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Discover Castro
The district Castro of San Francisco in San Francisco County (California) is a subburb in United States about 2,436 mi west of Washington DC, the country's capital city.
If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Oakland, San Rafael, Redwood City, Martinez and Napa. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 12°C / 54 °F
Morning Temperature | 10°C / 51 °F |
Evening Temperature | 11°C / 52 °F |
Night Temperature | 10°C / 50 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 50% |
Air Pressure | 1022 hPa |
Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 14 km/h (9 mph) from South-East |
Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 6% of sky |
General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Tuesday, 19th of November 2024
11°C (52 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Wednesday, 20th of November 2024
14°C (57 °F)
14°C (57 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Thursday, 21st of November 2024
14°C (56 °F)
14°C (57 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Aboda at 100 Van Ness
Holiday Inn SAN FRANCISCO-CIVIC CENTER
Hotel Kabuki - a Joie de Vivre Boutique Hotel
Hotel Kabuki
Whitcomb
OAKWOOD AT AVA 55 NINTH
CIVIC CENTER MOTOR INN
Ram's Hotel
Beck's Motor Lodge
Casa Loma Hotel
Videos from this area
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Vista Apartment - Tour of 2nd Floor 2B/2B Apartment
Tour of vacation rental apartment in the heart of San Francisco.
The Castro Neighborhood Guide
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Golden Gate Model RR San Francisco Bart and Great Northern Empire Builder HO Scale
Layout : Golden Gate Model Railroad Scale : HO Trains : BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit 'San Francisco') (Walthers) A-B-B-A units (both the A units are powered) ...
2007 San Francisco Frameline31 Trip
http://www.calpernia.com/diary Calpernia and Andrea's trip to the 2007 Frameline31 San Francisco International GLBT Film Festival was amazing! Here's some cellphone cam of the Dykes on Bikes...
Summer Camp 2014 Session 1 Musical Showcase - Beatrice Stewart Journey to the Past
The Young Actors' Theatre Camp (YATC) is a multiple award-winning overnight theatre camp where kids of all ages and experience levels from across the country and around the world have the ...
California road trip 2009
A two-week driving tour of California taking in San Francisco, Napa Valley, Sacramento, Lake Tahoe, Mammoth Mountain, Yosemite, Monterey and the Pacific Coast Highway. This is a montage...
SwingNation #25: You're so pretty!
Matthew Morrison of "Glee" Swings, Rik reports his trip to Camp Jitterbug and is there a nice way to tell your friends they suck? SwingNation episode #25 starts now!
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Castro Theatre
The Castro Theatre is a popular San Francisco movie palace which became San Francisco Historic Landmark #100 in September 1976. Located at 429 Castro Street, in the Castro district, it was built in 1922 with a Spanish Colonial Baroque façade that pays homage—in its great arched central window surmounted by a scrolling pediment framing a niche—to the recently rebuilt basilica of Mission Dolores nearby. Its designer, Timothy L.
Dolores Park
Dolores Park (originally known as Mission Park) is a city park in San Francisco, California. It is located two blocks south of Mission Dolores at the western edge of the Mission District. South of the park is a hillside area known as "Dolores Heights," while The Castro neighborhood is located a short distance to the west. Dolores Park is bounded by 18th Street on the north, 20th Street on the south, Dolores Street on the east and Church Street on the west.
Church Street Station (San Francisco)
Church Street Station is a Muni Metro station at the intersection of Market Street, Church Street and 14th Street in San Francisco, California. The J Church, which enters and exits the Market Street tunnel in a portal near the station, has an aboveground stop on Church and Market Streets. The N Judah also exits the tunnel before reaching the station and stops one block away at Church and Duboce Avenue.
Castro Street Station
Castro Street Station is a Muni Metro station at the intersection of Market Street, Castro Street, and 17th Street in The Castro district of San Francisco, California. The station consists of two side platforms next to the tracks on the second level down with the concourse mezzanine level overlooking it. At both Castro Street Station and Church Street Station, there is only one stairway on each side of Market Street leading into the station.
Sunset Tunnel
The Sunset Tunnel is a 4,232 ft -long light rail/streetcar tunnel in San Francisco, California. The tunnel runs under the steep hill that Buena Vista Park is located on and is used by the N Judah Muni Metro line. The tunnel opened on 21 October 1928 in a ceremony presided over by Mayor James Rolph.
Twin Peaks Tunnel
The Twin Peaks Tunnel is a 2.27-mile -long light rail/streetcar tunnel in San Francisco, California. The tunnel runs under the Twin Peaks and is used by the K Ingleside, L Taraval, M Ocean View, and T Third Street Muni Metro lines. The S Castro Shuttle also use the tunnel for AT&T Park game day runs.
