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Telegraph Hill

Telegraph Hill is a hill and surrounding neighborhood in , California. It is one of San Francisco's 44 hills, and one of its original "Seven Hills". The iconic stands at the apex of Telegraph Hill.
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  • Type: Neighborhood with 8,180 residents
  • Description: neighborhood in San Francisco, California, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Telegraph Hill, San Francisco”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Coit Tower and Transamerica Pyramid.

Scenic viewpoint
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is a 210-foot tower in the Telegraph Hill 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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The is a pyramid-shaped 48-story modernist skyscraper in San Francisco, California, United States, and the second tallest building in the San Francisco skyline.

Museum
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The is a of science, technology, and arts in , . Founded by physicist and educator Frank Oppenheimer in 1969, the museum was originally located in the and was relocated in 2013 to Piers 15 and 17 on San Francisco's waterfront.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown-North Beach and North Beach.

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in combines two adjoining neighbors, both of which are among the city's most popular immigrant neighborhoods. Culturally and aesthetically, they could not be more different yet their streets mesh seamlessly together.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood in the northeast of adjacent to , the , 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.

Quarter
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The , centered on Grant Avenue and Stockton Street in , California, is the oldest in and one of the largest Chinese enclaves outside .

Telegraph Hill

Latitude
37.80079° or 37° 48′ 3″ north
Longitude
-122.40409° or 122° 24′ 15″ west
Population
8,180
Elevation
240 feet (73 metres)
Open location code
849VRH2W+89
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1680475626
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
8449786
Wiki­data ID
Q1283754
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Telegraph Hill” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Telegraph Hill”
  • Bulgarian: “Телеграф Хил”
  • Cebuano: “Telegraph Hill (bukid sa Estados Unidos, California, San Francisco County)”
  • Cebuano: “Telegraph Hill”
  • Chinese: “电报山”
  • Czech: “Telegraph Hill”
  • Dutch: “Telegraph Hill”
  • Esperanto: “Telegraf-Monteto”
  • French: “Telegraph Hill”
  • German: “Telegraph Hill”
  • Japanese: “テレグラフ・ヒル”
  • Slovak: “Telegraph Hill”
  • Spanish: “Telegraph Hill (San Francisco)”
  • Spanish: “Telegraph Hill”
  • Turkish: “Telegraph Hill”
  • “Telegraph Hill”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Financial District and Russian Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Grace Marchant Garden and Filbert Steps Garden.

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