Chinese New Year Treasure Hunt
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At the dawn of the lunar New Year in San Francisco is a puzzle-solving adventure that will show you many under-explored sites and sights of the city. First one forms a team, picks a punny name, and then shows up on the day of the hunt. Then teams receive a packet of clues along with a street map. Teams must then figure out the clues and walk/run to various locations and answer a question to prove that they went to the spot. There are three levels of difficulty, each of which has different locations.
I’ve done this twice and had a lot of fun each time, and each time I learn something new. It usually is scheduled for just after the rainy season, but this does not always work out for the driest.
Image courtesy of Daza
The hunt for 2006 is on Saturday 11 February.
| Nearest Airport | SFO, OAK |
| Street Address | Starts/ends at Justin Herman Plaza |
| Cross-Street | The Embarcadero |
| Secondary Cross-Street | Market Street |
| Neighborhood | Downtown/Chinatown/Waterfront/NoMA/Financial District/Union Square/North Beach/Telegraph Hill |
| City | San Francisco |
| County, Parish, or Township | San Francisco |
| State, Province, or Region | California |
| Country | USA |
| ZIP or Postal Code | 94111 |
| Latitude | 37.79552 degrees |
| Longitude | -122.39545 degrees |
| Public Transit Information | Embarcadero BART and various SF MUNI. |
| Parking | Good luck. There is street parking with draconian meter rules, and a few pay garages. There is a large number of people that are in the city for the parade, so if you can, take public transit. |
| Contact E-mail Address | hunts@sftreasurehunts.com |
| Contact Telephone | 1-415-564-9400 |
| Contact Fax | 1-925-866-9597 |
| Official Website | http://www.sftreasurehunt.com/hunts/chinese_new_year/ |
| Related Website | http://www.ewind.com/~sftreasurehunt/huntbb/ |
| Admission Price | $40 day of hunt, $10 for kids 18 and under. Proceeds benefit the Hamilton Family Center. |
| Hours | 15:30-21:00 |
| Vegan Dining Options | No food served. Better bring some water though. |
| Wheelchair Access | San Francisco is a hilly town. If you're fit, and have a teammate who can climb things just in case you should be OK. Might want to contact the organizer thought to be sure, as the locations change each year. |
| Potential Hazards | Dehydration, tripping/falling, catching a cold if it rains |
| Special Events at Attraction | The event is concurrent with the New Year's Parade, though you won't see much of the parade except when you're scrambling across it. |
| Best Thing to See or Do Here | Running across the parade route |
| Last Visited | February 2006 |
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January 5th, 2006 at 19:50:20 -0500
[…] The yearly San Francisco Chinese New Year Treasure Hunt is real fun, and tickets just went on sale for the 11 February 2006 event. We so far have done better in the punny name category than the actual hunt. I hope it doesn’t rain this year either. […]