Sharing some recent Presidio scenery and stairs, first starting down Lover's Lane (first pic) into the park from Presidio Blvd. on the east side.
-- Second pic: Part of Andy Goldsworthy's Wood Line installation, center, just off Lover's Lane.
-- Moving west, third pic.
-- Pics 4 and 5: Foot of the steps (69) on the west side of El Polin Springs. Climbing these to the Ecology Trail: pix 6, 7, 8, 9.
-- Continuing up: Ecology Trail through a forested part, pic 10.
-- Old wood steps (45) from Ecology Trail up to Inspiration Point Overlook (off Arguello), pics 11, 12, 13.
-- Pic 14: Marine Cemetery Vista Memorial stairs (103), west side of Park Presidio Blvd. up from 14th Avenue/Wyman to the boardwalk, memorial plaque, and benches, out to Battery Caulfield Rd.
-- Pics 15, 16, 17: Connector Trail, 208 wood steps down from Immigrant Point Overlook to Lincoln.
-- Crossing Lincoln and starting down from Lincoln for the Batteries to Bluffs Trail (473 or so wood steps, not counting the 16 or so up to Battery Crosby at the top of the main stairway), west to east, pix 18 through 24. This is San Francisco's longest stairway. The railings on the steep west side were a later addition.
Last one is looking down from Lincoln at people on the BTB's View Point overlook.
Another long stairway that can be accessed from Lincoln nearby (or from Baker Beach at its foot) is the infamous Sand Ladder (often difficult to count the steps as some may be buried underneath the sand -- but at least 250).
-- Second pic: Part of Andy Goldsworthy's Wood Line installation, center, just off Lover's Lane.
-- Moving west, third pic.
-- Pics 4 and 5: Foot of the steps (69) on the west side of El Polin Springs. Climbing these to the Ecology Trail: pix 6, 7, 8, 9.
-- Continuing up: Ecology Trail through a forested part, pic 10.
-- Old wood steps (45) from Ecology Trail up to Inspiration Point Overlook (off Arguello), pics 11, 12, 13.
-- Pic 14: Marine Cemetery Vista Memorial stairs (103), west side of Park Presidio Blvd. up from 14th Avenue/Wyman to the boardwalk, memorial plaque, and benches, out to Battery Caulfield Rd.
-- Pics 15, 16, 17: Connector Trail, 208 wood steps down from Immigrant Point Overlook to Lincoln.
-- Crossing Lincoln and starting down from Lincoln for the Batteries to Bluffs Trail (473 or so wood steps, not counting the 16 or so up to Battery Crosby at the top of the main stairway), west to east, pix 18 through 24. This is San Francisco's longest stairway. The railings on the steep west side were a later addition.
Last one is looking down from Lincoln at people on the BTB's View Point overlook.
Another long stairway that can be accessed from Lincoln nearby (or from Baker Beach at its foot) is the infamous Sand Ladder (often difficult to count the steps as some may be buried underneath the sand -- but at least 250).
1. Lovers Lane into the park from Presidio Blvd./Pacific
2. Wood Line, center. Just off Lovers Lane in Presidio Forest
3. Moving west near Mountain Lake Trail
4. Up to Ecology Trail from El Polin Springs
5. To Ecology Trail from El Polin Springs
6. To Ecology Trail/Inspiration Point Overlook from El Polin Springs
7. Looking east, down to El Polin Springs
8. This is a newer stairway. The shorter, older one on El Polin's southeast side has been covered up.
9. Top of the steps
10. Through a forested part of the Ecology Trail
11. Ecology Trail up to Inspiration Point Overlook
12. Down to Ecology Trail from Inspiration Point Overlook
13. 45 steps down from Inspiration Point Overlook
14. Stairway to Marine Cemetery Vista Boardwalk and Overlook
15. Connector Trail's footbridge. Immigrant Point Overlook down to Lincoln.
16. Connector Trail's bench. Trailheads for Batteries to Bluffs & Sand Ladder across Lincoln below.
17. Cross the street for two more long stairways
18. Short trail to Battery Crosby; Batteries to Bluffs trailhead at Lincoln
19. Battery Crosby ahead
20. Beginning Batteries to Bluffs Trail on west side down from Battery Crosby
21. Batteries to Bluffs continuing down the west side
22. View from Batteries to Bluffs Trail, moving west to east
23. East side
24. View from Lincoln: View Point, center, on Batteries to Bluffs Trail
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