Tank Hill

Evie and I made a great find today! We went out for our long walk and I felt so bored going to the same old parks. So, I pulled up Google Maps to see if there were any little parks we have not been to yet. Sure enough - we found Tank Hill Park. Tank Hill is up near Twin Peaks, which is a neighborhood made up of two hills located in the center of SF.

Our walk was only about 3 miles, round trip. It felt like 5 miles since our travel TO the hill was of course, up hill. We founds some cute sites along the way. Here is a little park we stopped in and saw this cute little design. Reminds me of Alice in Wonderland.



We walked up a LOT of stairs to get to this park on the hill. I love the hidden staircases of SF!

We passed some great homes along the way.


Here's Evie...heading up Tank Hill. I looked up some history on this park because it looked like a foundation of a building had been up there but no buildings are up there now.

"The view here is selected as the most beautiful panorama of San Francisco from any hilltop park in the city, which is quite a distinction considering the stiff competition. The park is so small that it does not even appear on some maps of San Francisco."

When we got up there, it was totally worth it. The view was amazing! We could literally see 360 views of the entire city!


Rich in history, Tank Hill is named for the Clarendon Heights water tank built in 1894 to store drinking water pumped from Laguna Honda. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, eucalyptus trees were planted around the tank to hide it from feared Japanese airplane attacks. In 1977, the hill was wrestled away from private developers by the community, who convinced the city that it was a significant natural resource. The city purchased the land back for nearly three times what it sold it for 17 years earlier as part of its newly created Open Space Program. The price paid was $650,000 which by today's market would not buy one house in this area.


In the distance, you could see the top of Golden Gate Bridge!

Although it is shaky cam, here is a video of the view!



On our way home, we passed a cute little B&B called Belvedere House. If you are ever in SF & want to stay in a quiet neighborhood, away from the touristy areas, this looked cute! Although, I have to admit B&B's creep me out!

This is obviously a mistake photo but I think it's cool.

What a great walk!!