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Lands End Secret Trails

6/1/2014

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Winding up through the forest to the Fort Miley area (pix 1, 2, 3), visited the boarded-up old octagon house, partially covered with graffiti (pic 4), including this interesting one on the north side (pic 5). 

Down the first 19 steps (pix 6, 7) from the west side of the VA Hospital parking lot to a short trail I’ve long claimed as my own. More steps will take you down to the Fort Miley buildings near the picnic area. 

Over to the top of the sandy zigzag trail to descend to the west trailhead for the El Camino del Mar Trail that’s accessible from the upper parking lot overlook: 8 thru 13. Passed the connector steps between the El Camino and the main Lands End/Coastal Trail, pix 14, 15.

The El Camino del Mar Trail’s footbridge is a good place to check for berries, pic 16. 

46 steps up to the Legion of Honor parking lot’s west edge (17, 18, 19). Onto a golf course sidewalk and around to another trail, one you wouldn’t realize was there unless you were already familiar with it. This short, “secret,” trail descends, at times steeply, alongside lots of blackberry bushes and can be seen well from the steps. 

It meanders out to partway down the eastside stairway (120-ish steps: 20 thru 28). 

Moving east on the Lands End Trail towards Eagles Point: pic 29. 

The renovated Eagles Point Overlook area at the park’s east trailhead now has a lot more of that new-plantings netting since my last visit, running down below the trail to a viewspot where people used to like to perch. Now they can’t.

Top of the Lincoln Park Golf Course stairway on the east side, down to the west dead-end of California Street near 32nd Ave. in the Outer Richmond neighborhood, last pic, about 52 steps. 

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1. Into the forest
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2. Climbing and winding
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3. Near the picnic area
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4. The Octagon House in the forest
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5. A John Steinbeck quote on the north side of the building
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6. Down from near the VA Hospital parking lot to a trail
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7. Down 19 steps to a trail above the old Fort Miley buildings
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8. Sandy trail down to El Camino del Mar Trail
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9. Sliding down in the sand
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10. Continuing down to the El Camino
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11. This comes out near the upper parking lot overlook
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12. Nearing the foot
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13. Foot of the sandy trail at the El Camino del Mar Trail
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14. Top of the connector stairs at the El Camino del Mar Trail
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15. Connector steps between the El Camino del Mar and Coastal/Lands End Trails
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16. Near east end of El Camino del Mar Trail
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17. Just past the footbridge, steps up to Legion of Honor parking lot
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18. Down to east end of El Camino del Mar Trail
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19. Top of stairs down from east end of Legion of Honor parking lot
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20. Trail descends from golf course to partway down eastside stairway
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21. Up from the trail to the east stairway
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22. About 120 steps down the east side on the Lands End Trail
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23. Heading east on the Lands End Trail
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24. Looking back as I descend
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25. Various kinds of steps
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26. Older steps
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27. Newer steps towards the end of the stairway
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28. Looking back up at the stairway, upper left corner
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29. I love this tree!
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30. Below Lincoln Park Golf Course, top of stairs down to dead-end of California St.
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Daphne
6/3/2014 08:57:00 am

Thanks for sharing these pics. This looks like a wonderful hike. Love the John Steinbeck quote and the "octopus tree" in Pic #6. Octopus trees, as we used to call them as kids, reminds me of my aunt and uncles house in Marin. There was a fantastically beautiful very large octopus tree behind the house with very long extensive "tentacles". The greenery along the trails is very beautiful also

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