Peninsula
The Peninsula region of the San Francisco Bay Area lies immediately south of the City and County of San Francisco—reaching from its famous neighbor to the north into the high-tech region of Silicon Valley.
Photo: Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Popular Destinations
San Francisco International Airport
San Francisco International Airport is the main international airport of the San Francisco Bay Area in California. Photo: Barabas, CC BY 3.0.Menlo Park
Menlo Park in the Peninsula area of the San Francisco Bay Area, is just north of Palo Alto and East Palo Alto. Photo: Annette Teng, CC BY-SA 4.0.San Bruno
San Bruno is a city on the Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Photo: Michael Margolis, CC BY 2.0.Redwood City
Redwood City is a city on the San Francisco Peninsula in Northern California's Bay Area, approximately 27 miles south of San Francisco, and 24 miles northwest of San Jose. Photo: GalliBM, CC BY-SA 3.0.- Type: Cape
- Description: peninsula on the San Francisco Bay and Pacific Ocean in California, United States
- Category: peninsula
- Location: Bay Area, California, United States, North America
Destinations
San Mateo
San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, on the San Francisco Peninsula. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.Daly City
Daly City is a city located in northernmost part of San Mateo County in the Peninsula of the San Francisco Bay Area in California. Photo: BrokenSphere, CC BY 3.0.Pacifica
Pacifica is on the Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.Belmont
Belmont is an affluent city in San Mateo County in the U.S. state of California. Photo: Kglavin, CC BY-SA 3.0.Half Moon Bay
Half Moon Bay is a city on the Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.South San Francisco
South San Francisco is a hidden oasis of the Bay Area in California, located just south of Daly City and north of San Bruno on the Peninsula. Photo: Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 3.0.San Carlos
San Carlos is on the Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Photo: CityofSanCarlos, CC BY-SA 4.0.Millbrae
Millbrae is a city on the Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Photo: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0.Woodside
Woodside is a small incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, United States, on the San Francisco Peninsula. Photo: Jawed, CC BY-SA 3.0.Foster City
Foster City is a quiet suburban city on the Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.Hillsborough
Hillsborough is on the Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Photo: Gary gary gary, CC BY 3.0.Colma
Colma is on the Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Photo: Zedla, CC BY-SA 2.5.Brisbane
Brisbane is a small city located in California in the northern part of San Mateo County on the lower slopes of San Bruno Mountain. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.Portola Valley
Portola Valley is on the Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Photo: Peter Alfred Hess, CC BY 2.0.Moss Beach
Moss Beach is a coastal census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, with a year 2020 census population of 3,214. Photo: Sallyrob, Public domain.Pescadero
Pescadero is a peaceful small coastal town on the Peninsula, approximately 45 miles south of San Francisco. Photo: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS, Public domain.Peninsula
Latitude of center
37.5833° or 37° 34' 60" northLongitude of center
-122.4011° or 122° 24' 4" westElevation
581 feet (177 metres)GeoNames ID
5392003Also Known As
- Arabic: شبه جزيرة سان فرانسيسكو
- Azerbaijani: San-Fransisko yarımadası
- Bulgarian: Санфранциски полуостров
- Cebuano: San Francisco Peninsula
- Chinese: 三藩市半島
- Chinese: 旧金山半岛
- Dutch: Schiereiland van San Francisco
- English: San Francisco Peninsula
- Esperanto: San-Franciska Duoninsulo
- Finnish: San Franciscon niemimaa
- French: Péninsule de San Francisco
- Gallegan: Península de San Francisco
- German: San Francisco Bay Area/Peninsula
- German: San Francisco Peninsula
- Hebrew: חצי האי סן פרנסיסקו
- Italian: Penisola di San Francisco
- Japanese: サンフランシスコ半島
- Kazakh: Сан-Франциско
- Korean: 샌프란시스코반도
- Macedonian: Санфранцискански Полуостров
- Norwegian: San Francisco-halvøya
- Norwegian Bokmål: San Francisco-halvøya
- Occitan (post 1500); Provençal: Peninsula de San Francisco
- Persian: شبه جزیره سانفرانسیسکو
- Persian: شبهجزیره سانفرانسیسکو
- Portuguese: Península de São Francisco
- Russian: Полуостров Сан-Франциско
- Russian: Сан-Франциско (полуостров)
- Russian: Сан-Франциско
- Spanish: Peninsula de San Francisco
- Spanish: Península de San Francisco
- Turkish: San Francisco Yarımadası
- Ukrainian: Сан-Франциско
- Vietnamese: bán đảo Cựu Kim Sơn
- Vietnamese: bán đảo San Francisco
- Yue Chinese: 三藩市半島
Popular Destinations in Bay Area
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