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Berries to Bluffs

5/31/2014

Scored a decent amount of ripe-enough earlyberries on this trek that started just west of the bridge (second bridge area stop for the #28), passing the Golden Gate Overlook and over to the Batteries to Bluffs east trailhead (pic 1).

All wildflowers are a delight to behold, but this time especially blown away by a bunch of yellow ones blanketing the slopes around here. Can anyone tell me the name of this beauty? The clusters on the bushes are made up of several tiny daisy-like flowers.

The BTB as she looks now, 473 or so steps, pix 2 thru 21. A foggy, windy day.

Continuing uphill from Lincoln after the BTB, after reaching the top of the Connector Trail (208 steps, pic 22) at Immigrant Point Overlook, crossed to the recent Anza Trail extension (23, 24, 25) and down to Compton/Washington/Hunter Road. Pic 26 shows one of the new trail additions that passes close to the residences so one doesn’t have to walk on the street. There are speed bumps and crosswalks in the neighborhood as well.

Pic 27 is the Presidio Forest, its upper part just off Battery Caulfield Road. There’s thick sand underfoot with some tree roots to use as steps at times. At its foot on the westside is the south end of the Lobos Creek Valley Trail/Boardwalk, a restored coastal dunes habitat.

Soon crossing Battery Caulfield Road and up to the Marine Cemetery Vista Overlook. The stairway down the east side has 90 steps. I count the partially stepped boardwalk for 14 more: pix 28, 29.

During a recent Mountain Lake walkaround noticed new fencing and gates (last pic); still hoping for some eastside replacement benches.

1. Batteries to Bluffs east trailhead

2. Eastside down

3. Winding around

4. Around to View Point

5. Marshall's Beach from View Point

6. Marshall's Beach below

7. Continuing west

8. 473 or so steps for the main trail

9. Midtrail

10. Lands End upper right corner

11. What is this plant?

12. Marshall's Beach Trail below

13. Fog and wildflowers

14. Starting up the west side

15. Westside steps continue up

16. Another railinged section

17. Steeply up to Battery Crosby

18. Looking down from the westside

19. Near the west trailhead

20. Top at Battery Crosby

21. 16 or so steps down from Battery Crosby on the west side

22. The Connector Trail climbs to Immigrant Point Overlook

23. New trail segment. Rob Hill Campground to left.

24. Rob Hill Campground above, right

25. New steps

26. Hunter Rd./Compton/Washington. New trail near homes.

27. Presidio Forest off Battery Caulfield Rd.

28. Marine Cemetery Vista boardwalk

29. Wyman Ave. and residences to right

30. New fencing and gates, Mountain Lake

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Stairway Googles

5/21/2014

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Sausalito’s El Monte Lane is a very visible major stairway (120 steps, first four pix) up from Bridgeway, but unlike Excelsior Lane (179 steps) a block or so down Bridgeway, El Monte is not shown as a kind of line (to mark a non-vehicle street) at all on Google Maps. It’s only when you input the street name directly as a search that it will be pointed out to you; there’s this blank spot between buildings under the red-pointer-with-black-dot on Maps view.

The Santa Rosa to Spencer stairway, a favorite, is a good long one but there’s no line to mark it on the Maps section.

So you can’t always depend on Google Maps when it comes to pinpointing stairways. Oak St. can’t even be located by searching its name, but it does have a street sign at its foot. This one climbs from West & Central to Crescent.

For Noble Lane up from Atwood, there’s no indication that it’s a through stairway, but you can input the name and get its location. Its foot shows up well on Street View but there's no street sign.

“Maple” shows up as an actual street from Bridgeway to Woodward, but it’s a stairway.

Some you can see the tops or bottoms of on Street View if there aren’t too many trees. You can’t always be sure if these are just steps up or down to a residence from the foot or top though, especially if the stairway turns.

Went to do a recount of the Bee St. steps as I hadn’t counted the continuations of it after the first flight. Had seen the two other sections as separate shorter ones up from the street I was on.

