From Virginia turning onto Coleridge in the Bernal Heights neighborhood, north side of the hill, about a block over to where the Esmeralda steps start up on the south side of the street. First, though, on the north side of Coleridge is an attractive micropark with a view, a short slide, and benches: 1, 2.
The stairs don’t just start at Elsie (Esmeralda Corridor on Google Maps). Coleridge starts the Esmeralda stairway with short stretches of street in between steps. Bernal’s streets are narrower than streets in the rest of the city; the stretches between steps are more like a half block than a block.
Coleridge to Lundys Lane on Esmeralda is 61 steps: 3, 4, 5.
Next, Esmeralda Ave. is a short stretch of hilly street up to Prospect, pic 6.
At Prospect the steps (77 this time) start again and climb to Winfield. This is the location of the much loved minipark with the slides alongside the stairs: 7 thru 13.
From Winfield and the minipark to Elsie is another short length of street to ascend.
At Elsie starts the Esmeralda Corridor stairway up into Bernal Heights Park, with 121 steps for this section: 14, 15, 16.
The total stair count for Esmeralda, then, starting up from Coleridge, is 259.
Up to the park and round the west side (17, 18) to admire Bernal’s labyrinth: 19, 20, 21, 22.
Near the labyrinth two short stairways descend to Powhattan. Chose a longtime favorite to descend to Powhattan from the park, the Andover.
The Andover stairs turn about halfway down with steps that go up to someone’s house and other steps descending to the street. So around 59 for this stairway, continuing down (not counting the upper stairs to the residence): 23 thru 29.
The shorter Moultrie stairway next to the Andover is shown as a through trail on Google Maps.
Moultrie has just a dirt traIl when you first start down, then the steps. Here’s the what the top looks like, pic 30.
Foot of Moultrie at Powhattan: 31 thru 34.
The stairs don’t just start at Elsie (Esmeralda Corridor on Google Maps). Coleridge starts the Esmeralda stairway with short stretches of street in between steps. Bernal’s streets are narrower than streets in the rest of the city; the stretches between steps are more like a half block than a block.
Coleridge to Lundys Lane on Esmeralda is 61 steps: 3, 4, 5.
Next, Esmeralda Ave. is a short stretch of hilly street up to Prospect, pic 6.
At Prospect the steps (77 this time) start again and climb to Winfield. This is the location of the much loved minipark with the slides alongside the stairs: 7 thru 13.
From Winfield and the minipark to Elsie is another short length of street to ascend.
At Elsie starts the Esmeralda Corridor stairway up into Bernal Heights Park, with 121 steps for this section: 14, 15, 16.
The total stair count for Esmeralda, then, starting up from Coleridge, is 259.
Up to the park and round the west side (17, 18) to admire Bernal’s labyrinth: 19, 20, 21, 22.
Near the labyrinth two short stairways descend to Powhattan. Chose a longtime favorite to descend to Powhattan from the park, the Andover.
The Andover stairs turn about halfway down with steps that go up to someone’s house and other steps descending to the street. So around 59 for this stairway, continuing down (not counting the upper stairs to the residence): 23 thru 29.
The shorter Moultrie stairway next to the Andover is shown as a through trail on Google Maps.
Moultrie has just a dirt traIl when you first start down, then the steps. Here’s the what the top looks like, pic 30.
Foot of Moultrie at Powhattan: 31 thru 34.
1. Tiny park on Coleridge at Esmeralda
2. View north from Coleridge Minipark
3. Esmeralda stairs (center) start up from Coleridge
4. Esmeralda at Lundys Lane
5. Lundys Lane & Esmeralda
6. Lundys up to Prospect on Esmeralda
7. Prospect to Winfield minipark
8. Esmeralda steps and slides
9. Top of the double slides
10. Top of the Esmeralda slides
11. Whee!
12. Stairs alongside the slides
13. Esmeralda minipark at Winfield
14. Esmeralda Corridor starts up to the park from Elsie
15. Continuing up to Bernal Heights Park
16. Top of the steps at the park
17. A view west
18. Bernal Heights Park
19. Bernal's labyrinth
20. South side of the park
21. Near the Moultrie and Andover steps down
22. Fortunately no one has vandalized this one
23. Down from the park on the south side
24. Andover steps down to Powhattan
25. Partway down the steps are wood
26. All wood now down to Powhattan
27. Looking back up
28. Love the wide wood railings
29. Stairs turn right up to the park
30. Top of Moultrie, a dirt trail
31. Moultrie's foot at Powhattan
32. Moultrie is one street over from Andover
33. Love the second house up (white)
34. Moultrie's foot at Powhattan
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