Coit Tower

Coit Tower is a 210-foot tower in the neighborhood of , California, overlooking the city and . The tower, in the city's Pioneer Park, was built between 1932 and 1933 using Lillie Hitchcock Coit's bequest to beautify the city of San Francisco.
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  • Type: Tower
  • Description: observation tower
  • Also known as: “Coit Memorial Tower”, “Кулата Койт”, and “電報塔”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Pioneer Park and Transamerica Pyramid.

Park
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is a 4.82-acre public crowning the…

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The Center is a pyramid-shaped… is situated 2,800 feet south of Coit Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Telegraph Hill and North Beach.

Neighborhood
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is a hill and surrounding neighborhood in , California.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood in the northeast…

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in combines two…

Coit Tower

Latitude
37.8024° or 37° 48′ 9″ north
Longitude
-122.40584° or 122° 24′ 21″ west
Elevation
292 feet (89 metres)
Open location code
849VRH2V+XM
Geo­Names ID
5338366
Wiki­data ID
Q1107297
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Coit Tower” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “برج ليليان كويت”
  • Basque: “Coit dorrea”
  • Bulgarian: “Кула Койт”
  • Catalan: “Torre Coit”
  • Chinese: “科伊特塔”
  • Czech: “Coit Tower”
  • Dutch: “Coit Tower”
  • Estonian: “Coit Tower”
  • Finnish: “Coit Tower”
  • French: “Coit Tower”
  • German: “Coit Tower”
  • German: “Coit Turm”
  • Italian: “Coit Tower”
  • Japanese: “コイトタワー”
  • Korean: “코이트 타워”
  • Polish: “Coit Tower”
  • Portuguese: “Coit Tower”
  • Spanish: “Coit Tower”
  • Spanish: “Torre Coit”
  • Swedish: “Coit Tower”
  • Western Panjabi: “کوئٹ مینار”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Little Italy and Jackson Square.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: San Francisco Fire Department Station 28 and North Beach Station San Francisco Post Office.

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Worth a closer look: Golden Gate and Chinatown-North Beach.

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