Fisherman’s Wharf
Fisherman’s Wharf is an area in San Francisco, Bay Area, California. Fisherman’s Wharf is situated nearby to the locality Fisherman’s Warf, as well as near Little Italy.Places of Interest
Highlights include SkyStar Wheel and USS Pampanito.
SkyStar Wheel
Ferris wheel
SkyStar Wheel is a 150-foot-tall, 137-foot-diameter traveling observation wheel located in San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf since November 13, 2023. It has previously operated in San Francisco's Music Concourse, Cincinnati's The Banks, Louisville's Waterfront Park, and Norfolk.
USS Pampanito
Museum
Photo: Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0.
USS Pampanito is a Balao-class submarine built for the United States Navy during World War II; it is the third U.S. Navy vessel named for the pompano fish.
Musée Mécanique
Amusement arcade
Photo: Piotrus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Musée Mécanique is a for-profit interactive museum of 20th-century penny arcade games and artifacts, located at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, California. With over 300 mechanical machines, it is one of the world's largest privately owned collections.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fisherman’s Wharf and North Beach.
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 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.
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".
Fisherman’s Wharf
- Type: Area
- Location: San Francisco, Bay Area, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.8085° or 37° 48′ 31″ northLongitude
-122.413° or 122° 24′ 47″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
849VRH5P+CRGeoNames ID
6947910
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