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Seven Lands End Stairways

8/28/2011

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The "Merrie Way" stairway (128 steps) down from the lower parking lot overlook was today’s first stairway. Continued to the cavetop viewplace and the west trailhead for the Coastal Trail (first photo: 142 or so steps), up to the winding paved trail at the top (Sutro Baths Upper Trail sign). These two long oceanview stairways are especially highly recommended.

Round the horn and up the third stairway (58 or so steps) to the upper parking lot, headed east on the El Camino del Mar Trail to the uppermost stairway (second pic) that climbs to the west edge of the Legion of Honor parking lot and the golf course.

The Battle of the Bulge Trail is still walkable from the parking lot up to behind the VA Hospital, but construction’s still going on around here so you’ll be walking under a scaffolding.

Back down and across the footbridge, descended on the curvy wood stairway (about 88 steps – third foto) that connects the El Camino del Mar with the Coastal Trail.

On the Coastal Trail again, this time didn’t continue to the Painted Rock stairway, but up a steep paved trail to the golf course, moving along the cliffedge a little way, this time without being bugged by any golfers.

This time didn’t take the more obvious trail down from the golf course’s north edge the short distance to the stairway that descends to the east from the top of the Painted Rock steps. Curved round a few yards further to the top of my “berry trail." This trail is more difficult to see; if you don’t already know where it is, you’ll walk right by it. It’s steepish, short, secluded, overgrown, and also comes out at the east stairway, back again on the Coastal Trail.

The last stairway was the Lincoln Park steps at the west dead-end of California St. and out of the park.

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West trailhead for Coastal Trail up from the cavetop
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Up to Legion of Honor parking lot and golf course from El Camino del Mar Trail
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Stairway connecting Coastal Trail with El Camino del Mar Trail
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    I like meandering around on San Francisco's park trails and public stairways, sometimes taking photos, and enjoying nature and the outdoors.

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