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@anonymous: Thank you for your detailed list about...

2010-05-18T18:02:01.168-07:00

@anonymous: Thank you for your detailed list about some other candidates for steepest street (in SF). Like all these things, I suspect there is an amount of conjecture about which one is actually the steepest and want constitutes a street etc. Baldwin Street gets the award from the folks at the Guinness Book of Records.

The Steepest Streets In San Francisco 1. Bradford ...

2010-05-18T16:59:56.280-07:00

The Steepest Streets In San Francisco
1. Bradford above Tompkins (41% grade)
2. Romolo between Vallejo and Fresno (37.5% grade)
3. Prentiss between Chapman and Powhattan (37% grade)
4. Nevada above Chapman (35% grade)
5. Baden above Mangels (34% grade) *
6. Ripley between Peralta and Alabama (31.5% grade)
7. 24th between De Haro and Rhode Island (31.5% grade)
8. Filbert between Hyde and Leavenworth (31.5% grade)
9. 22nd between Vicksburg and Church (31.5% grade)
10. Broadway above Taylor (31% grade)
11. 23rd above Carolina (31% grade)
Source: Stephen Von Worley and the Weather Sealed blog.
Notes: Ranked by maximum grade, as of February 2010.
Ties are broken by the length of maximum slope.
* Crude, single lane pseudo-street

@anonymous: Thank you. Error has been corrected in...

2010-02-13T13:39:10.166-08:00

@anonymous: Thank you. Error has been corrected in the text.

You made a mistake in the angle of the road. It is...

2010-02-13T08:31:46.096-08:00

You made a mistake in the angle of the road. It is not 35 degrees it a 35% slope which translates to about 19 degrees.

@rental properties ch'church: I certainly reco...

2010-02-02T12:24:42.905-08:00

@rental properties ch'church: I certainly recommend NZ for travellers.

@sherry: I'm sadder than that - I drove up the hill and was surprised that it was much steeper than it appears from the bottom fo the street. Quite a novelty that seems a simple accident of design.

I've been there - I think I made it halfway up...

2010-02-01T23:44:46.009-08:00

I've been there - I think I made it halfway up the street before I just gave up. Super town!

Thank you for this post. You should come visit New...

2009-07-31T09:19:27.978-07:00

Thank you for this post. You should come visit New Zealand. Dunedin is the second largest city in the South Island. There's a lot of interesting places you can go to. Love the blog. Keep it up!

@GMG: Don't give the Kiwis any ideas - they bu...

2009-07-03T17:21:41.684-07:00

@GMG: Don't give the Kiwis any ideas - they bungee jump off anything now.

Amazing shot Mark! Bungee-jumping... ;)

2009-07-03T12:37:59.918-07:00

Amazing shot Mark! Bungee-jumping... ;)

@heather: Lombard Street is much prettier with its...

2009-07-02T15:56:50.347-07:00

@heather: Lombard Street is much prettier with its flower beds and famous car chases.

I was in San Francisco last week which boasts the ...

2009-07-02T11:12:49.530-07:00

I was in San Francisco last week which boasts the "crookedest" street (Lombard). Its hairpin turns were designed to slow down traffic on its 27% grade. 27% sounds a bit "minor league" now!

The race sounds like a fun challenge!

@cuckoo: Probably is a bit dangerous being so stee...

2009-07-01T17:41:35.468-07:00

@cuckoo: Probably is a bit dangerous being so steep. Imagine it in the rain.

Yes, human:sheep ratio had amused me when I was th...

2009-07-01T12:04:36.897-07:00

Yes, human:sheep ratio had amused me when I was there. Except for cities, we could see only sheep.

As Cecil said, this road looks quite dangerous for the people who are down there.

@ben: Surprising place for the steepest street. @...

2009-06-28T19:41:54.017-07:00

@ben: Surprising place for the steepest street.

@cecil: At least it isn't very busy, being a dead-end.

@smorg: unicycling, period sounds a pretty silly and painful thing to do. One good wheel off a sensible ride.

Unicycling up that steep a road sounds a quad-bust...

2009-06-28T18:28:12.709-07:00

Unicycling up that steep a road sounds a quad-busting exercise indeed!

Really? Now only I know that NZ has a human:sheep ...

2009-06-26T21:23:54.147-07:00

Really? Now only I know that NZ has a human:sheep ratio of 1:20!!! I can't imagine when it is raining and a car coming down from the top! It must be real scary to people at the bottom! :)

Very interesting!

2009-06-25T14:04:03.722-07:00

Very interesting!

Wow, duon't know how I missed this when I went...

2009-06-25T03:29:17.584-07:00

Wow, duon't know how I missed this when I went Dunedin!