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China Beach Viewsteps

3/21/2015

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Winding around San Francisco’s Seacliff neighborhood, a short distance to the beach area (first pic) from where I started at 29th Ave. & California, the main stairway down has 104 steps: 1 thru 10.

From the foot, an additional 20 wood and old concrete steps down to the sand on the west side: 11, 12.

On the beach: 13, 14.

There are also 21 separate concrete steps down to the sand (pic 15), 20 up to the observation deck (pic 16), and 20 more down from the upper deck back to the foot of the long stairway (pic 17). The showers are closed now due to the water shortage.

From here, winding a few blocks to the west on El Camino del Mar (pic 18) will take you to Land’s End's east trailhead. 

East to west on the main Land’s End/Coastal Trail: 19 thru 25.

Trail I like just below the golf course (especially during blackberry season): pic 26.

Connector stairs from Coastal Trail/Land’s End Trail up to El Camino del Mar Trail, 89 steps: 27, 28.

El Camino del Mar Trail footbridge: 29, 30 (just before stairway up to west end of Legion of Honor parking lot). 

El CamIno del Mar Trail view down to second overlook on the Coastal Trail, pic 31.

Upper parking lot overlook: top of stairway down to Coastal Trail from west end of El Camino del Mar Trail, about 59 steps: last two.

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1. Top of stairs, right
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2. "Since Gold Rush times, this cove was used as a campsite by many of the Chinese fishermen... "
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3. Top of the steps
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4. 104 steps for the main stairway
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5. Nice spot for a bench!
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6. Starting down
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7. See what I mean by "viewsteps"?
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8. Bench under a tree
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9. Green and wildflowers on both sides
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10. Foot of the main stairway
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11. This way to the beach
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12. 20 steps down to the sand
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13. Looking up from the beach
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14. View to the east
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15. More steps descend to the beach
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16. 20 steps up
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17. Upper deck down to foot of the main stairway
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18. Up to El Camino del Mar, Seacliff neighborhood
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19. Now at Land's End near Eagle's Point Overlook
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20. Center is China Beach from Land's End Trail
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21. Presidio and China Beach from Land's End
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22. View from near foot of east stairway on the Land's End Trail
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23. View east from Coastal Trail
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24. About 120 steps for the east stairway, continuing on the Land's End Trail
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25. About 138 steps for the "Painted Rock" steps down the west side
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26. Trail just below the golf course
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27. Connector steps between Coastal Trail and El Camino del Mar Trail
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28. About 89 up to El Camino del Mar Trail
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29. El Camino del Mar Trail
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30. El Camino del Mar Trail
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31. Looking down at the second overlook
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32. Steps down to first overlook
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33. East from this overlook to the El Camino del Mar Trail
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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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