List of hills in San Francisco, California

List of hills in San Francisco, California

San Francisco is one of many cities touted as having been built on seven hills. In fact, the city actually incorporates at least 43 named hills.

Seven Hills

When people talk about the "Seven Hills" of San Francisco, they refer to the seven original hills: Telegraph Hill, Nob Hill, Russian Hill, Rincon Hill, Mount Sutro, Twin Peaks and Mount Davidson. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/a/2004/11/07/PKG439K8H71.DTL Graham, Tom. "City of Hills", "San Francisco Chronicle", November 7, 2004, p. PK-20] ] [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/11/07/PKGJ99K7KD1.DTL Graham, Tom. "Peak Experience", "San Francisco Chronicle", November 7, 2004, p. PK-23] ]

Named Hills

The following list of hills in San Francisco, California Hansen, Gladys. "San Francisco Almanac", 3e, p. 237. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1995. ISBN 0-8118-0841-6] includes 43 named hills, sorted by elevation, lowest to highest.

*Rincon Hill 100 ft. (31 m)
*College Hill 200 ft. (61 m)
*Sutro Heights 200 ft. (61 m)
*Cathedral Hill 206 ft. (63 m)
*Alamo Heights 225 ft. (68.5 m)
*Irish Hill (now 50 ft.) 250 ft. (76 m)
*Mt. St. Joseph 250 ft. (76 m)
*Anza Hill 260 ft. (79 m)
*Washington Heights 260 ft. (79 m)
*Laurel Hill 264 ft. (80.5 m)
*University Mound 265 ft. (81 m)
*Holly Hill 274 ft. (83.5 m)
*Hunters Point Ridge 275 ft. (84 m)
*Telegraph Hill 284 ft. (86.5 m)
*Russian Hill 294 ft. (89.5 m)
*Potrero Hill 300 ft. (91 m)
*Excelsior Heights 315 ft. (96 m)
*City College Hill 350 ft. (106.5 m)
*Dolores Heights 360 ft. (110 m)
*Pacific Heights 370 ft. (113 m)
*Presidio Heights 370 ft. (113 m)
*Nob Hill 376 ft. (114.5 m)
*Lafayette Heights 378 ft. (115 m)
*Lincoln Heights 380 ft. (116 m)
*Parnassus Heights 400 ft. (122 m)
*Castro Hill (officially known as Liberty Hill) 407 ft. (124 m)
*Strawberry Hill 412 ft. (125.5 m)
*Bernal Heights 433 ft. (132 m)
*Lone Mountain 448 ft. (136.5 m)
*Candlestick Point 500 ft. (152 m)
*Merced Heights 500 ft. (152 m)
*Corona Heights 510 ft. (155.5 m)
*McLaren Ridge 515 ft. (157 m)
*Buena Vista Heights 569 ft. (173.5 m)
*Mt. Olympus 570 ft. (174 m)
*Larsen Peak (Grand View Park) 666 ft. (203 m)
*Gold Mine Hill 679 ft. (207 m)
*Red Rock Hill 689 ft. (210 m)
*Edgehill Mountain 731 ft. (223 m)
*Forest Hill 778 ft. (237 m)
*Twin Peaks (North & South) 904 ft. (275.5 m), 910 ft. (277.5 m)
*Mount Sutro 909 ft. (277 m)
*Mount Davidson 925 ft. (282 m)

More recent lists Schweisguth, Dave. [http://sfgazetteer.com/how-many-hills-in-san-francisco.html How Many Hills Are There In San Francisco?] ] include more hills, some lesser-known, some not on the mainland, and some without names.

References

External links

* [http://mistersf.com/high/index.html?highhill01.htm Hills in San Francisco at MisterSF.com]

ee also

* List of summits in the San Francisco Bay Area


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