So yeah, Bee (30 or so for the first flight, with a railed incline at its foot to start, pics 5 through 8), continues up with more across the street at Girard (pic 9).

The last of the three flights was one I’d wandered up a few months ago, finding it through and counting it as a separate flight (pix 10, 11) up from the vehicle street I’d been on at the time. The steps have been improved upon since I was up there last. It comes out at a house’s parking space (pic 12), 148 steps total. After reaching its top, you still need to climb a short but steep concrete stretch from the residence to Cazneau, pic 13.

Pic 14: The thoughtfully placed bench partway up Laurel Lane.

Pic 15: The last, steep, block of Laurel Lane is a vehicle street. In this foto, the top of the 299 steps (longest found here so far) is at the center near the white cars.

Locust’s upper block that I descended this time is first a shady wood stairway with 60 steps (pix 16, 17), then a steep vehicle street in the middle, two short concrete stairways a few yards apart (13 or so for one of these, pic 18), and finally a couple more blocks of a regular street as one continues downhill.

About 29 steps descend to Girard from these homes just off Locust: 19, 20, 21.

A house on lower Glen, pic 22.

Parking spot near Santa Rosa on Harrison between the El Monte and Excelsior stairways: pic 23.

Down Excelsior Lane: Last three pix.

1. El Monte Lane starts up from Bridgeway

2. El Monte Lane

3. Bridgeway to Bulkley

4. 120 steps

5. Bee starts up from Bonita as a railed ramp

6. Foot of Bee

7. Up to Girard

8. Top of Bee's first flight up to Girard

9. Second flight up to Filbert

10. Up to Cazneau from Filbert

11. Top near Cazneau

12. Flagstones at top of stairs

13. Steep driveway up to Cazneau

14. Bench about halfway up Laurel Lane, 299 steps

15. Top of Laurel Lane's vehicle street. Top of steps down by the two cars, center

16. The wood stairway part of Locust

17. Foot of Locust's wood steps

18. One of two short stairways for Locust. These lead to a steep vehicle street.

19. Short stairway up from Girard

20. Homes on Girard with short stairway between

21. Short stairway between houses on Girard near Locust

22. Lower Glen

23. A parking spot on Harrison

24. Excelsior stairs at Harrison

25. Excelsior Lane near Harrison

26. Foot of Excelsior Lane at Bridgeway

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Beach Day

5/20/2014

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Some pix from a recent afternoon at the Presidio's Baker Beach: 1 thru 7.

And three long stairways above...

First, the infamous Sand Ladder that climbs from the beach to Lincoln Blvd. with about 253 steps: Pix 8, 9, 10.

Next, the nearby Batteries to Bluffs (473-ish steps): 11 thru 20.

Third one, ascending from Lincoln, the Connector Trail to Immigrant Point Overlook, 208 steps: 21, 22, 23, 24.

1. A trail down to Baker Beach

2. Beach wildflowers

3. Sea Cliff neighborhood, center; Lands End upper right

4. Beachpeople

5. Wading

6. A short stairway up just before the Sand Ladder

7. Large ship passing under the bridge

8. The Sand Ladder climbs to Lincoln Blvd.

9. Up from the beach

10. West trailhead for Batteries to Bluffs Trail is a short distance to left

11. East trailhead for Batteries to Bluffs Trail

12. Batteries to Bluffs eastside as seen from near Pacific Overlook

13. View from Pacific Overlook

14. Rocky offshoot trail to Marshall's Beach

15. Steps down to Marshall's Beach

16. The footbridge

17. Winding up the westside

18. Steep steps up the west side

19. Up to Battery Crosby, the BTB's west trailhead

20. Westside trailhead at Battery Crosby

21. Connector Trail up from Lincoln

22. Here starts the steep part

23. The Connector Trail after some rain

24. Winding up to Immigrant Point Overlook

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Cemetery Steps

5/19/2014

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The paved trail called Lovers Lane descends from the Presidio Blvd. Gate (southeast part of the park) at Pacific, first pic. Andy Goldsworthy’s Wood Line is just off the walkway, pix 2, 3.

