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Lands End Trail

2/6/2013

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Today's have-to-get-out-and-move hike started off at the trailhead descending from Louis' Restaurant (first pic), passing the "Merrie Way" steps that lead up to the lower parking lot overlook (127 steps, second pic). 

Continued to the cavetop viewspot (third pic: steps shown here no longer in use) to the westernmost trailhead for the Coastal/Lands End Trail. These steps were extended in 2009 and have about 141 total steps (pix 4, 5). Here they're called the Sutro Baths Upper Trail (sixth pic: at the top).  

One can also climb to the VA Hospital picnic area steps and the connectors for the El Camino del Mar Trail and uppermost stairs to the west end of the Legion of Honor Museum's parking lot. However, today for a change just stayed on the main trail, passing the steps to the upper parking lot overlook, then the top of the long Mile Rock Beach stairway.

The second main Lands End Trail stairway was what I call the "Painted Rock" steps. From the top of these (with the two stone benches alongside: pics 7 and 8, about 138 steps), the third stairway descends (next two pics: about 116 steps). 

Continued to the trail's east end (next pic), then down the Lincoln Park steps (52: last pic) that are still tiled only at the top benches. 


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Louis' Restaurant left, Cliff House behind it
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Foot of steps to Lower Parking Lot Overlook
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Cavetop Viewspot. Steps here unsafe; not in use
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West trailhead for Coastal Trail/Lands End Trail
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Upper Sutro Baths Trail up from Cavetop
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Top of Upper Sutro Baths Trail
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"Painted Rock" steps
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"Painted Rock" stairway
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Steps down the east side
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East side
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East side
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Top of Lincoln Park steps, end of California St.
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