Lombard Street

Walk the side stairs or drive down eight brick hairpin turns on a single steep block of Russian Hill.

Lombard St between Hyde and Leavenworth Sts · San Francisco, CA

About Lombard Street

The crooked block of Lombard Street drops down Russian Hill between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets in eight sharp turns. The switchbacks were built in 1922 to tame a 27 percent grade, and the roadway is paved in red brick and lined with planted gardens. You can drive it one way downhill or take the stairs on either side. The top looks out to the bay, Alcatraz and Coit Tower, and the Powell-Hyde cable car stops right at Hyde Street.

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The closest stops to Lombard Street, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

Sports & Outdoors
Outdoor Adventure
Blazing Saddles Bike Rentals and Tours
$25–$50
Fisherman's Wharf bike rental shop known for sending riders across the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.3 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors
Museums
Family Favorite
Truhlsen-Marmor Museum of the Eye
No admission fee
Free interactive museum in Fisherman's Wharf exploring the science of sight and the history of eye care.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.3 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums
Shopping
Quirky Fun
International Spy Shop
No admission fee
Fisherman's Wharf shop selling spy gadgets and surveillance gear, with an on-site airsoft range.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.3 mi awaySwitch it up: Shopping
Sightseeing
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Blue & Gold Fleet
$25–$50
San Francisco Bay sightseeing cruises past Alcatraz, the sea lions, and under the Golden Gate Bridge.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.6 mi awayMore like this
Sightseeing
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Coit Tower
Under $25
Ride the elevator up this 210-foot Art Deco tower on Telegraph Hill for 360-degree views of the city and bay.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.7 mi awayMore like this
Sightseeing
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San Francisco Cable Cars
Under $25
Ride an open-sided cable car up and over the hills on three historic lines pulled by underground cables.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.8 mi awayMore like this