List of hills in San Francisco

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This is a list of the hills of 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^[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]

Map

↑
1. Sutro Hts

2. Rincon

3. Telegraph

4. Lone Mtn

5. Corona Hts

6. Lincoln Hts

7. City College

8. Potrero

9. Buena Vista

10. Strawberry

11. Lafayette Sq & 21.
Pacific Hts

←12. Parnassus Hts

13. Bay View Hts

14. McLaren Ridge

15. Alamo

16. Forest

17. Laurel
↓

18. Russian

19. Anza Vista

←20. Dolores Hts

22. University Mound

23. Larsen's Peak

↖24. Castro

25. Mt Sutro→

26. Mt Davidson

27. Merced Hts/Ocean View

28. Presidio

29. Edgehill Hts

30. Bernal Hts

31. Mt St Josephs

32. Gold Mine

33. Holly Park

↖34. Twin Peaks

35. Excelsior Hts

36. Red Rock

37. Washington Hts

38. Mt Olympus

39. Nob

↑
40. College

41. Hunters Pt Ridge

42. Irish

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Map of the 42 hills listed in order from Hills of San Francisco^[3]

Hills

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

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 Blue Heron Lake (formerly 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)

References

^ Hansen, Gladys (1995). San Francisco Almanac (3rd ed.). San Francisco: Chronicle Books. p. 237. ISBN 0-8118-0841-6.
^ ^a ^b Tom Graham (7 November 2004). "City of Hills". The San Francisco Chronicle. p. PK-20. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as Hills of San Francisco. Chronicle Publishing. 1959.
^ Hansen, Gladys (1995). San Francisco Almanac (3rd ed.). San Francisco: Chronicle Books. pp. 237–238. ISBN 0-8118-0841-6.
^ ^a ^b Hansen, Gladys (1995). San Francisco Almanac (3rd ed.). San Francisco: Chronicle Books. pp. 311–337. ISBN 0-8118-0841-6.
^ Tom Graham (7 November 2004). "Peak Experience". The San Francisco Chronicle. p. PK-23. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
^ Dave Schweisguth (18 August 2007). "How Many Hills Are There In San Francisco?". sfgazetteer. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
^ "Quiet Park Has Violent History". San Francisco Chronicle. 28 April 1958. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ King, John (2 August 2013). "Alamo Heights a tourist attraction". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "The Good-Natured Gardeners of Anza Vista". San Francisco Chronicle. 1958.
^ King, John (27 November 2013). "Just a hint of personality in Anza Vista tract". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "City Surrounded, But Didn't Top This Hill". San Francisco Chronicle. 1958.
^ King, John (20 November 2013). "Bernal Heights holds on to tradition of activism". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "Buena Vista's View Reaches Out". San Francisco Chronicle. 1958.
^ King, John (4 December 2013). "Buena Vista Park - green space both tamed and wild". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "Carved Crest at Candlestick Point". San Francisco Chronicle. 1958.
^ King, John (25 October 2013). "Bayview Hill now at nature's end zone". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "Billy Goat Hill". 10 May 2012.
^ "The Modest Summit Most People Overlook". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ King, John (26 June 2013). "Serenity, geography define Collingwood Street hill". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "Jail Gone, City College Took Hill". San Francisco Chronicle. 1958.
^ King, John (17 December 2013). "Students, residents come together on S.F.'s City College Hill". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "Where St. Mary's College Was Part of S.F." San Francisco Chronicle. 15 September 1958. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ King, John (21 May 2013). "College Hill was original St. Mary's home". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "Corona Heights ... Hill With a Youthful View". San Francisco Chronicle. 1958.
^ King, John (21 August 2013). "Randall Museum, Corona Heights: urban families". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "Dolores Heights' Own Spectacular". San Francisco Chronicle. 1958.
^ King, John (28 August 2013). "Dolores Heights architecture is like a tapestry". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "A Steep, Green Country Hill". San Francisco Chronicle. 7 July 1958. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ King, John (16 July 2013). "Edgehill Mountain in S.F.: Rock unsteady". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "Excelsior Heights Settlers Stay On". San Francisco Chronicle. 25 August 1958. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ King, John (1 May 2013). "High adventure - rediscovering S.F.'s hills". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "Private Lives on Forest Hill". San Francisco Chronicle. 1958.
^ King, John (2 November 2013). "Forest Hill - Tudors just minutes from downtown". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "Summit With a Future". San Francisco Chronicle. 1958.
^ ^a ^b King, John (1 May 2013). "Diamond Heights: S.F.'s flawed jewel". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "How Many Hills Are There In San Francisco?". sfgazetteer.com. March 2007. Archived from the original on October 28, 2023.
^ "Holly Park Hill-Low but Pleasantly Green". San Francisco Chronicle. 1958.
^ King, John (19 June 2013). "Holly Park symbolizes S.F. dog situation". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "Historic Little Ridge On Hunters Point". San Francisco Chronicle. 1958.
^ King, John (8 November 2013). "Hopeful designs in Hutners Point projects". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "A City Hill That Man Has Cut Away". San Francisco Chronicle. 1958.
