Fisherman's Wharf

Fisherman's Wharf

Fisherman's Wharf is a neighborhood and popular tourist attraction in San Francisco, California. It roughly encompasses the northern waterfront area of San Francisco from Ghirardelli Square or Van Ness Avenue east to Pier 35 or Kearny Street. The F Market streetcar runs through the area, the Powell-Hyde cable car lines runs to Aquatic Park, at the edge of Fisherman's Wharf, and the Powell-Mason cable car line runs a few blocks away. Fisherman's Wharf gets its name and neighborhood characteristics from the city's early days during the Gold Rush where Italian emigre fishermen settled in the...
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City:San Francisco
Latitude:37.8083
Longitude:-122.4156
Also Known As:Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, California, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco

Location of Fisherman's Wharf

Map showing the location of Fisherman's Wharf

Tourist attractions within Fisherman's Wharf

Ghirardelli Square
Ghirardelli Square

Ghirardelli Square is a landmark with shops and restaurants in the Fisherman's Wharf area of San Francisco, California, USA. A portion of the area is...
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Travel destinations near Fisherman's Wharf

San Francisco
San Francisco
Population: 805,235

San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.6 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland. The only consolidated city-county in California, it encompasses a land area of about 46.9 square miles on the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, giving it a density of about 17,179 people per square mile . It is the...
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Fisherman's Wharf
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