Alcatraz Heliport
Alcatraz Heliport is a helipad in San Francisco, Bay Area, California. Alcatraz Heliport is situated nearby to the ruins Warden’s House, as well as near Alcatraz Island Lighthouse.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Helipad
- Description: heliport on Alcatraz Island, California, USA
- Also known as: “CA27”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Alcatraz Island and Alcatraz Island Lighthouse.
Alcatraz Island
Islet
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Alcatraz Island is a small island about 1.25 miles offshore from San Francisco in San Francisco Bay, California, near the Golden Gate Strait. The island was developed in the mid-19th century with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, and a military prison.
Alcatraz Island Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Alcatraz Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse—the first one built on the U.S. West Coast—located on Alcatraz Island in California's San Francisco Bay. It is located at the southern end of the island near the entrance to the prison.
Warden’s House
Ruins
Photo: CLI, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Warden's House was the home of the wardens of the federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island, off San Francisco. It is located at the southeastern end of the Main Cellblock, next to Alcatraz Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fisherman’s Wharf and Russian Hill.
Fisherman’s Wharf
Photo: Miskatonic, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Francisco's most popular destination among travelers, Fisherman's Wharf is the tourist center of the city. Its historic waterfront, once the hub of the city's fishing fleet, is still famous for the depth and variety of its harvest and for having some of the best seafood restaurants in the city, with scenic vistas over San Francisco Bay and Alcatraz Island.
Russian Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: BDS2006, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Russian Hill is a neighborhood of San Francisco, California. It is named after one of San Francisco's 44 hills, and one of its original "Seven Hills". Russian Hill is situated 2 miles south of Alcatraz Heliport.
Marina District
Quarter
The Marina District is a neighborhood located in San Francisco, California. The neighborhood sits on the site of the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition, staged after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to celebrate the reemergence of the city. Marina District is situated 2 miles southwest of Alcatraz Heliport.
Alcatraz Heliport
- Categories: heliport and transportation
- Location: San Francisco, Bay Area, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.82587° or 37° 49′ 33″ northLongitude
-122.4215° or 122° 25′ 17″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Operator
National Park ServiceOpen location code
849VRHGH+8COpenStreetMap ID
node 8747230251OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=helipadGeoNames ID
5322900Wikidata ID
Q74834014
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In Other Languages
“Alcatraz Heliport” goes by many names.
- French: “héliport d’Alcatraz”
- French: “Héliport d’Alcatraz”
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