Coit Tower
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.Photo: Chris6d, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Ryanchase, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Description: observation tower
- Wheelchair access: limited
Notable Places in the Area
Pioneer Park
Photo: Kyle Harmon, CC BY 2.0.
Pioneer Park is a 4.89-acre park crowning the top of Telegraph Hill in San Francisco.
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 1 km south of Coit Tower.
Exploratorium
Photo: Dacreep, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Exploratorium is a museum of science, technology, and arts in San Francisco, California. Exploratorium is situated 660 metres east of Coit Tower.
Localities in the Area
Telegraph Hill
Photo: Matt314, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Telegraph Hill is a hill and surrounding neighborhood in San Francisco, California.
North Beach
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
North Beach is a neighborhood in the northeast of San Francisco adjacent to Chinatown, the Financial District, and Russian Hill.
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.
Coit Tower
- Categories: observation tower, tower, building, tourism, historic site and historic building
- Location: San Francisco, Bay Area, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.80238° or 37° 48' 9" northLongitude
-122.40583° or 122° 24' 21" westElevation
89 metres (292 feet)Inception
1933Height
64 metres (210 feet)Open Location Code
849VRH2V+XMOpenStreetMap ID
way 28824850OpenStreetMap Feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap Feature
historic=buildingOpenStreetMap Feature
man_made=towerOpenStreetMap Feature
tourism=viewpointOpenStreetMap Attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q1107297Coit Tower Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- 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
- English: Coit Memorial 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
Other Places Named Coit Tower
Landmarks in the Area
- Telegraph HillPeak
- Filbert Steps GardenGarden
- Garfield Elementary SchoolSchool
- Julius' CastleBuilding, 100 metres northeast
- Grace Marchant GardenGarden, 170 metres east
Places in the Area
- Coit Tower Parking LotBus stop
- Coit Tower CafeCoffeehouse
- Telegraph Hill Boulevard & Greenwich StreetBus stop
- Telegraph Hill Boulevard & Filbert StreetBus stop
Popular Destinations in San Francisco
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Coit Tower. Photo: Chris6d, CC BY-SA 4.0.