I will be recouperating from a broken foot when we visit SF and was wondering if there is alot of walking and if it is hilly or flat. Thanks for any help.

Are you asking specifically about Alcatraz being hilly or flat? Definitely walking. Why not have a wheelchair for the tour? I'm in fine shape and sometimes wish I had one.

SF, itself is definitely hilly.

Check out "under considerations" and you will find some info that might help you decide what to do.

http://www.nps.gov/alcatraz/welcome.html

I assume you're asking specifically about Alcatraz...

It is hilly, and seeing it requires a good bit of walking, including up and down stairs. I don't know if wheelchairs are available for the tour...perhaps someone else can give specifics about that. But I would not attempt to walk around Alcatraz on a broken foot.

Good luck...

actually that would be "additional considerations"

We went on the Alcatraz tour recently. I'm in good shape and was huffing and puffing walking up the hills. I did see one woman pushing her husband in a wheelchair and it was a struggle for her. I wouldn't go with a broken foot either.

I could have sworn on my last trip there that I saw a small tram that was ferrying people up the main Alcatraz hill. I assumed it was provided for people with mobility problems.

There is walking involved on the island - but it's a self-guided tour so you should be able to move about at your own pace.

I imagine you'd do well on crutches assuming it's not the rainy season.

Yes, there was a cart to take people up the hill.

Yup yup, as people mentioned there is a cart that takes people up to the top that have limited mobility.

Is it like a golf cart? Thanks for all the help everyone.

No, I think it was a bigger 'cart' that would carry several people. You have to wait for them to take you - the website says the shuttle runs once an hour.