Mission Creek

Mission Creek is a river in San Francisco, California. Once navigable from the Mission Bay inland to the vicinity of , where several smaller creeks converged to form it, Mission Creek has long since been largely culverted.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Transamerica Pyramid and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

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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 modern and contemporary art and nonprofit organization located in , . SFMOMA was the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th-century art, and has built an internationally recognized collection with over 33,000 works of painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, design, and media arts.

Stadium
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is an indoor arena in the neighborhood of , California, United States. It is the home of the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association, Golden State Valkyries of the Women's National Basketball Association, and occasionally for the University of San Francisco men's and women's basketball teams in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown-North Beach and Civic Center-Tenderloin.

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in combines two adjoining neighborhoods that are culturally, politically, and aesthetically distinct, while geographically blending into each other.

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As the name implies, the Civic Center is the primary center of government within , housing many important civic institutions. Aside from its official duties, it also moonlights as a cultural center with many fine museums, theaters, opera houses, and symphony halls located here.

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is an area of Downtown , made up of two neighborhoods: the bustling shopping and theater district surrounding Union Square, and the central business district where Market Street meets the bay.

Mission Creek

Latitude
37.7734° or 37° 46′ 24″ north
Longitude
-122.3944° or 122° 23′ 40″ west
Open location code
849VQJF4+96
Open­Street­Map ID
way 579720319
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Wiki­data ID
Q6878574
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Satellite Map

Discover Mission Creek from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Hausa—“Mission Creek” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “米慎溪”
  • Hausa: “Ofishin Jakadancin”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mission Creek Park Pavilion and 5th Street Plaza.

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