NORTH BEACH · TELEGRAPH HILL · RUSSIAN HILL · PACIFIC HEIGHTS
The north-facing slopes and bay-adjacent neighborhoods benefit from San Francisco's mildest and most stable temperatures, warmed by bay air and shielded from the worst ocean winds by the city's topography. Summers are pleasantly warm but rarely hot; winters are mild and frost-free. Sheltered gardens here can support a wider range of California natives than almost anywhere else in the city.
