Twin Peaks
Twin rocky summits rising over six hundred feet of coastal scrub, with panoramic city and bay views.
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This guide to Twin Peaks in San Francisco traces the two summits through three names: an Ohlone story of quarreling lovers split apart by a great spirit, a Spanish name for a young maiden's silhouette, and the plainer Twin Peaks that mapmakers settled on once California became American soil. Along the way it covers the naming of the individual peaks, Eureka and Noe, and the fog and wildfire smoke that have transformed this ridge's view over the years. Give your eyes a minute to adjust before you try to pick out the landmarks below.
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