The Embarcadero
The Embarcadero is a tram stop in San Francisco, Bay Area, California. The Embarcadero is situated nearby to the museum Exploratorium, as well as near the neighborhood Telegraph Hill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Tram stop
- Also known as: “Broadway” and “The Embarcadero & Broadway”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Exploratorium and Transamerica Pyramid.
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. Exploratorium is situated 530 feet north of The Embarcadero.
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. Transamerica Pyramid is situated 2,100 feet southwest of The Embarcadero.
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. Coit Tower is situated 2,500 feet northwest of The Embarcadero.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Telegraph Hill and Financial District.
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.
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.
Chinatown-North Beach
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chinatown-North Beach in San Francisco 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.
The Embarcadero
- Categories: railway stop, transport stop, and transportation
- Location: San Francisco, Bay Area, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.79954° or 37° 47′ 58″ northLongitude
-122.39793° or 122° 23′ 53″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
849VQJX2+RROpenStreetMap ID
node 1083359952OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=tram_stopOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noGeoNames ID
11808852
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