California Historical Society

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City: San Francisco |  Financial District

Web site

678 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105

Directions to and from California Historical Society.

BART, Muni Metro

BART (East Bay/SF Airport) and Muni Metro J K M N trains run under Market Street. Montgomery Station is the nearest stop for both systems. Muni Metro T trains to Bay View, SOMA, and Chinatown run under 4th Street and nearest stop is Union Square/Market Street Station.

Historic streetcars, Cable cars

F-Market & Wharves streetcar stops by

Market & 2nd (Outbound) Line - F-Market & WharvesMarket & 3rd Line - F-Market & WharvesMarket & New Montgomery (Inbound) Line - F-Market & Wharves

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The nearest cable car stop for Powell-Hyde and Powell-Mason lines is at Market and Powell, above BART and Muni Metro Powell Station.

Caltrain

The nearest Caltrain (Peninsula/San Jose) stop from California Historical Society is 4th & King Station. Muni Metro T Third Street line provides connection to/from Caltrain at Union Square/Market Street Station. Muni bus 30 and 45 provide connection via 3rd/4th streets. To walk from Caltrain, proceed north along 4th Street toward Market Street (15 min - 20 min walk to Market).

Ferries

From either the Ferry Building or Pier 41, transfer to F-Market & Wharves streetcar to reach California Historical Society.

Bus - Muni

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Local, rapid, express routes

L-Owl

All-nighter: San Francisco Zoo - Fisherman's Wharf

N-Owl

All nighter: Ocean Beach - 4th & King Caltrain

2

Sutter: Ferry Plaza - Presidio & California

5

Fulton: Salesforce Transit Center - Civic Center - 8th Ave (weekday daytime), Ocean Beach (night and weekend)

5R

Fulton Rapid: Salesforce Transit Center - Civic Center - Ocean Beach (Richmond District)

6

Haight/Parnassus: Ferry Building - Inner Sunset (Quintara and 14th Ave)

7

Haight/Noriega: Outer Sunset (Ortega and 48th Ave) - Salesforce Transit Center

8

Bayshore: City College - Visitacion Valley - Chinatown - Fisherman's Wharf

8AX

Bayshore 'A' Express: Visitacion Valley - Chinatown

8BX

Bayshore 'B' Express: City College - Visitacion Valley - Chinatown - Fisherman's Wharf

9

San Bruno: Downtown - Arleta Station/Visitacion Valley (night and weekend)

9R

San Bruno Rapid: Downtown - Visitacion Valley

12

Folsom: Valencia & Caesar Chavez — Jackson Street & Van Ness

14

Mission: Ferry Plaza - Daly City (Mission & San Jose)

14R

Mission Rapid: Ferry Plaza - Daly City BART

15

Bayview Hunters Point Express: Palou & 3rd St - Downtown SF

30

Stockton: Crissy Field - 4th & King Caltrain via North Beach and Chinatown

31

Balboa: Ocean Beach (Richmond District) - Market & 5th St - (weekday only) 4th & King Caltrain

38​​

Geary: Richmond District - Salesforce Transit Center

38​R

Geary Rapid: Richmond District (Point Lobos) - Salesforce Transit Center

45

Union-Stockton: Lyon and Greenwich - 4th & King Caltrain via Chinatown

91-Owl

All-Nighter: West Portal Station - San Francisco State University via Downtown

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Regional/commuter bus

Downtown is served by various bus systems from the North Bay and the Peninsula. Golden Gate Transit and SamTrans buses stops along Mission St. Buses from the East Bay stop at the Transbay Transit Center further north.

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AC Transit

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Amtrak Thruway (California)

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BART Early Bird Express

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Golden Gate Transit

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Greyhound

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Mission Bay Shuttle

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SFVAMC

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SamTrans

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Bike share

Bay Wheels operates self-service bike share stations in the Downtown area.