Telegraph Hill

A telegraph hill is a hill or other natural elevation, chosen as part of an optical telegraph system because of the relatively great distance between it and at least one other point, which it may observe or be observed from. In the 18th and 19th centuries, such points were in some cases in permanent use for commerce and public administration, and in others, identified in advance of need or as need arose, especially for command and control in military operations.

Telegraph Hill may also refer to:

England

• Telegraph Hill, a high point in the Haldon Hills, Devon
• Telegraph Hill, Dorset, a hill in the Dorset Downs
• Telegraph Hill in Claygate, a suburban village in Surrey
• Telegraph Hill, Barnet, in Childs Hill, a ward of the London Borough of Barnet
• Telegraph Hill, Lewisham, a conservation area, London
• Telegraph Hill, Hertfordshire, a nature reserve
• Telegraph Hill, Sussex, a prominent hill in West Sussex

United States

• Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, a neighborhood in San Francisco, California
• Telegraph Hill (Dukes County, Massachusetts), an elevation in Massachusetts
• Telegraph Hill (Hull, Massachusetts), a historic site in Plymouth County
• Telegraph Hill (Provincetown, Massachusetts), an elevation in Barnstable County
• Telegraph Hill (Sandwich, Massachusetts), an elevation in Barnstable County
• Telegraph Hill (Woods Hole, Massachusetts), an elevation in Barnstable County
• Telegraph Hill in Dorchester Heights, South Boston, Massachusetts