 February 2017}}265 ft
Washington Heights260 ft

References

References

  1. Hansen, Gladys. (1995). "San Francisco Almanac". Chronicle Books.
  2. Tom Graham. (7 November 2004). "City of Hills". The San Francisco Chronicle.
  3. (1959). "Hills of San Francisco". Chronicle Publishing.
  4. Hansen, Gladys. (1995). "San Francisco Almanac". Chronicle Books.
  5. Hansen, Gladys. (1995). "San Francisco Almanac". Chronicle Books.
  6. Tom Graham. (7 November 2004). "Peak Experience". The San Francisco Chronicle.
  7. Dave Schweisguth. (18 August 2007). "How Many Hills Are There In San Francisco?". sfgazetteer.
  8. . (28 April 1958). ["Quiet Park Has Violent History"](http://blog.sfgate.com/johnking/2013/07/10/hills-of-san-francisco-alamo-heights/). *San Francisco Chronicle*.
  9. King, John. (2 August 2013). "Alamo Heights a tourist attraction". San Francisco Chronicle.
  10. King, John. (27 November 2013). "Just a hint of personality in Anza Vista tract". San Francisco Chronicle.
  11. King, John. (20 November 2013). "Bernal Heights holds on to tradition of activism". San Francisco Chronicle.
  12. King, John. (4 December 2013). "Buena Vista Park - green space both tamed and wild". San Francisco Chronicle.
  13. King, John. (25 October 2013). "Bayview Hill now at nature's end zone". San Francisco Chronicle.
  14. (10 May 2012). "Billy Goat Hill".
  15. King, John. (26 June 2013). "Serenity, geography define Collingwood Street hill". San Francisco Chronicle.
  16. King, John. (17 December 2013). "Students, residents come together on S.F.'s City College Hill". San Francisco Chronicle.
  17. King, John. (21 May 2013). "College Hill was original St. Mary's home". San Francisco Chronicle.
  18. King, John. (21 August 2013). "Randall Museum, Corona Heights: urban families". San Francisco Chronicle.
  19. King, John. (28 August 2013). "Dolores Heights architecture is like a tapestry". San Francisco Chronicle.
  20. King, John. (16 July 2013). "Edgehill Mountain in S.F.: Rock unsteady". San Francisco Chronicle.
  21. King, John. (1 May 2013). "High adventure - rediscovering S.F.'s hills". San Francisco Chronicle.
  22. King, John. (2 November 2013). "Forest Hill - Tudors just minutes from downtown". San Francisco Chronicle.
  23. (March 2007). "How Many Hills Are There In San Francisco?".
  24. King, John. (19 June 2013). "Holly Park symbolizes S.F. dog situation". San Francisco Chronicle.
  25. King, John. (8 November 2013). "Hopeful designs in Hutners Point projects". San Francisco Chronicle.
  26. King, John. (8 January 2014). "Irish Hill shows us S.F. will always be full of surprises". San Francisco Chronicle.
  27. King, John. (30 April 2013). "Golden Gate Heights' shining mosaic steps". San Francisco Chronicle.
  28. King, John. (25 October 2013). "Laurel Hill: Slice of suburbia fits right into city". San Francisco Chronicle.
  29. King, John. (8 May 2013). "Lincoln Heights prizes tradition and views". San Francisco Chronicle.
  30. King, John. (13 November 2013). "USF's Lone Mountain no longer a place apart". San Francisco Chronicle.
  31. King, John. (25 October 2013). "McLaren Park in S.F. sharpens focus". San Francisco Chronicle.
  32. King, John. (1 May 2013). "Merced Heights: an imperfect Eden". San Francisco Chronicle.
  33. King, John. (14 August 2013). "Mount Davidson - from crossroads to views". San Francisco Chronicle.
  34. King, John. (16 May 2013). "S.F. Mt. Olympus' mythological heights". San Francisco Chronicle.
  35. King, John. (23 July 2013). "Hill where orphanage sat now has suburban feel". San Francisco Chronicle.
  36. King, John. (3 July 2013). "Highly debated: How Sutro Tower has piqued controversy". San Francisco Chronicle.
  37. King, John. (2 September 2014). "Nob Hill fading from view". San Francisco Chronicle.
  38. King, John. (25 October 2013). "Pacific Heights - wealthy families who give back". San Francisco Chronicle.
  39. King, John. (5 June 2013). "Lafayette Park revamp spurs heap of ideas". San Francisco Chronicle.
  40. . (31 March 1958). ["Hilltop of History ... Lafayette Square"](http://blog.sfgate.com/johnking/2013/06/05/hills-of-san-francisco-lafayette-heights#12904101=0). *San Francisco Chronicle*.
  41. King, John. (11 December 2013). "Potrero Hill shops maintain a local feel". San Francisco Chronicle.
  42. King, John. (25 October 2013). "Restoration and remembrance on Presidio Hill". San Francisco Chronicle.
  43. King, John. (1 May 2013). "Diamond Heights: S.F.'s flawed jewel". San Francisco Chronicle.
  44. King, John. (31 July 2013). "Rincon Hill residential market looking up". San Francisco Chronicle.
  45. King, John. (28 May 2013). "Russian Hill's lofty role in height debate". San Francisco Chronicle.
  46. King, John. (6 August 2013). "Park's tallest peak falls short of its popular neighbors". San Francisco Chronicle.
  47. King, John. (9 April 2013). "Hills of San Francisco: Sutro Heights". San Francisco Chronicle.
  48. King, John. (14 March 2014). "Telegraph Hill landmarks send message to the world". San Francisco Chronicle.
  49. King, John. (1 May 2013). "Twin Peaks a towering tribute to nature". San Francisco Chronicle.
  50. King, John. (11 June 2013). "University Mound, true diversity symbol". San Francisco Chronicle.
  51. King, John. (3 September 2013). "Students revel in Washington Heights' views, vibe". San Francisco Chronicle.
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