Past the Lovers Lane footbridge (pic 4) onto a trail between two streets, and up a short stairway to the Main Post at Inn of the Presidio. Behind the Inn is the east trailhead for the lower Ecology Trail.

This shady trail soon merges into the upper Ecology Trail (pic 5) where you can either continue up to Inspiration Point Overlook or take the stairs down (69 steps, pics 6, 7) to visit El Polin Spring (8, 9), and up the accessible ramp on the west side (pic 10).

Pic 11: Bay Area Ridge Trail above Arguello Blvd.

After hoofing it offtrail a bit to the upper Park Trail (12 thru 15) continued up to the winding wood steps (about 98) that climb through the forest to the Cemetery Overlook (constructed 2009): 16 through 28

A view from the overlook: pic 29.

East from the overlook is an old, “wilder,” trail that’s another of my favorites, pic 30. If you love forested trails, check this beauty out sometime. It winds down to the Post Chapel. At the chapel, you can descend the stairs to the Main Post.

1. Lovers Lane starts down from Presidio Blvd. & Pacific

2. Andy Goldsworthy's "Wood Line" off Lovers Lane

3. Wood Line

4. Lovers Lane Footbridge

5. Upper Ecology Trail

6. Top of El Polin steps to Ecology Trail

7. Stairs down to El Polin Spring from Ecology Trail

8. El Polin Spring

9. El Polin Spring boardwalk

10. Accessible ramp up from El Polin Spring's west side

11. Bay Area Ridge Trail above Arguello

12. Park Trail

13. Park Trail

14. Park Trail

15. Park Trail

16. Foot of Cemetery Overlook steps at Park Trail

17. Cemetery Overlook stairs start up from Park Trail

18. Park Trail below

19. National Cemetery to the left

20. Up through the forest

21. About 98 steps

22. Midtrail

23. Climbing to the Cemetery Overlook

24. Winding up through the woods

25. A peaceful forest walk with accompanying birdsong

26. Looking back down from near the top

27. Cemetery Overlook ahead

28. Top of the stairs

29. Cemetery Overlook and view from

30. Cemetery to left. Beginning of trail that winds east through forest to Post Chapel

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Wild Roses

5/18/2014

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Found the west part of the Presidio's Battery East Trail to be temporarily closed due to construction. Looking down from the bike lane, the picnic area was closed off and both ends of the low-overhead tunnel blocked. Hope they leave the unique little tunnel unmolested.

A bit further along, however, the rest of the Battery East Trail was fully walkable. This is the curly concrete walk with the gorgeous bridgeview, now green and wildflowery. pic 1.

Down, then up again on the old wood stairway that descends to the west end of Crissy Field (153 steps), pix 2 through 14.

Near the top of the stairs are some fragrant wild roses, but most of them now decorate the beginning of the Presidio Promenade at the Andrews Road sign, pics 15, 16, 17.

At the end of this long-loved short trail that’s between two vehicle streets, continued south to the Crissy Field Overlook and down to the stables via the old wood pedestrian bridge (18), this area still unaffected by all the construction work still going on around it.

Passing the stables, up to the Park Trail where I discovered a third “Picturing the Presidio” installation by Lyle Gomes, this photo from 1991, pics 19 through 21. There are five more of these somewhere in the park for me to find.

