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Coit Tower Tour
Visit Telegraph Hill to hear the story of Lillie Hitchcock Coit and the artists who painted the tower’s Depression-era murals.
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From the lobby murals to the lookout
Inside Coit Tower, the first landmark is easy to walk past. A plaque near the ticket window remembers Lillie Hitchcock Coit, whose gift helped build the tower. The tour then leads you around the lobby to the California scenes painted in 1934, including Victor Arnautoff’s busy street scene, City Life, and Clifford Wight’s portraits of workers.
Up on the observation deck, choose the north-facing stop to identify Alcatraz and Angel Island, then turn west for the Golden Gate Bridge. The app marks the checkpoints you finish, so you can return to a favorite mural downstairs before heading into Pioneer Park for the final stop on the wild parrots of Telegraph Hill.
Inside the guide
- Lillie Hitchcock Coit and the tower’s origins
- California life in the 1934 murals
- Nine audio stops with a GPS map
Further reading
More guides in California
- Golden Gate Bridge Audio Tour
Cross the Golden Gate on foot. Nine narrated checkpoints trace the span, with a GPS map for the walk out and back.