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7/5/2012

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Past the top of the Merrie Way stairway (128 steps: first pic) and up 41 newer wood Lands End steps (second pic) on the west side of the park to emerge near the USS SF Memorial. Instead of the Overlook here, continued up into the Fort Miley area on a paved trail, through a forest with pine cones underfoot and past the old Octagon house that's hidden in the woods. At the top of the trail, turned left to the Fort Miley ruins and up the more visible stairway of the two short ones here (22 steps for this first one) to a trail just above the ruins. Down from here on the first trail I'd planned to check for ripe blackberries today. This steep trail comes out at the west end of the El Camino del Mar Trail. 

Down the connecting trail (about 88 steps: third pic) from the El Camino to the main Lands End/Coastal Trail and east to the Painted Rock steps (66 to the first stone bench along the stairway; 102 to the second). About 138 steps for the Painted Rock (Coastal Trail) stairway to the top (fourth pic), where approximately 116 more steps descend on the east side: some wood, some concrete.

Just after starting down, stepped over the fence and up a minor trail to the north edge of the golf course. No hassles from golfers this time; stayed as close to the edge of the golf course as I could for the few yards to the top of another off-the-main trail where I've always had luck with berries. This one's narrow, overgrown, and slidey-steep (fifth pic). 

At the end climbed up a few feet from the trail to continue down the aforementioned easternmost stairway (last three pix).

Up five steps and out to the east trailhead for the park to cross over to a trail that's just below the east edge of the Lincoln Park golf course. Continued to the wide stairway with the tiled bench/wall at the top (52 steps) that descends to the west end of California St. at 32nd Ave. in the Outer Richmond.  
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Down from the Overlook
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Up to the Overlook
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Connecting El Camino del Mar with Coastal Trail
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Top of the Painted Rock stairway
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Starting down the east side
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Eastside stairway
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Wood part of the eastside stairway
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A view from foot of eastside stairway
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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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