Lombard Street

There really isn't much in it but using this very crude method of calculation Lombard Street is just a little bit more crooked than Snake Alley. Unfortunately neither Lombard Street or Snake Alley are measured on Curvature, which uses a more sophisticated method of measuring the relative ...

16 November 2025 - Lombard Street is known for the one-way block on Russian Hill between Hyde and Leavenworth streets, where eight sharp turns are said to make it the most crooked street in the world. The design, first suggested by property owner Carl Henry and built in 1922, was intended to reduce the hill's ...

2 June 2024 - Tourist travel guide information for visiting the crookedest street in the world, Lombard Street, in San Francisco, USA. Read our independent review plus map and pictures.

The portion of Lombard Street that everyone knows from the postcards is a section that has been dubbed “the crookedest street in the world”. This refers to the windy switchbacks of road that grace the block between Hyde and Jones. The curvy nature of the one-way drive along with the steep ...

22 June 2017 - What could be a better fit than the crookedest street in the world? Well, since I don't have a photo of Vermont Street, I'll go with the second crookedest, Lombard Street. Contrary to popular belief, Lombard Street

The "crookedest street in the world" is actually Vermont Street, in the Potrero Hill neighborhood on the other side of town.

Realtime driving directions to Lombard Street, Crookedest Street in the World, 1098 Lombard St, San Francisco, based on live traffic updates and road conditions – from Waze fellow drivers

28 September 2023 - Lombard Street in San Francisco is said to be the crookedest street in the world and it gets its nickname from these hair pin bends...

2 October 2024 - Lombard Street, San Francisco, USA. The Crookedest Street in the World.

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1 May 2025 - Lombard Street in San Francisco has been called "The Crookedest Street in the World" for good reason.

The crooked section of the street, ... in this section is 5 miles per hour (8.0 km/h). 5. The Steepest Street in the World, Baldwin Street – New Zealand...

3 January 2012 - Comprising a total of eight tight hairpin turns as it meanders down a hill in San Francisco, Lombard Street is the world's most crooked road. While many roads twist and turn often, only a 400-m (1/4-mile) long section of Lombard Street, as it descends a 27% incline, can claim so many hairpin ...

20 December 2024 - They explained: "'The Most Crooked Street' is built on a slope adjacent to the world's tallest conical flagpole located in Bahria Hills.

Although it is known as the “Crookedest Street in the World,” Lombard St. is not even the “crookedest” street in San Francisco. That title technically belongs to Vermont Street between 20th and 22nd streets on Potrero Hill.

One of San Francisco’s most iconic streets with 8 hairpin turns and a beautiful view of the city. * Premium Archival Paper * Borderless Print * Unframed (photo for reference only)

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A combatant in the World's Crookedest Street battle, in an unexpected place. No traffic back-ups to drive down Snake Alley, unlike San Francisco's more famous crooked street.

That's Vermont Street, which snakes its way down Potrero Hill between 20th and 22nd Streets. Seven switchbacks, far more disorienting (and far more steep) than Lombard's, wedged into a claustrophobic tree-canopied alley.