1. Battery East Trail

2. Battery East Trail's stairway down to Crissy Field

3. Top of Battery East stairs

4. Wild roses alongside as I descend

5. 153 steps

6. Looking up to the top of the stairs

7. Old wood stairway down to Crissy Field Beach and the Warming Hut

8. Continuing down

9. Now green and wildflowery on both sides

10. Bridgetop view from the stairway

11. Another bridgetop view from the steps

12. The road to Fort Point below

13. Wood steps

14. Foot of the Battery East Trail stairs

15. This way to the trail called Presidio Promenade

16. This trail is between two vehicle streets

17. Wild roses and a bridgeview

18. Footbridge with stables beyond

19. "Picturing the Presidio" by Lyle Gomes at Park Trail

20. I found another one!

21. Park Blvd. and Park Trail

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Partial Sutro Stairwalk

5/17/2014

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San Francisco's Mount Sutro has several stairways with over 100 steps. The Medical Center Way stairs that ascend from behind the hospital buildings on Parnassus total about 136.

Farnsworth Lane: 149.

Around on the south, east, and west sides, the Forest Knolls neighborhood has Ashwood (109 steps), Blairwood (337), Glenhaven (167), and the longest, Oakhurst Lane (353-ish).

Ashwood Lane, pix 1 thru 7.

At the top of Ashwood Lane, Glenhaven Lane, my next to-do stairway, necessitated a short walk to the east: 8 thru 16.

At the top of Glenhaven was going to descend Blairwood Lane from its top at Crestmont. However, before reaching this got distracted by the rough dirt trailhead up into the forest from Christopher & Crestmont.

If those who so delight in destroying our beautiful, healthy trees want to do something really useful for once, I’ve long thought they should construct some stairs up this slidey trail for the convenience of us hikers (and Forest Knolls neighbors) to more easily access the forest’s trails. The Christopher trailhead is steep and I’d think they could easily construct steps without harming any trees, at least on the lower part. It’s short but seems steeper than the Crestmont trailhead several blocks to the west.

While hiking about in the forest certainly noticed lots of fallen logs and other dry forest debris from the so-called “management” of the forest lately.

Even though I’ve long fantasized about some new meandering, looping trails on the part of the mountain that looms over Laguna Honda Reservoir, that vast part that’s fenced in with the “No Trespassing” signs all over, I’d be afraid, after seeing all the tree-felling thus far, that those who'd currently be in charge of such trail extensions might not know when to quit. If there existed management dedicated to preserving and protecting the area, however, I’d think this could be done, using all the taxpayers’ money now being wasted on chopping down trees to instead get permission from the Water Dept. (etc.) and wind some scenic trails around up there.

Trails wandered today were parts of the Historic, the West Ridge (pic 17), the summit (pix 18, 19, 20), and down the East Ridge Trail (21, 22, 23).

From there along Medical Center Way on the pedestrian walkway, with views down to the Fairy Gates (pic 24), Edgewood, and (lower) Historic Trails, for my third long stairway of the day, the steps (pix 25 thru 31) descending from the parking lot to behind the medical buildings on lower Medical Center Way, and out to Parnassus.

1. 17 steps down from Clarendon and a walkway to start

2. Ashwood climbs between homes and a school

3. Ashwood Lane up to Warren in Forest Knolls

4. That's a school to the left

5. Nearing the top

6. Looking down from near the top of Ashwood

7. Top of Ashwood Lane

8. Glenhaven in distance at the end of Oak Park Dr.

9. Glenhaven Lane starts up

10. Stairway garden

11. Partway up

12. Glenhaven climbs to Christopher & Crestmont

13. Continuing up

14. Glenhaven gardensteps

15. Nearing the top

16. Sutro Tower from Glenhaven Lane

17. West Ridge Trail

18. Summit-time

19. Sutro's Summit

20. A summit trail

21. East Ridge Trail switchback

22. East Ridge Trail

23. East Ridge trailhead across from the Aldea Center

24. Fairy Gates Trail descends from Medical Center Way

25. Medical Center Way steps down from the parking lot

26. Stairway down behind UCSF medical buildings

27. Steps continue down

28. Behind the medical buildings is a stairway

29. Descending amongst wildflowers

30. Wood and wildflowers

31. Foot of the stairway at Medical Center Way

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Art on the Trail

5/5/2014

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So what’s Mountain Lake’s east side gonna look like when all the work is done in the area? New fencing was being built last time I did an around-the-lake stroll. New benches to replace the old ones? Very tame, this guy, a muscovy duck: first pic.

