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Mount Olympus

Mount Olympus is a hill located on Upper Terrace in the Buena Vista neighborhood of San Francisco. It was once considered to mark the geographical center of the city, and was topped off by a statue given by Adolph Sutro, the Triumph of Light, now lost.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 561 feet
  • Description: hill in San Francisco, California, United States
  • Also known as: “Mount Olympus (San Francisco)”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pink Triangle Park and Tank Hill.

Park
Photo: Reinhard Dietrich, CC0.
The is a triangle-shaped mini-park located in the Castro District of San Francisco, California. The park is less than 4,000 square feet and faces with 17th Street to its back.

Park
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Park is a municipal park in the Ashbury Heights neighborhood of , California. The hill is named for a water tank that formerly stood there, and was acquired for park use in 1977.

Park
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is a in the and Buena Vista Heights neighborhoods of San Francisco, California. It is the oldest official park in San Francisco, established in 1867 as Hill Park, later renamed Buena Vista.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cole Valley and Haight.

Neighborhood
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is a small neighborhood in San Francisco, . It borders to the north, to the northeast, The Castro to the east, and Twin Peaks to the south.

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The is a district of running along Street and the famous center of San Francisco's hippie community, with a multitude of eclectic stores, coffee shops, and art that reflects this fact.

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The colorful Castro is the famous gay center of , a vibrant and historic neighborhood full of businesses geared towards the city's LGBT community.

Mount Olympus

Latitude
37.76332° or 37° 45′ 48″ north
Longitude
-122.44554° or 122° 26′ 44″ west
Elevation
561 feet (171 metres)
Open location code
849VQH73+8Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 358807008
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
5379342
Wiki­data ID
Q14683428
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Russian—“Mount Olympus” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Mount Olympus (bukid sa Estados Unidos, California, San Francisco County)”
  • Cebuano: “Mount Olympus”
  • French: “Mont Olympe (San Francisco)”
  • French: “mont Olympe”
  • French: “Mont Olympe”
  • Japanese: “オリンポス山”
  • Russian: “Олимпус”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ashbury tank and Cistern at Cole & Alma.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mount Olympus”. Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.