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Bankers Hill, San Diego

Bankers Hill is a long-established uptown neighborhood near Balboa Park in San Diego, California.

Bankers Hill, San Diego
Bankers Hill, San Diego · Christian David
The place

Bankers Hill is a long-established uptown neighborhood near Balboa Park in San Diego, California. The area acquired the name "Bankers Hill" because of its reputation as a home for the affluent. Many homes date from the late 19th century, some of which have been restored as offices or bed-and-breakfasts. Early twentieth-century architects Irving J. Gill, William S. Hebbard, Richard S. Requa, Hazel W. Waterman, and Frank Mead designed homes in the area.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Bankers Hill, San Diego

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    San Diego Zoo

    The San Diego Zoo is a zoo in San Diego, California, United States, located in Balboa Park. It began with a collection of animals left over from the 1915 Panama–California Exposition that were brought together by its founder, Harry M. Wegeforth.

    1.3 km · zoo in Balboa Park, San Diego, California, United States · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    San Diego State University

    San Diego State University is a public research university in San Diego, California, United States. Founded in 1897, it is the third-oldest university and southernmost in the 23-member California State University system.

    9.9 km · public research university in San Diego, California, United States · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Petco Park

    Petco Park is a ballpark in San Diego, California. It is the home of the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball.

    2.7 km · stadium in San Diego, California · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    University of San Diego

    The University of San Diego is a private Catholic research university in San Diego, California, United States. Chartered in 1949 as the independent San Diego College for Women and San Diego University, the two institutions merged in 1972.

    5 km · private university in San Diego, California, United States · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    SeaWorld San Diego

    SeaWorld San Diego is a theme park in Mission Bay Park in San Diego, California. It is a marine mammal park, oceanarium, public aquarium, and marine animal rehabilitation center.

    7.1 km · theme park · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Balboa Park

    Balboa Park is a 1,200-acre historic urban cultural park in San Diego, California. Placed in reserve in 1835, the park's site is one of the oldest in the United States dedicated to public recreational use.

    1.8 km · historic park in San Diego, California · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Diocese of San Diego

    The Diocese of San Diego is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Southern California, United States. Its ecclesiastical territory includes all of San Diego and Imperial counties.

    4.9 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Snapdragon Stadium

    Snapdragon Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in San Diego, California, located on the campus of San Diego State University. It is the home of the San Diego State Aztecs football team of the Pac-12 Conference, San Diego FC of Major League Soccer, and San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League.

    7.1 km · stadium at San Diego State University · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    San Diego–Coronado Bridge

    The San Diego–Coronado Bridge, commonly referred to as the Coronado Bridge, is a prestressed concrete/steel girder fixed-link bridge crossing over San Diego Bay, linking San Diego with Coronado, California. It is signed as part of State Route 75.

    5 km · bridge that goes through San Diego-Coronado · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Cabrillo National Monument

    Cabrillo National Monument is a U.S. national monument at the southern tip of the Point Loma peninsula in San Diego, California. It commemorates the landing of Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo at San Diego Bay on September 28, 1542.

    9.5 km · National Monument of the United States and historic district · Wikipedia

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Go there

Getting to Bankers Hill, San Diego

Airports
San Diego (SAN), 2 km · General Abelardo L. Rodriguez (TIJ), 28 km · John Wayne Orange County (SNA), 124 km
Stations
San Diego International Airport, 3.3 km · San Diego Bay, 9.6 km · Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport, 9.7 km
  • Santa Ana → Bankers Hill, San Diego
    3485 km · quickest by air, 14h 28m · $750–1,120
  • Palm Springs → Bankers Hill, San Diego
    135 km · quickest by road, 3h 10m · $16–22
  • Long Beach → Bankers Hill, San Diego
    150 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · $14–19
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Bankers Hill, San Diego

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bankers Hill, San Diego. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundIf you're more adventurous, you might be able to hire a Water Taxi to get to and from waterfront hotels, shopping centers, and restaurants along the bay in Downtown and Coronado.
  • Go nextCoronado is a lovely little city that lies on a peninsula just across the bay, accessible from downtown by a ferry ride (departs from the Broadway Pier and the Convention Center) or by driving just a bit south of Downtown to get to the Bay Bridge.

From Wikivoyage: San Diego/Downtown, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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Around it

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Bankers Hill, San Diego is 2 km from San Diego, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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