United States observation tower
Coit Tower
You can see 109 km from here, looking south-east.
Calculating the panorama…
Drag to turn around. The relief is drawn 2.2 times taller so the ridges can be read; far ridges are paler, as in the real air.
The view
Up to 109 km away.
Calculated on the relief one degree at a time, up to 250 km, with the curvature of the Earth and the refraction of the air: what stands above the horizon from here.
Our own rating, from the relief and the climate only: open horizon (35 points), how far you see (25), sea and named peaks in view (20) and clear months (20).
- 109 kmFarthest ridgelooking south-east
- 99%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
- 4%Seaof the circle where the horizon is the sea
- 39Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
- 87 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint
The 39 peaks you can name from here
From west to east as you turn around: height, distance and direction. Each one links to its guide on Peakyas, our mountain atlas.
From the relief only: buildings, trees and haze are not in the model. On a hazy day you see much less; 250 km is the limit of our calculation.
The sun
The best sunsets are from June to September.
When the sun really disappears from this viewpoint — behind the relief or into the sea — and in which direction, on the 15th of each month, in local time.
- Jansouth-west4 min before the sea-level sunset44%
- Febwest4 min before the sea-level sunset47%
- Marwest4 min before the sea-level sunset48%
- Aprwest2 min before the sea-level sunset56%
- Maynorth-west8 min before the sea-level sunset66%
- Junnorth-west10 min before the sea-level sunset78%
- Julnorth-west10 min before the sea-level sunset81%
- Augwest8 min before the sea-level sunset79%
- Sepwest2 min before the sea-level sunset80%
- Octwest6 min before the sea-level sunset69%
- Novsouth-west4 min before the sea-level sunset55%
- Decsouth-west6 min before the sea-level sunset43%
- Time: when the sun goes behind the horizon you see from here.
- Minutes: how much earlier the relief hides the sun.
- %: share of clear sky that month (NASA, 2001–2020).
The highlighted months are the clearest. Golden hour starts about an hour before.
The place
Coit Tower.
Observation tower
Coit Tower is an observation tower in United States, 87 m above the sea.
On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 109 km away, looking south-east.
39 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Loma Prieta (1,155 m), 92 km away.
The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 99% of the circle.
The skies are clearest from June to September.
Get there and stay
- Going upHours in OpenStreetMap: Apr-Oct Mo-Su 10:00-06:00; Nov-Mar Mo-Su 10:00-05:00; Dec Th[4] off; D · ticket requiredOfficial site↗
- Rob Hill Campgroundcampsite · 6.2 km · 10 within 10 km
- Hotel North Beachplace to stay · 0.6 km · 367 within 10 km
- Chinatownnearest town · 0.7 km in a straight linePlaces to stay in ChinatownBooking.com · sponsored link↗
- Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (OAK)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 19 km in a straight lineCar hire at OAK airport (Oakland)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided tour, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The viewpoint and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the viewpoint, with what OpenStreetMap shows nearby.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 66other viewpoints within 5 kmInspiration Point, Bay Bridge and Treasure Island Viewpoint, Top of the Mark and 63 more
- 17named peaks within 5 kmCorona Heights, Buena Vista Heights, Ignatius Heights and 14 more
- 4cable car and funicular stations within 5 kmLas Casitas Tram and 3 more
- 6marked trails within 3 kmSan Francisco Bay Trail, The Barbary Coast Trail, ADT - California - T - Seg 8 and 3 more
- 54shelters and huts within 5 km
- 457car parks within 3 km
- 10visitor centres within 5 kmCalifornia Welcome Center, Golden Gate National Recreation Area Park Headquarters, Macy's San Francisco Visitor Information Desk and 7 more
- 1,252restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 10campsites within 10 kmRob Hill Campground, Sunrise Sites, Ridge Sites and 7 more
- 367places to stay within 10 kmHotel North Beach, Pacific Tradewinds Hostel, Mayflower Hotel and 364 more
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
What you see from Coit Tower, and what is near.
Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.
Peakyas73 mountains within 25 km
Coastya8 beaches within 10 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 km
Forestyas2 forests and trees within 15 km
Darkskyas3 dark-sky places within 30 km
Cascadyas2 waterfalls within 15 kmFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, GBIF). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The view, as people saw it.
Other viewpoints nearby.
Coit Tower
United States
- 79Viewyas Score
- 109 kmFarthest ridge
- 39Peaks in view
- 87 mAltitude
Dewey Point
United States · 242 km
- 84Viewyas Score
- 230 kmFarthest ridge
- 43Peaks in view
- 2,250 mAltitude
Half Dome
United States · 253 km
- 84Viewyas Score
- 243 kmFarthest ridge
- 58Peaks in view
- 2,655 mAltitude
Taft Point
United States · 246 km
- 69Viewyas Score
- 212 kmFarthest ridge
- 3Peaks in view
- 2,268 mAltitude
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1107297) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Sun | J. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms |
| Peaks in view | Peakyas (Wikidata, CC0) |
| Panorama and altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-90 / GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Clouds | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Coastya, Lakeyas, Forestyas, Birdyas, Darkskyas, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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