The Philosopher's Way, San Francisco, as a 3D map you can hold
Philosopher's Way, San Francisco is a 2.7-mile (4.3 km) loop trail around the perimeter of John McLaren Park created by artists Peter Richards and Susan Schwartzenberg, staff artists at the Exploratorium.
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Philosopher's Way, San Francisco route map
The full route on a topographic map. Drag and zoom to explore it.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, SRTM. Map style © OpenTopoMap (CC BY-SA).
About the Philosopher's Way, San Francisco
Philosopher's Way, San Francisco is a 2.7-mile (4.3 km) loop trail around the perimeter of John McLaren Park created by artists Peter Richards and Susan Schwartzenberg, staff artists at the Exploratorium. The trail, dedicated on January 5, 2013, is the first and only path built for philosophers in the United States and features fourteen stone markers by mason George Gonzalez intended as "musing stations" to stimulate contemplation. The US$146,000 trail was funded as a public art set-aside by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, and offers views of Mount Diablo, Mount Tamalpais, Angel Island, and the Pacific Ocean on a clear day.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Route geometry from OpenStreetMap contributors.
About this route in 3D
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Everything is editable. Swap in your own dates, rename the labels, change the base shape, or replace the route entirely with the trip YOU took. The model you see is the model you get, as a watertight file ready for any 3D printer, or as a finished print made by us.
How it works
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Common questions
- Is this the real terrain of the Philosopher's Way, San Francisco?
- Yes. The 3D model is built from real elevation data, so every climb, ridge and valley along the Philosopher's Way, San Francisco appears at true relative height.
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