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What to see in San Francisco on foot

50 sights worth the detour, all walkable, all offline.

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San Francisco is a city made for walking. This self-guided guide maps 50 of its sights worth the detour — landmarks, historic sites, viewpoints, museums and galleries, parks and gardens and public art — the places locals point to and the tour buses skip, close enough to string into a single day on foot. Download the San Francisco pack in Voyage GO before you go and the whole route works offline: no roaming, no dead battery from a live map. Every monument, viewpoint and park you pass quietly fills your travel passport.

Landmarks4

  1. 1Dragon GateThe Dragon Gate is a south-facing gate at the intersection of Bush Street and Grant Avenue, marking a southern entrance to San Francisco's Chinatown, in the U.S.
  2. 2Painted LadiesIn American architecture, painted ladies are Victorian and Edwardian houses repainted, starting in the 1960s, in three or more colors that embellish or accentuate their architectural details.
  3. 3Golden Gate Fortune Cookie FactoryThe Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory is a fortune cookie company with its main entrance off Ross Alley, between Jackson Street and Washington Street in Chinatown, San Francisco, California.
  4. 4Lombard StreetLombard Street is an east–west street in San Francisco, California, that is famous for a steep, one-block section with eight hairpin turns.

Historic Sites17

  1. 5California Volunteers MemorialCalifornia Volunteers, also known as the California Volunteers' Memorial and the Spanish–American War Memorial, is an outdoor sculpture installed in 1906 by Douglas Tilden.
  2. 6George Sterling Memorial
  3. 7Lotta's FountainLotta's fountain is a fountain at the intersection of Market Street, where Geary and Kearny Streets connect in downtown San Francisco, California. It was commissioned by actress Lotta Crabtree in 1875 as a gift to the city of San Francisco, and would serve as a significant meeting point in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.
  4. 8Mechanics MonumentThe Mechanics Monument, also known as The Mechanics, Mechanics Statue, or Mechanics Fountain since it originally featured as the centerpiece of a pool of water at the base during the first five years, is a bronze sculpture group by Douglas Tilden, located at the intersection of Market, Bush and Battery Streets in San Francisco, California, United States.
  5. 9Alamo Square Historic District
  6. 10Jackson Square Historic District
  7. 11Bush Street-Cottage Row Historic DistrictThe Bush Street–Cottage Row Historic District is a historic district located in the Japantown area of San Francisco, California, U.S.
  8. 12Fort Mason Historic District
  9. 13Russian Hill-Macondray Lane Historic DistrictThe Russian Hill–Macondray Lane District is a 1.6-acre (0.65 ha) historic district in Russian Hill, San Francisco, California, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 7, 1988, for the architecture.
  10. 14Russian Hill-Vallejo Street Crest Historic DistrictRussian Hill-Vallejo Street Crest District is a 4-acre (1.6 ha) historic district in Russian Hill, San Francisco, California, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 22, 1988, for the people, events and architecture.
  11. 15Admission Day MonumentThe Admission Day Monument is an 1897 sculpture by Douglas Tilden, located at the intersection of Market Street and Montgomery Street in San Francisco, California, United States.
  12. 16Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin – also known as the Benjamin Franklin Memorial, Benjamin Franklin Statue and Cogswell Historical Monument – is an outdoor sculpture in Washington Square, San Francisco, California.
  13. 17William McKinley MemorialThe William McKinley Memorial is a statue honoring the assassinated United States President William McKinley.
  14. 18Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
  15. 19Abraham LincolnAn outdoor 1926 bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln by Armenian American artist Haig Patigian is installed in Civic Center, San Francisco, California.
  16. 20Sun Yat-sen's statueSun Yat-sen is an outdoor sculpture depicting the Chinese physician, writer, and philosopher of the same name by Beniamino Bufano, installed in San Francisco's Saint Mary's Square, in 1937, in the U.S.
  17. 21AshurbanipalAshurbanipal, also known as the Ashurbanipal Monument or the Statue of Ashurbanipal, is a bronze sculpture by Fred Parhad, an artist of Assyrian descent.