^ King, John (8 January 2014). "Irish Hill shows us S.F. will always be full of surprises". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "Hilltop of History ... Lafayette Square". San Francisco Chronicle. 31 March 1958. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ King, John (5 June 2013). "Lafayette Park revamp spurs heap of ideas". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "Susnet Panorama from Larsen's Peak". San Francisco Chronicle. 21 June 1958. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ King, John (30 April 2013). "Golden Gate Heights' shining mosaic steps". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "Laurel: a Hill for the Living". San Francisco Chronicle. 1958.
^ King, John (25 October 2013). "Laurel Hill: Slice of suburbia fits right into city". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "View From Lincoln Heights". San Francisco Chronicle. 17 February 1958. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ King, John (8 May 2013). "Lincoln Heights prizes tradition and views". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "Lone Mountain: Island of Calm". San Francisco Chronicle. 1958.
^ King, John (13 November 2013). "USF's Lone Mountain no longer a place apart". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "Hill With History ... and a Future". San Francisco Chronicle. 1958.
^ King, John (25 October 2013). "McLaren Park in S.F. sharpens focus". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "A Ridge Overlooked by History". San Francisco Chronicle. 29 September 1958. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ King, John (1 May 2013). "Merced Heights: an imperfect Eden". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "Mount Davidson and the Cross". San Francisco Chronicle. 1958. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ King, John (14 August 2013). "Mount Davidson - from crossroads to views". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "Mount Olympus: View from City's Center". San Francisco Chronicle. 24 February 1958. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ King, John (16 May 2013). "S.F. Mt. Olympus' mythological heights". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "A Home on Mount St. Joseph's". San Francisco Chronicle. 21 July 1958. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ King, John (23 July 2013). "Hill where orphanage sat now has suburban feel". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "Mt. Sutro-Nature Was Revamped to Save S.F." San Francisco Chronicle. 1 September 1958. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ King, John (3 July 2013). "Highly debated: How Sutro Tower has piqued controversy". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "Famous Nob Hill—'The Best of San Francisco'". San Francisco Chronicle. 1958.
^ King, John (2 September 2014). "Nob Hill fading from view". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "S.F.'s Traditional Socialite Ridge". San Francisco Chronicle. 1958.
^ King, John (25 October 2013). "Pacific Heights - wealthy families who give back". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "Medical Center on Parnassus". San Francisco Chronicle. 1958.
^ "Potrero Hill: A Quiet Island in a Noisy Swirl of Traffic and Industry". San Francisco Chronicle. 1958.
^ King, John (11 December 2013). "Potrero Hill shops maintain a local feel". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "Where the Presidio Is Submlimest". San Francisco Chronicle. 1958. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ King, John (25 October 2013). "Restoration and remembrance on Presidio Hill". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "A Soaring Future for Red Rock Hill". San Francisco Chronicle. 18 August 1958. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "One of the Hills that Was San Francisco—Rincon". San Francisco Chronicle. 13 January 1958. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ King, John (31 July 2013). "Rincon Hill residential market looking up". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "Russian Hill: Steep, Green Home Place". San Francisco Chronicle. 14 April 1958. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ King, John (28 May 2013). "Russian Hill's lofty role in height debate". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "The View From Strawberry Hill". San Francisco Chronicle. 24 March 1958. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ King, John (6 August 2013). "Park's tallest peak falls short of its popular neighbors". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "Sutro Heights–An Ocean View". San Francisco Chronicle. 30 January 1958. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ King, John (9 April 2013). "Hills of San Francisco: Sutro Heights". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017. (subscription required)
^ "Telegraph Hill: Goats to Glamour". San Francisco Chronicle. 1958.
^ King, John (14 March 2014). "Telegraph Hill landmarks send message to the world". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Twin Peaks: Boss View of Them All". San Francisco Chronicle. 11 August 1958. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b King, John (1 May 2013). "Twin Peaks a towering tribute to nature". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "A Hill That Couldn't Live Up to its Name". San Francisco Chronicle. 16 June 1958. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ King, John (11 June 2013). "University Mound, true diversity symbol". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "A Scholarly Summit on Geary". San Francisco Chronicle. 1958.
^ King, John (3 September 2013). "Students revel in Washington Heights' views, vibe". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2017.

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