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East Moraga and Grandview

8/31/2015

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This, a climb up the east Moraga steps thru Grandview Park in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Heights neighborhood, started at 12th Ave. and Judah, a steepish ascent. Saw another one of those neighborhood book exchanges on 12th while trudging up: first pic. 

At Funston looms the foot of the east Moraga steps: 2, 3.  

These east steps (197 steps total from Funston to the top of the stairs in the park) cross a couple of curvy streets on the way to Grandview Park, the city’s tallest dune. Mount Sutro is photogenically across to the east: 4, 5, 6, up the first part. 

A divided-street stairway (14th Avenue) on the way up, counted as continuing: 7 thru 11.

Up the east side of the hilltop park: 12 thru 20. Google Maps tells us this stairway is called Encinal Walk. 

At the summit are seven more steps if you go round the south side:  21, 22, 23.

Starting down the west side now: 144 zigzaggy steps with a couple of built-in benches: 24 thru 35.

At the foot of the park is another divided-street stairway (15th Avenue), this one now with added railings. Counted it separately from the park’s ziggy-stairs (28 steps down): 36, 37.

— Posting the rest of the pix from this hike into a part 2 as I continue downhill on the west Moraga tiled steps, then down the Hidden Garden Steps a couple of blocks away. Upcoming —  

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1. A neighborhood book exchange on 12th Avenue
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2. Looming ahead at Moraga and Funston
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3. It sez "Moraga St. Golden Gate Heights"
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4. Starting up the first part
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5. The first part of the east Moraga steps
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6. Top of the first part, Moraga east
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7. Divided street on the way up: 14th Ave.
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8. Mount Sutro's Forest Knolls neighborhood in distance
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9. Dividing 14th Avenue, Moraga east
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10. Upper and lower 14th Ave.
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11. Mount Sutro eye candy from 14th Ave.
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12. Foot of Grand View Park at 14th Ave.
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13. "Encinal Walk" on Google Maps
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14. 14th Ave. below
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15. Continuing up the east Moraga steps
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16. Top of the stairs
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17. Golden Gate Park, left
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18. Grand View Park on the east side
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19. A few wood steps at the top
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20. Looking own and across before moving on
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21. Amazing views from up here
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22. There are north and south trails that circle around
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23. Seven more steps round the south side
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24. Top of westside steps ahead
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25. Top of the zigzag steps
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26. Starting down the west side
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27. The top bench and trail around to the north
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28. Difficult to get up from this viewspot and continue on
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29. The trail circles to the north
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30. 144 steps
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31. Looking back up
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32. Down to 15th Ave.
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33. Second bench
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34. Below the park and these steps the Moraga/16th tiled stairway starts down
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35. Park trees from the foot
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36. 15th Avenue upper and lower
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37. Railings now
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