![]() ![]() Recently, they have been substituting buses for trains due to some construction on some of these lines, so you would catch the bus on Market street instead of the subway under Market. You can get here from Market Street downtown if you take one of the street car lines J, KT, L or M (it's the subway downtown, running under Market Street). From there, a series of rugged steps will take you to the base of the hills. Tip: you can get a lot closer to the top by taking the 37 Corbett Bus and get off at the #74 Crestline Drive stop. Buses 48 and 52 stop on Portola Drive near the Twin Peaks turnoff (O'Shaughnessy Blvd), but it's a long hike up the mountain from there. It's not that convenient via public transportation. There are coin-operated telescopes at the parking lot that take quarters, but the view is still great without them. One of the best free attractions in San Francisco! It's free to go there and even the parking lot is free. The parking lot isn't large, and tends to fill up on clear days, but if you wait, a spot will usually open up before long. A short, winding road brings you to the free parking lot at the top. Just follow Market Street west (away from downtown) all the way to the top of the hill (where the name changes to Portola Drive), then turn right on Twin Peaks Boulevard. Twin Peaks is very easy to get to if you have a car. Getting to Twin Peaks San Francisco Can you drive to Twin Peaks? The butterflies come out of their cocoons in April and May, and can be seen on the hills. The butterfly is endangered and lives on the Silver Lupine ground cover that does well on the peaks. In addition to having many native plants covering the slopes of Twin Peaks, these hills are the habitat for a pretty little butterfly that only exists two places on earth, Twin Peaks and San Bruno Mountain further down the peninsula. Fancy ones! The restrooms are near the parking lot. Don't leave anything valuable or visible in your car if you park here. Car break-ins have become a big problem in San Francisco, unfortunately.But even with more people up there, it's not that crowded it just might mean waiting for a parking spot if you're driving. If you come before 10:30 a.m., there'll be fewer people. Twin Peaks San Francisco is a popular place to come, for both locals and visitors. ![]() It can be very cold and windy up there, so bring a jacket, even if it's a warm day. When it's foggy, Twin Peaks sits right in the middle of it and you won't see anything but swirling fog. You really will feel you're floating above the whole Bay Area! The peak furthest from the parking lot (the southern one) probably has the best view. ![]() For an even better view, climb the rugged stairs to the top of one of the peaks. ![]() It's one of San Francisco's best free attractions! Twin Peaks is open from 5 am to midnight daily. Twin Peaks also hosts a large reservoir holding 300 million gallons, installed on the peaks after the 1906 quake as a water supply for fighting fires. The smaller steel towers near the Twin Peaks parking lot are city-owned, radio towers used for police and fire department transmissions. What are those towers? The tall, red, three-pronged tower on a nearby hill (between Twin Peaks and Mount Sutro) is the Sutro Tower, a commercial radio and TV tower serving San Francisco and beyond. Because they wouldn't stop their constant arguing, the Great Spirit separated them, and they became two mountains. No one knows now what the Indians called it, but according to Ohlone legend, there was once only one mountain, consisting of a man and a woman. They named it Los Pechos de la Chola, or The Breasts of the Indian Woman. Twin Peaks wasn't called that by the Spanish settlers. If you come up here on a clear night, the lights of San Francisco sparkle below you in every direction.īut I wouldn't advise coming up at night just now there have been recent incidents of people being robbed up here after dark. ![]()
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