North Point
North Point is a cape in San Francisco, Bay Area, California. North Point is situated nearby to the area Fisherman’s Wharf, as well as near the quarter North Beach.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aquarium of the Bay and Coit Tower.
Aquarium of the Bay
Public aquarium
Aquarium of the Bay is a public aquarium located at The Embarcadero and Beach Street, at the edge of Pier 39 in San Francisco, California. The aquarium is focused on local aquatic animals from the San Francisco Bay and neighboring rivers and watersheds as far as the Sierra Mountains.
Coit Tower
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Chris6d, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Coit Tower is a 210-foot tower in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California, overlooking the city and San Francisco Bay. 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.
Transamerica Pyramid
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Transamerica Pyramid is a pyramid-shaped 48-story modernist skyscraper in San Francisco, California, United States, and the second tallest building in the San Francisco skyline.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Beach and Telegraph Hill.
North Beach
Quarter
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
North Beach is a neighborhood in the northeast of San Francisco adjacent to Chinatown, the Financial District, and Russian Hill. The neighborhood is San Francisco's "Little Italy" and has historically been home to a large Italian American population, largely from Northern Italy.
Telegraph Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: Matt314, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Telegraph Hill is a hill and surrounding neighborhood in San Francisco, California. It is one of San Francisco's 44 hills, and one of its original "Seven Hills". The iconic Coit Tower stands at the apex of Telegraph 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.
North Point
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: San Francisco, Bay Area, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.80769° or 37° 48′ 28″ northLongitude
-122.40709° or 122° 24′ 26″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
849VRH5V+35GeoNames ID
5377756
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Highlights include Pier 35 and Pier 39 Shopping Center.
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