49-MILE SCENIC DRIVE

The '49-Mile Scenic Drive' (also known as '49-Mile Drive') in and around San Francisco highlights many of the city's major attractions and historic structures.
Created as a promotion for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, it
features views of the then newly built Golden Gate Bridge (opened May, 1937) and the Bay Bridge (opened November, 1936). It terminated at the fairgrounds on Treasure Island.

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Points of interest

Pop culture references

External links

Points of interest

The Drive is marked by blue and white signs that lead you through the city. It all begins at the intersection of Hayes Street and Van Ness Avenue, near City Hall:










★ Civic Center

★ Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)

★ Japantown

★ Union Square

★ Chinatown

★ Nob Hill

★ Cable Car Barn

★ Transamerica Pyramid

★ North Beach

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★ Washington Square

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★ Coit Tower

★ Pier 39

★ Fisherman's Wharf

★ Alcatraz

★ The Cannery

★ Ghirardelli Square

★ Aquatic Park

★ Lombard Street

★ Marina Green

★ Crissy Field

★ Palace of Fine Arts - (Exploratorium)

★ The Presidio

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★ Letterman Digital Arts Center

★ Golden Gate Bridge

★ Fort Point

★ Baker Beach

★ Legion of Honor

★ Richmond District

★ Lincoln Park

★ Sutro Baths (ruins)

★ Great Highway

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★ Cliff House

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★ Seal Rock

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★ Ocean Beach

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★ Great Highway

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★ The San Francisco Zoo

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★ Lake Merced

★ San Francisco State University

★ Golden Gate Park

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★ Strybing Arboretum

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★ Japanese Tea Garden

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★ Asian Art Museum

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★ de Young Museum

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★ Academy of Sciences

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★ Conservatory of Flowers

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★ AIDS Memorial Grove

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★ Kezar Stadium

★ Haight-Ashbury

★ Twin Peaks

★ Castro District

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★ Castro Theatre

★ Mission Dolores

★ AT&T Park

★ Bay Bridge

★ The Embarcadero

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★ Ferry Building

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★ Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

★ Financial District

★ Moscone Center

Pop culture references

In the movie ''Quick Change'', Randy Quaid is driving Geena Davis and Bill Murray through one of the boroughs of New York City. They get completely lost and begin looking for any type of sign that may help them find out where they are. Quaid's character eventually does discover one, a "49-Mile Scenic Drive" sign, which doesn't help him or his passengers find out where they are at all.

External links

★ Official Route of 49-Mile Drive

★ Map of 49-Mile Drive (PDF - 21MB)

★ 49-Mile Drive (The Insider)

★ Map of original 1938 route

★ More detailed driving map from Google

★ Article in The SF Chronicle on the history of the 49 Mile Drive.