List of hills in San Francisco

This is a list of the hills of San Francisco, California. Several cities claim to have been built on seven hills, "the Seven Hills of San Francisco" typically refers to: Telegraph Hill, Nob Hill, Russian Hill, Rincon Hill, Mount Sutro, Twin Peaks and Mount Davidson.[1][2]

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Named hills

The 47 named hills of the city include:[3]

Name Height Notes
Alamo Heights 225 ft (69 m)
Anza Hill 260 ft (79 m)
Candlestick Point 500 ft (150 m)
Bernal Heights 433 ft (132 m)
Buena Vista Heights 569 ft (173 m)
Castro Hill (Liberty Hill) 407 ft (124 m)
Cathedral Hill 206 ft (63 m)
City College Hill (Cloud Hill) 350 ft (110 m)
College Hill (San Francisco) 200 ft (61 m)
Corona Heights 510 ft (160 m)
Dolores Heights 360 ft (110 m)
Edgehill Mountain 734 ft (224 m)
Excelsior Heights 315 ft (96 m)
Forest Hill 778 ft (237 m)
Gold Mine Hill 679 ft (207 m) Diamond Heights
Holly Hill 274 ft (84 m)
Hunters Point Ridge 275 ft (84 m)
Irish Hill 250 ft (76 m)
Lafayette Heights 378 ft (115 m)
Larsen Peak 666 ft (203 m) Grand View Park
Laurel Hill 264 ft (80 m)
Lincoln Heights 380 ft (120 m)
Lone Mountain 448 ft (137 m)
McLaren Ridge 515 ft (157 m)
Merced Heights 500 ft (150 m) Shields Orizaba Rocky Outcrop
Mint Hill 157 ft (48 m)
Mount Davidson 925 ft (282 m) Miraloma Park, Sherwood Forest
Mount Olympus 570 ft (170 m)
Mount Sutro 909 ft (277 m)
Mount St. Joseph 250 ft (76 m)
Nob Hill 376 ft (115 m)
Pacific Heights 370 ft (110 m)
Parnassus Heights 400 ft (120 m)
Polish Hill 226.3 ft (69.0 m)
Potrero Hill 300 ft (91 m)
Presidio Heights 370 ft (110 m)
Red Rock Hill 689 ft (210 m) Diamond Heights
Rincon Hill 100 ft (30 m)
Russian Hill 294 ft (90 m)
Strawberry Hill 412 ft (126 m) Golden Gate Park, ringed by Stow Lake
Sutro Heights 200 ft (61 m)
Tank Hill 650 ft (200 m) Clarendon Heights
Telegraph Hill 284 ft (87 m)
Twin Peaks North (Eureka Peak) 904 ft (276 m)
Twin Peaks South (Noe Peak) 910 ft (280 m)
University Mound 265 ft (81 m)
Washington Heights 260 ft (79 m)

More recent lists include more hills, some lesser-known, some not on the mainland, and some without names.[2][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Tom Graham (Sunday, 7 November 2004). "City of Hills". The San Francisco Chronicle: p. PK-20. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/a/2004/11/07/PKG439K8H71.DTL. Retrieved 2010-03-17. 
  2. ^ a b Tom Graham (Sunday, 7 November 2004). "Peak Experience". The San Francisco Chronicle: p. PK-23. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/11/07/PKGJ99K7KD1.DTL. Retrieved 2010-03-17. 
  3. ^ Hansen, Gladys (1995). San Francisco Almanac (Third ed.). San Francisco: Chronicle Books. p. 237. ISBN 0811808416. 
  4. ^ Dave Schweisguth (Saturday, 18 August 2007). "How Many Hills Are There In San Francisco?". sfgazetteer. http://sfgazetteer.com/how-many-hills-in-san-francisco.html. Retrieved 2010-03-17. 

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