How Do You Drive Down Lombard Street In San Francisco?
Lombard is the name of the street in San Francisco that winds snake-like for one extremely short city block. Drivers make eight right and left turns before the street returns to normalcy. During the peak time of the day, drivers line up and descend the block in a procession-like fashion. It is a very popular year round visitor destination so scheduling the best time to take the drive may be a bigger challenge then the drive itself. Visit in the springtime. Though the rose gardens along the curb are in bloom much of the year, they seem to have a unique freshness in the spring. Visit in the afternoon. The coastal fog can sock in many a San Francisco morning. Driving down the street with low visibility is not as effective. Approach the street from the west. With a map of San Francisco, note that Lombard Street is a dominant east/west thoroughfare in the city. By turning east as U.S. 101 turns west, one will climb one of many hills in the city. Lombard is a two-way residential street at th