Above the Park Trail on the Bay Area Ridge Trail, past the Cemetery Overlook’s south entrance and onto the trail above Arguello where I happened upon two new art installations near the Spire. Didn’t know in advance where they’d be. Love outdoor artworks, especially unexpected sightings like this. As in a good hike anyway, and then something new and different along a familiar oft-traveled trail. Pix 2, 3; quoting below from:

http://www.presidio.gov/explore/Pages/Picturing-the-Presidio.aspx

“Picturing the Presidio is a multi-faceted public art installation by photographer Lyle Gomes, presented in partnership with the Presidio Trust …

For more than two decades, Gomes has captured emotive black and white images of the Presidio during a period of great transformation. Picturing the Presidio displays eight of his panoramic works along the trails where they were originally made, enabling viewers to consider the past, present, and future of key forest landscapes …

He began photographing the Presidio while it was still a military post. In 1994, amid the Presidio’s transition from post to park, he created The Presidio: a City Woodland, an exhibit of 48 images displayed at the Ansel Adams Center for Photography. Two decades later, he is returning to this subject through the Picturing the Presidio exhibit.”

Now I gotta keep an eye out for the other six.

Construction has finally been completed at the Pacific Overlook on Lincoln near Fort Scott. One can see part of the east Batteries to Bluffs Trail below from here, pix 4, 5, 6

Some recent stairway pix:

-- Continuing with Batteries to Bluffs pix (around 473 steps), below Lincoln: pix 7 thru 14. The Marshall's Beach Trail descends from the main Batteries to Bluffs with an additional 49 or so steps.

-- The now green Connector Trail, 208 steps. Lincoln up to Immigrant Point Overlook: 15 thru 25.

-- Marine Cemetery Vista Overlook with its high-backed benches, boardwalk and stairway, Mountain Lake Trail out to Battery Caulfield Road, around 103 steps: pic 26.

-- 69 wood steps connect from El Polin Spring to the upper Ecology Trail: 27, 28, 29.

-- From the trail up to Inspiration Point Overlook: 45 curvy older wood steps, last two pics.

1. Muscovy Duck, Mountain Lake

2. Bay Area Ridge Trail: "Footpath 2009"

3. Bay Area Ridge Trail: "Trail Fork 1990"

4. Batteries to Bluffs east trailhead in distance, center

5. From Pacific Overlook: Batteries to Bluffs east, right. View Point center.

6. Batteries to Bluffs east, center, from Pacific Overlook

7. Batteries to Bluffs east trailhead

8. Marshall's Beach Trail below

9. Marshall's Beach steps

10. Down to Marshall's Beach from Batteries to Bluffs Trail

11. Westside steps as seen from the footbridge

12. Up the west side

13. Batteries to Bluffs west

14. Nearing the top at Battery Crosby

15. Connector Trail from Lincoln up to Immigrant Point Overlook

16. Connector Trail starts up

17. Connector Trail's footbridge. Bench to left.

18. Across Lincoln below is trailhead for Sand Ladder to Baker Beach. Batteries to Bluffs trailhead right.

19. The trails are now photogenically green

20. Connector Trail up to Immigrant Point Overlook and Rob Hill Campground

21. 208 steps

22. Connector Trail continues up

23. Nearing the top

24. Top of the Connector Trail at Immigrant Point Overlook

25. Trailsign for the Connector at Immigrant Point Overlook

26. Steps to boardwalk and Marine Cemetery Vista Overlook

27. El Polin Spring to upper Ecology Trail

28. Down to El Polin Spring from upper Ecology Trail

29. Out to Ecology Trail

30. Upper Ecology Trail up to Inspiration Point Overlook

31. To Ecology Trail from Inspiration Point Overlook, off Arguello Blvd.

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Main Lands End Trail

5/4/2014

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Stairway fans, there are three long stairways on San Francisco's main Lands End/Coastal Trail, the lower trail most people take.

