If you choose this option, be sure to approach the block from Van Ness Avenue to the west, turning east onto Lombard, and be prepared to wait in traffic. Once you get to Lombard Street, the sight is pretty easy to digest. Enjoy a slow and challenging drive down the street, or get some exercise by hiking up to the top. Along the way, you will encounter a number of gorgeous photo ops, featuring the magnificent mansions, beautifully landscaped gardens, and colorful flowers that frame Lombard on both sides.
At the top of the hill, enjoy looking out over a sweeping view of the water surrounding the city, the Bay Bridge, and Coit Tower. Once you finish exploring this crooked attraction, there is plenty to do within walking distance. We and our partners use cookies to better understand your needs, improve performance and provide you with personalised content and advertisements.
To allow us to provide a better and more tailored experience please click "OK". Sign Up. Travel Guides. Videos Beyond Hollywood Hungerlust Pioneers of love. Courtney Holcomb. However, it is easy to get to and is close to several other San Francisco attractions. Both driving down and walking give you a great sense of the tight turns on it. I've done both numerous times and each one offers a very different experience. Driving is great if you already have a car, but I wouldn't recommend renting one just for this drive.
Most people arrive on foot or by public transit. By just by watching cars drive down it, you will get a sense for what it takes to make those tight turns! This is where you will find it within the city. It's close to both Fisherman's Wharf and North Beach. The best way to enter this crooked section of Lombard Street in San Francisco is to start at the top of the hill. This is where cars enter to drive down and where you can access the stairs that lead to the bottom of this SF attraction.
Driving down this zig zag, windy road is an interesting experience. The speed limit is only 5 miles per hour and it's tough to go any faster. Once you enter this crooked section of the street, it will only take you a couple of minutes to get to the bottom.
You are not allowed to stop or get out of your car at the bottom if you drive down. This allows for the traffic to continue to flow down the street. The map below shows you where the line forms. The red line is where cars line up to go down. It also shows you the two best entrances as most people won't let you cut in line.
For those walking down the hill, there is a set of stairs on both sides, so you can easily make your way down on foot. I love this option as it gives you more time to really check out this wonderful, crooked street.
You can stop and take pictures. You can also just stand back and watch the cars try to make their way through the curves. You also must stay on the sidewalk. You are not allowed to walk onto the street itself as it's too dangerous. If you plan to walk down, the best time to arrive is early to mid-morning.
This is when you won't usually have as much foot traffic. It also faces east, so this is when you will have the best sunlight on it for pictures. This photo from the archives shows Lombard Street construction in , with the crooked street roadway completed and cars coming down. Courtesy of OpenSFHistory. Lombard Street near Leavenworth — the future site of crooked block. Houses, streets, and undeveloped area. Man and child standing in foreground.
Angel Island in the distance. Kilburn Brothers, Littleton, N. Auto on Lombard St circa William Barclay Parsons proposes a crooked street for California Street hill December 6, , seventeen years before the winding road was created on Lombard Street. From the San Francisco Chronicle archives. The sketch above shows engineer Parsons' plan for the California Street Hill, with the car line running through a tunnel and the street converted into a winding, parked driveway - The portraits below are of William Barclay Parsons on the left and Patrick Calhoun.
Lombard Street Hill n. Colored squares decorate Lombard Street as kids play the world's largest game of Candyland on August 19, in San Francisco. Lombard Street is an east west street in San Francisco. It is famous for having a steep, one block section that consists of eight tight hairpin turns. Lombard Street circa
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