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