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SkyStar Wheel

SkyStar Wheel is a 150-foot-tall, 137-foot-diameter traveling observation wheel located in San Francisco's since November 13, 2023. It has previously operated in San Francisco's , 's , 's Waterfront Park, and .
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—10:00 PM
  • Type: Ferris wheel
  • Description: ferris wheel in Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco, California, United States
  • Also known as: “SkyStar Observation Wheel”, “Skystar Wheel - Fisherman’s Wharf”, and “SkyStar Wheel - Fisherman’s Wharf”
  • Address: 2860 Taylor Street, 94111

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include USS Pampanito and Musée Mécanique.

Museum
Photo: Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, a Balao-class submarine, is a United States Navy ship, the third named for the pompano fish. She completed six war patrols from 1944 to 1945 and served as a United States Naval Reserve training ship from 1960 to 1971. is situated 970 feet northwest of SkyStar Wheel.

Amusement arcade
Photo: Piotrus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a for-profit interactive museum of 20th-century penny arcade games and artifacts, located at in , California. With over 300 mechanical machines, it is one of the world's largest privately owned collections. is situated 710 feet west of SkyStar Wheel.

Public aquarium
Photo: Jjron, GFDL.
is a public aquarium located at The Embarcadero and Beach Street, at the edge of Pier 39 in San Francisco, California. The aquarium is focused on local aquatic animals from the and neighboring rivers and watersheds as far as the Sierra Mountains. is situated 1,200 feet east of SkyStar Wheel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fisherman’s Wharf and North Beach.

Photo: Miskatonic, CC BY-SA 3.0.
'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.

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.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood of , . It is named after one of San Francisco's 44 hills, and one of its original "Seven Hills".

SkyStar Wheel

Latitude
37.80873° or 37° 48′ 31″ north
Longitude
-122.41341° or 122° 24′ 48″ west
Inception
November 13th, 2023
Height
150 feet (46 metres)
Open location code
849VRH5P+FJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11423890645
Open­Street­Map feature
attraction=­big_wheel
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­theme_park
Wiki­data ID
Q124367032
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Satellite Map

Discover SkyStar Wheel from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

“SkyStar Wheel” goes by many names.
  • Slovenian: “SkyStar Wheel”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Museum of 3D Illusions and Made in San Francisco.

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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 “SkyStar Wheel”. Photo: Varnent, CC BY 4.0.