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111 for Strawberry

4/7/2015

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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.

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1. Top of the main steps
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2. Main stairs descend to left
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3. Wood and concrete with a curvy green railing
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4. North side of the falls
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5. Stow Lake's east side below
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6. The juiciest spot in Golden Gate Park
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7. Wood turns to concrete
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8. View of the falls to the right
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9. Stow Lake below
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10. A view from the east side of the hill
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11. Steep and uneven
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12. Curving down
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13. Boat rentals at the northside Boathouse, left and around
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14. 111 steps for the main stairway
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15. Foot and side of the stairs
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16. Foot of the south stairway
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17. Out again to the main stairway
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18. Love these flowers, whatever they are
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19. Huntington Falls: 110 feet high
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20. Footbridge above
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21. Foot of the falls
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22. Looking down from a footbridge
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23. At the foot of these is another bridge
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24. About 63 steps on the north side of the hill
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25. South side
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26. The much-photographed old stone bridge
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27. Crossing over
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28. The 1893 stone bridge across to the island
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29. About to climb Strawberry Hill
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30. A few steps up to a Strawberry Hill trail on the south side
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31. Widely spaced steps
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32. Strawberry Hill south trail
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33. Steps down
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34. The Golden Gate Pavilion on the east side
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35. 1976 gift from SF's sister city Taipei
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36. Steps up near the Pavilion area
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    I like meandering around on San Francisco's park trails and public stairways, sometimes taking photos, and enjoying nature and the outdoors.

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