--- title: "11 Photo Quests in San Francisco, United States of America β€” GetMap" description: "11 photo quests in San Francisco β€” led by food, history and nature. Get there, take a photo within 200 m, and the check-in counts." source: https://getmap.travel/quests/city/us/san-francisco --- # San Francisco United States of America Β· 11 quests ## History 2 quests ![San Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/History/ChIJjUf17DeHhYARtD2a50J0sTQ.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ San Francisco [San Francisco Columbarium](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJjUf17DeHhYARtD2a50J0sTQ) Stained glass appears inside a house for ashes ![Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/History/ChIJw____96GhYARCVVwg5cT7c0.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ San Francisco [Golden Gate Bridge](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJw____96GhYARCVVwg5cT7c0) Its orange towers hold a road above the bay ## Nature 2 quests ![Golden Gate Park, San Francisco](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Nature/ChIJaWBFNk6HhYARi-ExVFls3j0.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ San Francisco [Golden Gate Park](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJaWBFNk6HhYARi-ExVFls3j0) This park takes more room than Central Park ![Tank Hill, San Francisco](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Nature/ChIJGTDJF_59j4ARUraPc7mH_cI.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ San Francisco [Tank Hill](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJGTDJF_59j4ARUraPc7mH_cI) Raw rock hides above the city skyline ## Art 1 quest ![Wave Organ, San Francisco](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Art/ChIJ4e_eTCmBhYARKs37VQo82FA.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ San Francisco [Wave Organ](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJ4e_eTCmBhYARKs37VQo82FA) The tide plays pipes set into the shore ## Food 3 quests ![Neapolitan Pizza, San Francisco](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Food/ChIJHXHcEvGAhYARQPuHNN78s78.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ San Francisco [Neapolitan Pizza](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJHXHcEvGAhYARQPuHNN78s78) The crust puffs around a soft center ![Cioppino, San Francisco](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Food/ChIJQfYyVvGAhYARJVwoboB1WKQ.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ San Francisco [Cioppino](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJQfYyVvGAhYARJVwoboB1WKQ) Fishermen built this stew from the day’s catch ![Crawfish Beignets, San Francisco](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Food/ChIJZ9s5SJeAhYARIX3Fxl6oj6c.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ San Francisco [Crawfish Beignets](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJZ9s5SJeAhYARIX3Fxl6oj6c) Fried dough hides a savory crawfish center ## Beach 1 quest ![Ocean Beach, San Francisco](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Beach/ChIJY8btaZSHhYAR_GctC494Hoo.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ San Francisco [Ocean Beach](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJY8btaZSHhYAR_GctC494Hoo) Its long shore catches both surf and fog ## Sport 1 quest ![Oracle Park, San Francisco](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Sport/ChIJ_T25cNd_j4ARehGmHe0pT84.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ San Francisco [Oracle Park](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJ_T25cNd_j4ARehGmHe0pT84) Home runs can land in the bay ## Party 1 quest ![Smuggler's Cove, San Francisco](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Party/ChIJZYKHDZiAhYARXV0sNJgKAi8.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ San Francisco [Smuggler's Cove](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJZYKHDZiAhYARXV0sNJgKAi8) Three floors turn a bar into a shipwreck --- United States of America ## Photo quests in San Francisco What the catalogue actually holds here, and which of it is worth rearranging a day around. San Francisco holds eleven quests across every category the catalogue keeps, led by Food with three β€” though only just, with two in History behind it. One is tier 1, the tier kept for what a visitor would not have found on their own: Tank Hill. It is also the only quest here whose check-in asks for PRO; the other ten are open on any plan. Tier 3 covers eight of them, which is the label for what a visitor would expect a travel app to have anyway. A food quest names the dish rather than the restaurant: the pin sits on the room that serves it, but what you are going for is the plate. History here means places where something happened and the ground still shows it, which is also where the famous version and the standing version most often part company. Every check-in works the same way: the geotag your camera wrote into the photo has to land within 200 m of the quest's own point. ### By category Each of these opens the whole category across every city, with the San Francisco quests among them. - [History quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/history) β€” two in San Francisco - [Nature quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/nature) β€” two in San Francisco - [Art quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/art) β€” one in San Francisco - [Food quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/food) β€” three in San Francisco - [Beach quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/beach) β€” one in San Francisco - [Sport quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/sport) β€” one in San Francisco - [Party quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/party) β€” one in San Francisco --- Tier 1 ## The unexpected ones The one quests in San Francisco the catalogue files as finds rather than fixtures β€” the half of a city a guidebook has no room for. - [Tank Hill](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJGTDJF_59j4ARUraPc7mH_cI) Raw rock hides above the city skyline Nature --- Nearby ## Cities near San Francisco Ranked by distance rather than by border, because from here the next useful stop is often the one in the next country. - [California 10 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/us/california) - [Grand Canyon Village 7 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/us/grand-canyon-village) - [Arizona 14 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/us/arizona) - [Seattle 21 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/us/seattle) - [Denver 12 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/us/denver) - [Calgary 12 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/ca/calgary) --- Questions ## About quests in San Francisco ### How many photo quests are there in San Francisco? 11, across all seven categories the catalogue uses. The deepest groups are Food (3), History (2) and Nature (2). Among them: San Francisco Columbarium, Golden Gate Park and Wave Organ. ### What is there to do in San Francisco beyond the obvious? One of the 11 quests in San Francisco is tier 1, which is the catalogue's own mark for a find rather than a landmark: the pipeline that writes it is told that tier 3 is "everything a visitor would expect a travel app to have", and that tiers 1 and 2 are "only the unexpected finds". San Francisco holds one at tier 1, two at tier 2 and eight at tier 3. The tier 1 quest here is Tank Hill, in Nature. ### Can you do all the San Francisco quests on one trip? Yes, given a few days. Every one of the 11 falls within 6.7 km of the middle of the San Francisco list β€” walking and local transport, not day trips β€” so this is a list to plan a visit around rather than a reason to extend one. ### Which San Francisco quests can you do for free? 10 of the 11 can be checked in on the free plan, and all 11 can be read and travelled to without paying anything β€” the catalogue is open signed out, on every plan. PRO covers the check-in on the hardest tier, which in San Francisco means one quest: Tank Hill. ### How do I prove I visited a place in San Francisco? Take the photo at the place and upload it. Your browser reads the location the camera wrote into that file and measures it against the quest's own coordinates; inside 200 m the check-in counts. The distance is measured to the point, not to the city: being in San Francisco is not what is checked, and a photo taken across town from San Francisco Columbarium fails exactly the way one taken at home does. A file with no location in it cannot be checked at all, and a photo that has been through a messaging app usually arrives that way β€” upload the original out of the camera roll rather than a copy someone sent back to you. The Food quests in San Francisco sit on the room where the dish is served rather than on the dish, so that address is what the 200 m is measured from. --- This is the Markdown rendering of https://getmap.travel/quests/city/us/san-francisco. Site index for agents: https://getmap.travel/llms.txt