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Part of Pacheco a Dirt Road

1/8/2015

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Up the short stairway behind the Forest Hill Metro Station (first pic), winding round a few blocks in the lower Forest Hill neighborhood, soon finding myself near the foot of the “grand” Pacheco stairway, pix 2, 3. 

Crossing Dewey over to the Edgehill Heights side for this short hike. 

27 wide steps-with-walk for Pacheco in the Edgehill neighborhood: 4, 5, 6, 7.

The stairs end at Vasquez and across the street there’s still that greenspace between two homes. So a part of Pacheco is one of the few remaining SF “dirt roads” if this short distance is indeed supposed to be a continuation of the street. Here’s one found from 2005 of Pacheco, pic 8. Current: 9, 10, 11.

At the top of this short trail, between the trail and lower Garcia, is a wide grassy spot between homes: 12, 13. 

Garcia’s a divided street. Counted three short stairways between its lower and upper parts: 14 thru 17. 

Up one of these and up this tall, narrow hill’s main street, Edgehill Way. Around to the right for the narrow west trailhead to Edgehill Mountain Openspace. Small, steep, unique, woodsy, pic 18.

Stopped at one of the three old benches (19, 20, 21) for some trailfood and out the other side of the little park, last pic. Still think they could use a stairway here. This leads to the top of Knockash Hill, a private road, downhill to Ulloa. 

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1. Steps behind the Forest Hill Metro Station
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2. The longer Pacheco stairway up into the Forest Hill 'hood
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3. Forest Hill's Pacheco center, distance, across Dewey
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4. Long bench near the Edgehill Pacheco steps
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5. Foot of the Edgehill Pacheco stairs
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6. 27 wide Pacheco steps
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7. View back to the much longer Pacheco stairway in Forest Hill
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8. THEN, 2005: Cross Vasquez and Pacheco continues up as a dirt trail
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9. NOW: Starting up the trail between Vasquez & Garcia on Pacheco
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10. "Dirt road" block-long stretch of Pacheco
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11. ... And I hope it stays this way.
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12. Then a wide space between homes out to Garcia
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13. At Garcia, looking back
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14. Divided Garcia
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15. Short stairways from lower to upper Garcia
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16. Homes on Garcia
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17. Up these steps on Garcia, then up Edgehill Way
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18. This is the west trailhead into Edgehill Mountain Park
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19. Love this old bench
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20. Looking down onto rooftops
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21. A peaceful forest on the south side
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22. Edgehill Mountain Openspace east trailhead
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