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Coit Tower

Coit Tower is a 210-foot tower in the 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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  • Type: Scenic viewpoint
  • Description: observation tower
  • Also known as: “Coit Memorial Tower”
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pioneer Park and Transamerica Pyramid.

Park
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is a 4.89-acre park crowning the top of in . It was established in 1876 in celebration of the United States Centennial.

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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. is situated 2,800 feet south of Coit Tower.

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. is situated 2,200 feet east of Coit Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Telegraph Hill and North Beach.

Neighborhood
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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 .

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.

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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.

Coit Tower

Latitude
37.80238° or 37° 48′ 9″ north
Longitude
-122.40583° or 122° 24′ 21″ west
Elevation
292 feet (89 metres)
Inception
1933
Height
210 feet (64 metres)
Named after
Lillie Hitchcock Coit
Open location code
849VRH2V+XM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 28824850
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­viewpoint
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q1107297
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Coit Tower” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “برج ليليان كويت”
  • Basque: “Coit dorrea”
  • Bulgarian: “Кула Койт”
  • Bulgarian: “Кулата Койт”
  • Catalan: “Coit Tower”
  • Catalan: “Torre Coit”
  • Chinese: “柯伊特塔”
  • Chinese: “科伊特塔”
  • Chinese: “電報塔”
  • Czech: “Coit Tower”
  • Dutch: “Coit Tower”
  • Estonian: “Coit Tower”
  • Finnish: “Coit Tower”
  • French: “Coit Tower”
  • German: “Coit Tower”
  • Italian: “Coit Tower”
  • Japanese: “コイトタワー”
  • Korean: “코이트 타워”
  • Polish: “Coit Tower”
  • Portuguese: “Coit Tower”
  • Spanish: “Coit Tower”
  • Spanish: “Torre Coit”
  • Swedish: “Coit Tower”
  • Western Panjabi: “کوئٹ مینار”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Telegraph Hill and Filbert Steps Garden.

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