San Francisco, California
San Francisco is a city of 830,235 people in San Francisco County, California, founded in 1776.
Why visit San Francisco
Townapedia lists 2 museums and landmarks, 6 parks and trails and 5 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Farallon Island Light, Farallon Island, Farallon Islands and USS Conestoga.
Weather in San Francisco
Forecast from the National Weather Service. Full forecast
About San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the 17th-largest city and second-densest major city in the United States, with a 2025 population of 826,079. It is the fourth-most populous city in California and the second most-populous in the Bay Area. Some 4.6 million residents live in the city's metropolitan statistical area. Around 9.2 million live in the San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland combined statistical area, the fifth-largest in the United States.
From the Wikipedia article San Francisco (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do5
Farallon Island Light
Lighthouse · 2.6 mi
Lighthouse in California, United States
Museums and landmarks2
Farallon Islands
Monument and historic site · National Register of Historic Places · 2.0 mi
Archipelago in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, United States
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USS Conestoga
Monument and historic site · 7.0 mi
Ocean-going tug in the United States Navy
Parks, trails and playgrounds6
Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge
Hiking and trails · 3.0 mi
Southeast Farallon Island State Marine Conservation Area
Hiking and trails · 3.7 mi
Map of San Francisco
13 places. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles when you open it.
People and cost of living
American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024, U.S. Census Bureau. Estimates have margins of error, larger for small towns.
Disaster history
San Francisco County has had 7 federal disaster declarations since 2000, most often for floods.
- 2023-04-03: Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides (Severe Storm)
- 2023-03-10: Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides (Flood)
- 2023-01-14: Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides (Flood)
- 2023-01-09: Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, And Mudslides (Flood)
- 2020-03-22: Covid-19 Pandemic (Biological)
- 2020-03-13: Covid-19 (Biological)
OpenFEMA disaster declarations summaries.
Getting there and nearby towns
Half Moon Bay Airport (HAF) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 33 miles away.
- Tamalpais-Homestead Valley 29 mi east, about 47 min by car
- Mill Valley 30 mi northeast, about 48 min by car
- Daly City 31 mi east, about 50 min by car
- Pacifica 31 mi east, about 50 min by car
- San Anselmo 31 mi northeast, about 50 min by car
- Larkspur 31 mi northeast, about 50 min by car
- Corte Madera 32 mi northeast, about 51 min by car
- San Rafael 34 mi northeast, about 54 min by car
- San Bruno 34 mi east, about 54 min by car
- South San Francisco 36 mi east, about 58 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB, the NEMICO news database.
Reviews, tips and questions
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Sources and licences
- OpenFEMA (Public domain): disaster declarations
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- U.S. Census Bureau (Public domain): population, income, housing, education, commute
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- San Francisco from the Marin Headlands in March 2019, Lightandtruth, CC BY-SA 4.0
- SE Farallon Island, Jan Roletto, Public domain
- Farallonlths, Unknown author, Public domain
- USS Conestoga (AT-54) at San Diego c1921, The original uploader was Frank101 at English Wikipedia .. Later version(s) were uploaded by Cobatfor at en.wikipedia ; 2005-07-12 (first version); 2016-03-25 (last version)., Public domain
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