While there are several other stairways at Lands End, this hike counts the ones west to east on the main trail instead of my usual zigzags and detours.

However, first of all, to get over to the west trailhead for the Coastal Trail, aka Sutro Baths Upper Trail, descended a first stairway (128 steps) I call the “Merrie Way” steps because there used to be a street by this name in the area. It starts down from the lower parking lot overlook near the Lands End Lookout building. Pix 1, 2, 3.

At the foot of these, a trail climbs to the west trailhead for the Coastal Trail (pic 4). Several years ago there were around 20 original wood steps ascending from the Sutro Baths cavetop viewplace. In 2009 these steps were extended and now there are around 142 wood ones: 5 thru 18.

At the top of these is a sign for “Sutro Baths Upper Trail” and a winding paved walkway that was also added several years ago. This curves round to the north, then heads east, two Coastal Trail overlooks along the route.

Across from the first overlook a steep stairway ascends to the upper parking lot overlook (and the El Camino del Mar Trail), about 57 steps.

This time continued straight ahead on the Lands End Trail: pix 19, 20.

Passed the connector stairs up to the El Camino del Mar Trail and the top of the Mile Rock Beach steps, an up-n-back, about 262 down to the rocky beach.

About halfway along the main trail there's no avoiding the second long Coastal Trail stairway, this with about 137 wood steps. I’ve nicknamed it the “Painted Rock” stairs. This is the one with the two stone benches alongside: 21, 22, 23.

At the top of this, the third long Coastal Trail/Lands End stairway descends on the east side. This one’s been added onto in the last several years as well and now has about 120 varied steps: wood, log, and concrete: 24 thru 28.

Continuing (pics 29, 30) out to the east park exit, passing the renovated Eagles Point Overlook; at the benches now are dozens of those small flags in several colors that indicate new plantings.

Out of the park, directly across the vehicle street, and onto a sandy trail just below the east edge of the Lincoln Park golf course. A short walk to the south will take you to a stairway (tiled at its top benches only so far, 52 steps) that descends to 32nd Ave. & California in the Outer Richmond neighborhood. Last two pix.

1. Descending from the lower parking lot overlook

2. Sutro Baths Ruins below

3. The steps lead to a trail

4. Trail to the cavetop viewplace

5. West trailhead for the Coastal Trail

6. Coastal Trail / Sutro Baths Upper Trail

7. Trailhead, Coastal Trail

8. Sutro Baths Upper Trail

9. Sutro Baths Upper Trail

10. Coastal Trail

11. Nice view...

12. Cavetop viewspot below

13. Midtrail

14. Iceplant offtrail

15. Sutro Baths Upper Trail

16. Don't go there

17. Trail turns

18. Near top of Sutro Baths Upper Trail

19. Main Lands End Trail

20. A few log steps

21. "Painted Rock" steps

22. First stone bench along the stairway

23. Continuing up

24. Down the east side

25. East stairway, Coastal Trail

26. Various types of stairs on the east side

27. An eastside view

28. Looking back

29. Some newer additions at the end

30. Continuing east

31. Hiking down here not advised

32. Lincoln Park stairway top bench

33. Hoping to be tiled: Lincoln Park stairs down to 32nd Ave.

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Twin Peaks Spring Beauty

5/3/2014

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Twin Peaks hike pix continued … Part 2. This was a long trek with a lot of fotos, so making it two posts.

Eureka Peak's northside is the only one of the peaks stairways that has less than 100 steps (about 83). The other three peaks-stairs each have more than 100. It can be crowded on these four stairways, a huge tourist attraction even on weekdays.