Mission High School (San Francisco, California)
Mission High School is a public high school in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) San Francisco, California. Serving grades 9-12, Mission is the oldest high school on its original site in San Francisco; it has been on 18th Street, between Dolores and Church, since 1896. The original campus burned in 1922, and the replacement was completed in two stages, the west wing in 1925 and the main building was dedicated by San Francisco mayor James Rolph on June 12, 1927.
Eureka Station
The Eureka Valley Station was an underground streetcar station in San Francisco, California, in use from 1918 until 1972. It was located inside the Twin Peaks Tunnel, very close to its eastern end, in the Eureka Valley neighborhood. Its location was chosen with the intent that it could serve as a transfer station to the Sunset Tunnel, whose east portal in early plans was to be located at the corner of Market and Eureka streets.
Duboce Park
Duboce Park is a small urban park located between the Duboce Triangle and Lower Haight neighborhoods of San Francisco, California. The park is less than one block wide from north to south, and two blocks wide from west to east. Its western boundary is Scott Street and its eastern boundary is Steiner Street. The N Judah Muni Metro streetcar line runs along Duboce Avenue, which forms the southern boundary of the park.
Eureka Valley, San Francisco
Eureka Valley is a neighborhood in San Francisco, primarily a quiet residential neighborhood but boasts one of the most visited sub-neighborhoods - The Castro.
22nd Street (San Francisco)
22nd Street in San Francisco, California is one of the steepest streets in the world. In the block from Vicksburg to Church Streets in the Noe Valley neighborhood it descends 79 feet along the south side (78-1/2 feet along the north side) for an average grade of just over 31%, about the same as the steepest block of Filbert Street in San Francisco.
Randall Museum
The Randall Museum is a museum in San Francisco, California and is owned and operated by the City's Recreation and Parks Department. It focuses on the arts, crafts, sciences, and natural history. On view are a number of live native and domestic animals and interactive displays. The Museum is located in Corona Heights Park on a large hill between the Castro and Haight districts of San Francisco, and boasts stunning views of the city, downtown financial district and the bay.
Alfred E. Clarke Mansion
The Alfred E. Clarke Mansion is a building in San Francisco, California, located at 250 Douglass Street in the Eureka Valley neighborhood.
Hartford Street Zen Center
The Hartford Street Zen Center, temple name Issan-ji (literally 'One Mountain Temple'), is a Soto Zen practice-center located in the Castro district of San Francisco.
Castro Camera
Castro Camera was a camera store in the Castro District of San Francisco, California, operated by Harvey Milk from 1972 until his assassination in 1978. During the 1970s the store became the center of the neighborhood's growing gay community, as well as campaign headquarters for Milk's various campaigns for elected office.
Mount Olympus (San Francisco)
Mount Olympus is a 570 foot hill, located on Upper Terrace in the Ashbury Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. It was once considered to mark the geographical center of the city, and was topped off by a statue given by Adolph Sutro. Currently only the statue's pedestal remains, and the view from the top is obstructed by trees and condominiums.
Church and 14th Street
Church and 14th Street is a station on the San Francisco Municipal Railway light rail network's J Church line. It is located in the Duboce Triangle neighborhood. The F Market & Wharves streetcar line intersects with the Metro system at this stop.
Church and 16th Street
Church and 16th Street is a station on the San Francisco Municipal Railway light rail network's J Church line. It is located in the Castro neighborhood.
Church and 18th Street
Church and 18th Street is a station on the San Francisco Municipal Railway light rail network's J Church line. It is located in the Castro neighborhood.
20th Street (Muni)
20th Street is a station on the San Francisco Municipal Railway light rail network's J Church line. It is located in the Mission District neighborhood. The stop is located as the route leaves its normal trajectory along public streets and cuts through Dolores Park.
Liberty (Muni)
Liberty is a station on the San Francisco Municipal Railway light rail network's J Church line. It is located in the Mission District neighborhood.
21st Street (Muni)
21st Street is a station on the San Francisco Municipal Railway light rail network's J Church line. It is located in the Mission District neighborhood.
Church and 22nd Street
Church and 22nd Street is a station on the San Francisco Municipal Railway light rail network's J Church line. It is located in the Mission District neighborhood.
Church and 24th Street
Church and 24th Street is a station on the San Francisco Municipal Railway light rail network's J Church line. It is located in the Noe Valley neighborhood.
Duboce and Noe Street
Duboce and Noe is a station on the San Francisco Municipal Railway light rail network's N Judah line. It is located in the Duboce Triangle neighborhood. It is the first stop east of the Sunset Tunnel under Buena Vista Park and is adjacent to Duboce Park.