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Bos to Por

2/12/2020

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Off the #44 O’Shaughnessy bus at Elk & Bosworth. Between Elk and the Bosworth entrance to Glen Park Rec. Center/Glen Canyon Park is this stairway down to a playing field:  1

On the west canyon floor trail. Lots of miner’s lettuce in the parks now:  2 thru 29

​The trail turns east and continues north: 30 thru 35

Up to a higher trail for a short distance. A favorite wildflower, yellow oxalis, is  showing up:  36, 37, 38

Back down, crossing the footbridge over Islais Creek: 39

Trail and steps to Portola Dr.:  40 thru  55

Down to in Ametyst in Diamond Heights:  56 thru 59

​Amethyst, Diamond Heights neighborhood:  60, 61, 62

​Twin Peaks from Diamond Heights 
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Holler

2/10/2020

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O’Shaughnessy Hollow is separated from Glen Canyon’s west side by winding O’Shuaughnessy Blvd. This spectacular viewspot is on Mount Davidson’s east side. 

Took the #36 Teresita to where Teresita connects with Marietta which curves to the east. 

Marietta is divided W-E by plantings and a few steps. Wind east a short distance and a dramatic view opens up. Trails and rocks and views across to Diamond Heights with Glen Canyon below.

Once there was a swing at the main tree here, but next time visited the swing had been removed. At  least the tree is still here.

Marietta east:  1 thru 7

The park and views from:  8 thru 40

Mount Davidson Park in distance: 41


Back out again and downhill on Marietta to steep Stillings, past Detroit (above the stairway) and Congo with views to the left (north) of where I was earlier: 42 thru thru 48

Continuing down to the Glen Park Rec. Center at the foot of Glen Canyon. Elk St. down from Bosworth is also steep: 49

Those of you who think there aren’t many children in San  Francisco these days apparently have never seen the nannies and parents, strollers, and little kids in the playground area and coming and going from this park.

Glen Park Rec. Center: 50, 51


The only stairway this time has 24 steps to a delightful enclosed N-S trail between Elk and the tennis courts, exiting near Chenery. Do not know the name of this plant lining the trail — love it: 52 thru 63

​Out of the ark at Elk near Chenery: 64, 65, 66

Chenery east to Diamond St. in the Glen Park 
neighborhood: 67 thru 75

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Pet Cem

2/8/2020

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Starting off at the second Bridge bus stop, crossing the pedestrian/bike bridge.  1 thru 7
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Used to take the steps all the way down to the foot of the row of batteries. Now this short stairway is blocked off. You can walk alongside the battery: 8 thru 12

Along the trail to the east and under the Bridge: 13 thru 21  

Bridgeviews: 22 thru 28

Down steeply to a picnic area: 29, 30, 31

From the picnic area, thru the low overhead tunnel: 32 thru  38

Out the other side, continuing east: 39 thru 42

The redone Battery East Trail to the stairway: 43 thru 52

Down 153 steps:  53 thru 64

At the foot of the steps you can go west to Fort Point or east for Crissy Field: 65

Behind some old buildings at west Crissy Field: 66 thru 71

Found the old Pet cemetery open and walkable, surrounded by a white picket fence. 

This is where Crissy Field Ave. merges into McDowell near the old stables and beneath Presidio Parkway: 72 thru 93

Across the street from the Pet Cemetery: 94


Up the paved street that’s now marked at the top for walkers and bicycles, closed off several years ago to vehicle traffic. Partway up is a bench with a view down to  Crissy Field where I’d just come from: 95 thru 105

At the top of this, Presidio Promenade has a couple of newer benches:  106 thru 116 

Continuing back towards the Bridge on the old Andrews Road, a delightful trail. A vehicle street (Long Ave.) is below and Lincoln above: 117 thru 128 

Back out to the Battery East Trail: 129 thru 135


Left to Battery East Overlook: 136, 137, 138

Back to the Bridge area just below Lincoln, looking down to the picnic area where I was earlier: 139, 140

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Popular

2/1/2020

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So many people on the Land’s End\Coastal (lower) Trail, even though I always hike it on a weekday. 

On the Coastal to where steps ascend to the El Camino del Mar (upper) Trail for the rest of it.

