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How many hills are in San Francisco, CA?

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You can see the USGS's list by going to http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/ and searching for all of the "summits" in San Francisco County, CA. ... read more

The"Hills" chapter of Gladys Hansen's San Francisco Almanac repeated the list given in Hills of San Francisco and added the then-recently-named Cathedral Hill for a total of 43, but the"Places" chapter listed many additional hills. read more

Herb Caen said there were 49; Wikipedia says there are 47 named hills: List of hills in San Francisco. About 100 years ago, a place called"Irish Hill" (somewhere in the vicinity of Dogpatch/Potrero/"Somisspo") was leveled, so maybe that's part of the discrepancy. read more

The most charming and evocative survey of the City's high places came in Hills of San Francisco, a compilation of columns from the San Francisco Chronicle published in 1959. It describes each of 42 hills with such a wealth of local detail that its list is still the one most often seen today. read more

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