Strawberry Hill, surrounded by Stow Lake, is the highest elevation in Golden Gate Park. From the top of the hill at the reservoir, there are 111 steps down to the steppingstones at the foot of Huntington Falls. Uneven steps, both concrete and wood, with a curvy green railing on one side: 1 thru 15.
A south stairway has 39 steps and climbs to one of the short wood footbridges across the falls: 16, 17. Cross over back to the main steps.
The falls, a flowery bench, and the steppingstones at the foot: 18 thru 22.
Down the north side are 63 more steps, mostly older wood: 23, 24.
To get here, from the N-Judah Metro's 19th Ave. & Judah stop downhilled a couple of blocks to the park, then a short distance on one of the trails to the Stow Lake area, crossing over Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
Across the picturesque 1893 stone bridge (25 thru 29) and up a few steps for the trail that winds up the hill on the south side (30, 31, 32). Sat on a log partway up for lunch in the pleasurable company of several each squirrels, ducks, and other birds. Widely spaced wood steps down from here, pic 33 .
The Golden Gate Pavilion and nearby steps up: last three pix.
A south stairway has 39 steps and climbs to one of the short wood footbridges across the falls: 16, 17. Cross over back to the main steps.
The falls, a flowery bench, and the steppingstones at the foot: 18 thru 22.
Down the north side are 63 more steps, mostly older wood: 23, 24.
To get here, from the N-Judah Metro's 19th Ave. & Judah stop downhilled a couple of blocks to the park, then a short distance on one of the trails to the Stow Lake area, crossing over Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
Across the picturesque 1893 stone bridge (25 thru 29) and up a few steps for the trail that winds up the hill on the south side (30, 31, 32). Sat on a log partway up for lunch in the pleasurable company of several each squirrels, ducks, and other birds. Widely spaced wood steps down from here, pic 33 .
The Golden Gate Pavilion and nearby steps up: last three pix.
1. Top of the main steps
2. Main stairs descend to left
3. Wood and concrete with a curvy green railing
4. North side of the falls
5. Stow Lake's east side below
6. The juiciest spot in Golden Gate Park
7. Wood turns to concrete
8. View of the falls to the right
9. Stow Lake below
10. A view from the east side of the hill
11. Steep and uneven
12. Curving down
13. Boat rentals at the northside Boathouse, left and around
14. 111 steps for the main stairway
15. Foot and side of the stairs
16. Foot of the south stairway
17. Out again to the main stairway
18. Love these flowers, whatever they are
19. Huntington Falls: 110 feet high
20. Footbridge above
21. Foot of the falls
22. Looking down from a footbridge
23. At the foot of these is another bridge
24. About 63 steps on the north side of the hill
25. South side
26. The much-photographed old stone bridge
27. Crossing over
28. The 1893 stone bridge across to the island
29. About to climb Strawberry Hill
30. A few steps up to a Strawberry Hill trail on the south side
31. Widely spaced steps
32. Strawberry Hill south trail
33. Steps down
34. The Golden Gate Pavilion on the east side
35. 1976 gift from SF's sister city Taipei
36. Steps up near the Pavilion area
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