Sydney Walton Square
Sydney Walton Square is a hybrid public and private park located just west of the Embarcadero in San Francisco, California, United States. The park is named after San Francisco's Sydney Grant Walton, a banker and former vice chairman of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency.Photo: Ванка5, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: public park in San Francisco, California
- Also known as: “Sydney G. Walton Square” and “Walton Park”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Transamerica Pyramid and Exploratorium.
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.
Exploratorium
Museum
Photo: Dacreep, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Exploratorium is a museum of science, technology, and arts in San Francisco, California. Founded by physicist and educator Frank Oppenheimer in 1969, the museum was originally located in the Palace of Fine Arts and was relocated in 2013 to Piers 15 and 17 on San Francisco's waterfront.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Financial District and Telegraph Hill.
Financial District
Quarter
Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Financial District is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, United States, that serves as its main central business district and had 372,829 jobs according to U.S. census tracts as of 2012–2016.
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.
Chinatown-North Beach
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chinatown-North Beach in San Francisco combines two adjoining neighborhoods that are culturally, politically, and aesthetically distinct, while geographically blending into each other.
Sydney Walton Square
- Categories: sculpture garden, urban park, and recreation area
- Location: San Francisco, Bay Area, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.79751° or 37° 47′ 51″ northLongitude
-122.39903° or 122° 23′ 57″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
849VQJX2+29OpenStreetMap ID
way 23916482OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Satellite Map
Discover Sydney Walton Square from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Cebuano—“Sydney Walton Square” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Сидни Г. Уолтън Скуеър”
- Cebuano: “Walton Park”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Chinatown and North Beach.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Colombo Market Arch and Slumber Party.
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