Haight & Ashbury

The Haight & Hayes Valley


This legendary intersection was the epicenter of the psychedelic '60s, and 'Hashbury' remains a counterculture magnet. On average Saturdays here, you can sign Green Party petitions, commission a poem and hear Hare Krishna on keyboards and Bob Dylan on banjo. The clock overhead always reads 4:20 – better known in herbal circles as International Bong-Hit Time. A local clockmaker recently fixed the clock; within a week it was stuck again at 4:20.

Transportation

  • bus: 6, 7, 33, 37, 43

Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby The Haight & Hayes Valley attractions

1. Haight Street

0.05 MILES

Was it the fall of 1966 or the winter of ’67? As the Haight saying goes, if you can remember the Summer of Love, you probably weren’t here. The fog was…

2. Grateful Dead House

0.13 MILES

Like surviving members of the Grateful Dead, this purple Victorian sports a touch of gray – but during the Summer of Love, this was where Jerry Garcia and…

3. Buena Vista Park

0.32 MILES

True to its name, this hilltop park offers splendid vistas over the city to Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay. Founded in 1867, this is one of the oldest…

4. Corona Heights Park

0.56 MILES

Scramble up the red rocks of 520ft-high Corona Heights for jaw-dropping, 180-degree views at the summit. Face east as the sun sets, and watch the city…

5. Randall Junior Museum

0.58 MILES

While adults are asleep downhill, eight-year-olds are making scientific discoveries atop Corona Heights Park. After Josephine Randall became a pioneering…

6. St John Coltrane Church

0.64 MILES

When the bass thumbs out the opening notes to 'A Love Supreme,' you'll know the Sunday liturgy has begun at San Francisco's legendary Church of St John…

7. Dahlia Garden

0.68 MILES

Leave it to San Francisco to plant a dell that's totally punk rock, featuring spiky, in-your-face neon blooms cultivated by the city's many hardcore…

8. Conservatory of Flowers

0.72 MILES

Flower power is alive and well at San Francisco's Conservatory of Flowers. This gloriously restored 1878 Victorian greenhouse is home to freaky outer…

  • placement: superzone
  • path: Destinations/POIs/superzone
  • possible size: [970, 250], [970, 90], [728, 90], [1, 1],
  • targeting:
    {
      "url": "usa/san-francisco/the-haight-and-hayes-valley/attractions/haight-ashbury/a/poi-sig/1406555/1329645",
      "destination": "The-Haight-&-Hayes-Valley",
      "continent": "North-America",
      "country": "USA",
      "region": "California",
      "city": "San-Francisco",
      "neighborhood": "The-Haight-&-Hayes-Valley",
      "position": "superzone"
    }