Starting at the 32nd Ave. bus stop, up the 52 Lincoln Park steps:  1, 2

North on the trail just below the golf course:  3

Two THENs (2009 and 2010)  and a NOW of Eagle’s PointOverlook:  4, 5, 6

Land’s End/CoastalTrail:  7 thru 10

Second stairway this hike — around 120 steps of various kinds up the east side:  11 thru 19

Third stairway: 138 steps down the west side:  20 thru 26

Continuing on the Coastal Trail:  27 thru 39


Fourth stairway, 89 steps to the El Camino del Mar Trail:  40, 41, 42 

El Camino del Mar Trail:  43 thru 47

Out to the upper parking lot overlook: 48 thru 54

Down past Fort Miley Forest to 48th Ave. & Geary for the 38R Geary bus where it rests at the end of its crosstown journey at the east edge of Sutro Heights Park:  55 thru 58


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Dragonfly Jan

1/31/2020

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Presidio’s Fort Scott neighborhood, heading east to the nursery:  1 thru 5

30 nursery steps:  6, 7

Old tile pathway:  8, 9

Trail from the nursery west to Fort Scott’s Dragonfly Creek footbridge:  10 thru 21

Not the best day to capture the charm of the old stone footbridge. A cloudy day would’ve been better. The steps and walkway were thick with leaves and eucalyptus fronds:  22 thru 40

Fort Scott neighborhood:  41 thru 48



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Some THEN photos from 2010 of the outdoor installations called Presidio Habitats. Hoped these would be permanent but this was not to be. Thought actual critters might choose to make one or more of these their homes. 

My favorites were from the Fort Scott area. Possible Great Blue Heron sightings:  49 thru 57
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Above Fort Scott’s Dragonfly Creek footbridge, a potential bat house: 58, 59, 60

Animal Estates Snag Tower designed for various wild things:  61, 62, 63

Western Screech Owl dwelling:  64
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Rib Hill Campground area —this  for red-tailed hawks:  65

Owl dome:   66

Gray Fox house on Park Trail:  67 thru 71

Park Trail American Robin housing:  72thru 77 


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Cem to Post

1/30/2020

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From the Arguello Gate, passing by the deforestation space that had caused me tome avoid the Spire area for a few months:  1 thru 5

At that time I’d walked past hills of wood chips and bare ground where a group of beautiful trees had been destroyed, said to be replaced by other trees in December.

This latest hike, in mid-January, took me past the depressing sight of still-bare ground. Not only that wide  space, but on the other side of the trail some trees here were also gone: 6

Glad to then be in an unmolested forest a bit further on: 7 thru 13

Crossing to the residences and National Cemetery Overlook: 14, 15

Into the forest on the far south side, above the overlook:  16 thru 22

This section of forest has been cleared somewhat also.

A peaceful place to log-sit for a bit. This isn’t a heavily traveled trail; encountered only one dog walker and her charges: 23 thru 47

Post Chapel and the forest above where I’d just come from: 48 thru 55

A THEN of a beautiful bench that was once in this area:  56

57 steps down to the Main Post:  57 thru 64

The old theater: 65

THEN — Officers’ Club before its huge makeover. Still miss the little gift shop that used to be here:  66

Officers'Club NOW: 67 thru 71


Next to the Officers’Club: 72

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of the former Pershing Hall before its makeover into In of the Presidio:  73, 74

NOW - Inn at the Presidio:  75, 76

THEN - 36 concrete steps, 2009: 77


NOW - 6 steps descend from the Main Post/Inn at the Presidio to the next street —and an old trail not taken in a long time:  78 thru 82

The old trail:  83, 84
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North end of Lover’s Lane: 85

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Rob Connect

1/28/2020

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Starting up at the Presidio’s 15th Ave. Gate, passing Lobos Valley Overlook and a now beautifully green section of forest on the left side of Battery Caulfield Road: 1 thru 4

But then couldn’t avoid the shocking sight of newly bared ground at the Marine Cemetery Vista Overlook area. Too much open space here now. Disturbing to look at: 5

Approaching Washington: 6, 7

Curving round on Washington: 8 thru 13

Immigrant Point Overlok: 14 thru 18 


Up into Rob Hill Campground: 19 thru 24

Partway along a favorite trail down from the Campground, east: 25, 26, 27

Back to Immigrant Point Overlook: 28 thru 32

Down 208 Connector Trail steps to Lincoln: 33 thru 47

East on Lincoln, Batteries to Bluff Trail below, west to east: 48 thru 68

Fort Scott neighborhood: 69, 70, 71


Continuing east, past Golden Gate Overlook’s main stairway: 72, 73


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Eggs

1/26/2020

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The Sunnyside neighborhood is on the southeast side of Mount Davidson.