The south side of Noe Peak has the most stairs, pic 1, 2

North side of Noe Peak, pic 3

South side of Eureka Peak: 4, 5, 6

North side of Eureka Peak, pic 7

From the trail just off Twin Peaks Blvd. (reached from the top of the stairs up from Crestline): 8 thru 13

View west for Sutro Tower with Midtown Terrace below, pic 14. Hikers can step over the guardrail on the west side for a certain much used old trail down to Midtown Terrace at Marview. Cross the street for another trail that circles around the tower; watch out for mountain bikers. Continue down to Clarendon. Cross carefully over two-way, winding Clarendon for access to Mount Sutro Forest’s delightful trails.

Midtown Terrace neighborhood below with view south to Mount Davidson, pics 15, 16

At the main viewplace: Last three pix.

1. Noe Peak's southside steps

2. Noe Peak, south side

3. Noe Peak, north side

4. Eureka Peak south

5. Eureka Peak's south stairway

6. South Eureka Peak

7. Eureka Peak North

8. Top of the eastside steps up from Crestline. Twin Peaks Blvd. and hikers' trail.

9. View north from Twin Peaks Blvd.

10. Looking south, Twin Peaks Blvd.

11. Crestline below from Twin Peaks Blvd.

12. View north and east

13. Hiking trail off the Blvd.

14. The layered look. Sutro Tower with Midtown Terrace below.

15. Midtown Terrace below. Mount Davidson beyond, center.

16. Mount Davidson in distance, center

17. From the main viewplace

18. Twin Peaks Park's main viewspot

19. A view of the whole world

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Twin Peaks Stairway

5/3/2014

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A somewhat “hidden” stairway that some San Francisco stairway walkers may not be familiar with is Vista Lane, about 261 steps.

Now at the foot of each of the two highest flights have been added the words “Twin Peaks Stairway” in white paint on the concrete steps — so now it’s got two names. This can be seen between Parkridge and Crestline: the last stretch.

There are no street signs for Vista at either end but it’s a public, through, series of short and long stairways that continues up to the park.

At the top it swoops down right at the 37 Corbett/Twin Peaks’ #74 Crestline bus stop: pic 1. The driver usually calls out “Twin Peaks.”

It starts down below with a couple of short stairways a few yards apart up from Burnett (cross-street Hopkins), and continues to Crestline. You can take either of these (one has about 30 steps (pic 2); the one I took this time, 40 steps, pic 3).

At the top of either of these, just look for the next stairway up, a longer one. Counted ‘em separately this time: 40 (top, pic 4); 62 (pic 5, to Gardenside), 35 (pic 6), 55 (7, 8, 9, up to Parkridge), 20 and 49 (pix 10, 11, 12, Parkridge to Crestline) for 261 total (only counting one of the two that start up from Burnett).

The next actual vehicle street up from Burnett is Gardenside, the next Parkridge, and the last Crestline, so about three blocks’ worth. At Parkridge it zigs slightly south before continuing to Crestline.

Directly across the street at Crestline is an east trailhead into Twin Peaks Park with an infosign (pic 13), up to Twin Peaks Blvd. 93 steps: pix 14 thru 18.

You can also start this hike to the park further downhill at Clayton for more stairs: at the foot of the Pemberton stairway. Actually this time I disembarked at the bus stop directly in front of the Clayton/Corbett Garden, 36 steps, with Pemberton starting up across from the top of these.

Pemberton has 210 steps, also three blocks’ worth (Clayton to Villa Terrace (19, 20), Villa to Graystone Terrace (pic 21), and my favorite section, the older part: Graystone to Crown: 22, 23.

Top at Crown Terrace, pic 24.

Where the steppingstones used to be at the Crown Terrace dead-end for vehicles was a pile of fenced-in lumber due to construction work going on below. But there was room at the side of the fence for walkers to get through. This short pathway can be seen on Google Maps.

So out to Crown Court and Raccoon, and up to Twin Peaks Blvd. (pic 25). The curvy street across is Mountain Spring: pic 26.

At Twin Peaks Blvd., uphilled it to Burnett and hung a left (last pic) for a several-block walk south to the Burnett beginning of Vista Lane.

Continuing this hike with a separate post: "Twin Peaks Spring Beauty."