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Longest Sausalito

8/23/2016

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Up from Caledonia, soon reaching the first couple of steps and railed uphill ramp of Bee Street: first pic 

Then the stairs start, a couple more flights  not shown on Google Maps. They’re through stairways though, easily seem from the street, but no street signs: 2, 3, 4, 5

The last flight has been improved from when I first discovered it several years ago: It turns at the top at the side of a home. Then you continue uphill a short distance to Cazneau. Bee: 6, 7, 8

At Toyon Lane, stopped my ascent at the top of the last block of Laurel Lane, the only part of it that’s vehicle-accessible, pic 9, 10 

Down to the top of the longest Sausalito stairway I’ve had the pleasure to climb: 300 steps.
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136 steps down is a single wood bench.

The foot of it is at Woodward. Laurel Lane’s stairs:  11 thru 21

Locust has 59 all-wood steps down to a super steep street, at the foot of which are a few more steps:  22 thru 26

Meandering, enjoying:  27 thru 32, and back to the ferry landing:  last one. 


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1 A railed ramp, then steps
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2 Bee St.
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3 Top of the first flight
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4 Up the second flight
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5 Now the third
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6 Top of the third
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7 Top of stairs to right
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8 Continuing up to Cazneau
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10 Down to the top of the Laurel stairs
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11 Starting down
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12 300 steps
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14 136 down to the bench
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21 Down to Woodward
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22 59 for Locust
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25 Love the sign
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Athens Greenspace

8/22/2016

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For this, the #54 bus; waiting for it across the street from the Balboa Park BART.

The #54 climbs up the Excelsior neighborhood. Disembarked at Athens directly across the street from the Athens Avalon Greenspace, a beautiful gardenspot not visited in a while. 99 steps to Valmar Terrace: 1 thru 8

Downhill a little so I coild do another old stairway, this up from Peru with 77 steps to Valmar: 9, 10, 11

At the top, a few blocks south to Burrows St. that runs alongside McLaren Park. 

Entered the park from Burrows, passing thru a small playground that was being renovated last time I was there:  12, 13

Up from the road, on and offtrail. Mostly in the company of gorgeous trees, on my way to Mansell for the #29 bus that runs E-W thru the park: 14, 15, 16

This is a huge park, third largest in San Francisco after the Presidio and Golden Gate Park. 

Didn’t pass any of the Philosopher’s Way markers this time.

Mansell is in the process of becoming more pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly. But the same #29 bus stop is still here at John F. Sheltey & Mansell:  17. 18, 19


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1 Athens Avalon Greenspace
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8 About 99 steps
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9 Peru steps up to Valmar
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12 Ramped entrance to playground from Burrows
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13 JERRY DAY poster on playground bulletin board
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14 Into a forested area
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17 Mansell runs W-E thru the park
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19 The #29 bus stop is still here at John F. Shelley & Mansell
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Good Connections

8/21/2016

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Diamond Heights Blvd. needs crosswalks, speedbumps, and a pedestrian skyway for those crossing  into Glen Canyon Park (first pic). Vehicles just keep coming and the street is steep and curvy. 

Crossing just above the 37 older Elk steps: 2, 3, 4, 5

A short distance from here, rising from the main eastside trail, newer steps start up. The first flight, the longest, leads to a short dirt stretch - 133 steps to some rocks: 6 thru 14

Following this trail, connected me with another 34 steps: 15 thru 23

Another short, narrow dirt stretch, and 17 more newer wood steps: 24 thru 33

This connects with the main eastside stairway that climbs to Christopher Park in Diamond He9ights - 77  steps up to the viewbench and 92 steps total for this last flight: 34 thru 53  

So for these connecting steps-and-dirt-trails: 133 + 34 + 17 + 92 for a total of 276 for this particular route. 


You can try other connectors; for example, one trail I like down from the dead-end of Crags Court in Diamond Heights (at the garden) curves down to the main trail with 184 steps.  


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1 Diamond Heights Blvd needs crosswalks
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2 Starting down the Elk steps
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4 37 steps
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6 Starting up the first flight
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7 133 steps for the first flight to a short dirt trail section
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15 Continuing to some rocks
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28 More steps ahead
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33 Connecting with the main stairs down from Christopher Park
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34 Going up now
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35 View south
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36 View west
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38 The short fence sections are a newer addition
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44 Diamond Heights homes in distance
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45 77 steps up to the virebench
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47 The viewbench
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49 A higher trail out from the bench
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50 Trail to east of bench connects also
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51 O'Shaughnessy and Mount Davidson across
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52 92 steps for the main stairs down from Christopher Park
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53 Canyontop at Christopher Park, Diamond Heights
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