The staircounts for this hike: 67, 55, 36.

Starting out on Bosworth from the Glen Park BART, a few blocks west, just past the Lippard skyway, is Hamerton,  67 steps: 1 thru 5

The stairway has two bench areas off to the side, one at Bosworth, the other partway up. 

At the top you’re still on Hamerton but now it’s a  street ascending steeply to the east dead-end of Mangels, a long street in the Sunnyside neighborhood: 6 thru 9

Continuing west on Mangels: 10, 11

Passing Dorothy Erskine Park’s south entrance. A short section of Baden here is said to be one of the city’s steepest:  12, 13

A THEN from 2006. This little house on Mangels collapsed some years ago: 14

The new owners were not hurt but this narrow lot is still vacant:

The lot is next to the Baden and Joost Street Minipark, the second stairway of the day, 55 steps: 15 thru 45

Joost near Baden:  46, 47

Joost between Baden and Congo: 48, 49

Three THENs from 2005 of the Sunnyside Conservatory before the renovation:   50, 51, 52

A few more THENs from the 2009 reopening of the Conservatory with Gov. Gavin Newsom, then San Francisco mayor: 53

Down from Joost, 36 steps for the north entrance to the Conservatory.

The Conservatory now: 54 thru 108

The restroom was locked. Assume it is, like the ones at the Presidio’s Rob Hill Campground, kept locked unless a group is renting the buildings. Probably so the homeless don’t lock themselves inside for long periods.

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This house is on Acadia: 122

Continuing on Joost to the south dead-end of Lippard: 123, 124, 125

These Lippard homes are across the street from Glen Park School: 126 thru 131

Glen Park School mural:  132 thru 135

Lippard skyway over Bosworth on my way back to the Glen Park BART:  136


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Butchered

1/25/2020

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​The East Ridge and North Ridge Trails on Mount Sutro have been horribly butchered.

This treehugger was specially shocked by the way the East Ridge looks now, but the North Ridge has seen a huge amount of tree-felling and clearing as well. 

As if this wasn’t bad enough, there were numerous paint splotches on other trees, apparently awaiting their doom. And what about all the wildlife habitat destruction? 

The tree-killers have been picking on the East Ridge for years anyway, so depressing to one who remembers how lush and invitingly “mysterious” it used to be. 

Compare this THEN (pic 1) of the East Ridge trailhead from before the destruction started with its current starkness. NOW: 2

Where are our good-for-nothing politicians when we need them to help prevent environmental harm, including spreading herbicides in our parks where wildlife live and dogs are walked? 

Thousands are spent to fell healthy trees in this time of climate crisis instead of respecting and protecting this mid-city treasure and other endangered parks and street trees. They can’t be trusted not to overdo what they call “managing” the forest. 

Started up the 149 Farnsworth steps to Edgewood Ave.: 3 thru 8

South on Edgewood to the Edgewood Trail: 9, 10

Edgewood Trail and up to the road: 11 thru 46

Along the road to the south: 47 thru 54


South along the road to the trailhead for the East Ridge and winding up past the tank to the summit: 55 thru 64

Upon reaching the summit from the East Ridge, several benches and new fence sections: 65 thru 69

The summit is now green due to the rains. Lots of planting flags. I keep hoping for wildflowers like used to be up here (a THEN of the summit from 2004, pic 70), including California poppies. Also hoping to see dandelions around the benches like I used to: 71 thru 75

Passing more planting flags to take the North Ridge Trail back down to the road, seeing more depressing clearing on the way:  76 thru 91

​THEN from 2006 of the trailhead for the North Ridge at the road, pic 92. NOW: 93

Along the curvy road (Medical Center Way), down to the lower parking lot where the north stairway can be accessed:  94 thru 100

136 steps and out to Parnassus where the #6 and #43 buses stop: 101 thru 117
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2 NOW: East Ridge trailhead as it looks today
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Lovers IP

1/7/2020

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The south Lover’s Lane trailhead is at Pacific at Presidio Blvd. Some plants alongside the first section of the paved trail have been removed: 1 thru 5

Views from Lover’s Lane: 6 thru 9

A left turn, west to just past the playing fields: 10 thru 15

Down the eastside trail to El Polin Spring: 16 thru 20

Up 69 steps to connect with the Ecology Trail: 21 thru 27

Ecology Trail: 28 thru 35


Up 33 steps to Inspiration Point Overlook: 36 thru 41

​Inspiration Point Overlook, off Arguello: 42


Arguello Gate: 43


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