Viewpoints1

  1. 22Top of the MarkThe Top of the Mark is a penthouse level bar located on the nineteenth floor of the Mark Hopkins Hotel on Nob Hill at California and Mason Streets in San Francisco, California.

Museums & Galleries15

  1. 23Musée MécaniqueThe Musée Mécanique is a for-profit interactive museum of 20th-century penny arcade games and artifacts, located at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, California.
  2. 24Truhlsen-Marmor Museum of the Eye
  3. 25San Francisco Railway MuseumThe San Francisco Railway Museum is a local railway museum located in the South of Market area of San Francisco.
  4. 26California Historical Society Museum & BookstoreThe California Historical Society (CHS) was the official historical society of California, until it dissolved and transferred its collections to the Stanford University Libraries in an agreement that was announced in January 2025.
  5. 27Museum of the African DiasporaThe Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) is a contemporary art museum in San Francisco, California.
  6. 28ExploratoriumThe Exploratorium is a museum of science, technology, and arts in San Francisco, California.
  7. 29GLBT History MuseumThe GLBT Historical Society maintains an extensive collection of archival materials, artifacts and graphic arts relating to LGBTQ history in the United States, with a focus on the LGBTQ communities of San Francisco and Northern California.
  8. 30Gallery Paule AnglimAnglim Trimble Gallery, formerly Gallery Paule Anglim, and Anglim Gilbert Gallery, is a contemporary commercial art gallery which is located at Minnesota Street Project, 1275 Minnesota Street, San Francisco, California The gallery was founded by Paule Anglim in the early 1970s.
  9. 31Museo Italo AmericanoMuseo ItaloAmericano, also known as the Italian American Museum, is a museum in San Francisco, California, that focuses on Italian and Italian-American history, art and culture.
  10. 32Cartoon Art MuseumThe Cartoon Art Museum (CAM) is a California art museum that specializes in the art of comics and cartoons.
  11. 33Southern ExposureSouthern Exposure (SoEx) is a not-for-profit arts organization and alternative art space founded in 1974 in the Mission District of San Francisco, California.
  12. 34International Art Museum of America→.
  13. 35The Beat MuseumThe Beat Museum is located in San Francisco, California and is dedicated to preserving the memory and works of the Beat Generation.
  14. 36WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall
  15. 37San Francisco Maritime Visitor Center

Parks & Gardens2

  1. 38Ulrich Field
  2. 39Benedetti Diamond

Public Art11

  1. 40Simon Bolivar
  2. 41Wave OrganThe Wave Organ is a sculpture located in San Francisco, California.
  3. 42AuroraAurora is an outdoor stainless steel fountain and sculpture completed in 1986 by Ruth Asawa, installed at Bayside Plaza at Howard Street in San Francisco, California, United States.
  4. 43Shaking ManShaking Man is a 1993 bronze sculpture by Terry Allen, installed at Yerba Buena Gardens, in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood, in the U.S.
  5. 44Guardians of the Gate Sea Lions StatueGuardians of the Gate is a 1991 Everdur bronze sculpture depicting a family of sea lions by Miles Metzger, located northwest of Pier 39 and adjacent to the Embarcadero Center in San Francisco, California, United States.
  6. 45Willie Mays StatueA bronze statue of baseball player Willie Mays was unveiled outside the main entrance of Oracle Park, in San Francisco, California on March 31, 2000.
  7. 46Double L Excentric GyratoryDouble L Excentric Gyratory is a sculpture by American artist George Rickey.
  8. 47SkygateSkygate is an outdoor 1985 stainless steel sculpture by Roger Barr, installed along the Embarcadero in San Francisco, California, in the United States.
  9. 48"Comfort Women" Column of StrengthThe San Francisco Comfort Women memorial is a monument dedicated to comfort women before and during World War II.
  10. 49Goddess of DemocracyGoddess of Democracy is a replica of the original Goddess of Democracy statue created during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, installed in San Francisco's Chinatown, in the U.S.
  11. 50Large Four Piece Reclining Figure

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