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 ...

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 ...

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November 16, 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.

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.

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

June 2, 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.

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

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

September 28, 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...

June 22, 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

January 3, 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 ...

September 5, 2025 - Between Hyde Street and Leavenworth Street, you’ll find one tiny section, just a block long, that has earned it the moniker “The Crookedest Street in the World,” and with it, worldwide fame.

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.

July 1, 2021 - Vermont Street in Potrero Hill may be the real “crookedest street in the world.” We all know Lombard Street. You know, that famous red-brick street in Russian Hill that attracts 2 million tourists per year (or per day, it seems).

January 13, 2020 - Lombard Street, San Francisco, USA. The Crookedest Street in the World.

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.

If you think you can merrily careen down the crookedest street in the world, think again. Lombard's zig-zag is so popular that there's usually a line of cars at the top -- sometimes several blocks long -- waiting to drive down.

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