I paid a visit to the Mill Valley Community Center. Paid $5 to get a map on most of the stairways Mill Valley. This guide details the 175 heritage steps, lanes and paths. Without the help of a book such as the San Francisco Stairway Walks and East Bay Secret Stairs, I'm going to have to be creative with the map and create my own routes, and I'm up for the challenge. My goal is to eventually explore all 175 steps and lanes in Mill Valley and to also explore the 24 in Sausolito. Corte Madera is known to have some steps, and Belvedere possibly has some.
My first stairway was a revisit to the famous Dipsea Steps. Dipsea is known to be one of the biggest races in the world, annually, and it starts off on the well known 678 steps. 3 segments. I did the first two today. Started off on Cascade Way and behind Old Mill Mark, ascended up 313 steps. Turned right on Millside Lane. Marion Ave spits in two. Took left side. The second part of Dipsea is known as Ocean Way. 223 stairs. I climbed down all the way to the bottom of the first stairway.
Turned left on Cascade and meandered for a bit. Turned left on Waynewright and up the steep hill. Before the road turns right, I spotted the McGlashen Ln Stairway. Now this stairway is very intriguing. It's wooden, embellished in the forest, very long, and it zig zags. 168 total stairs. Climbed up. I would say this stairway reminds me of the stairway in Turtle Hill, San Francisco. The stairway I'm talking about is the spiral stair that ascends up to Grand Park.
My first stairway was a revisit to the famous Dipsea Steps. Dipsea is known to be one of the biggest races in the world, annually, and it starts off on the well known 678 steps. 3 segments. I did the first two today. Started off on Cascade Way and behind Old Mill Mark, ascended up 313 steps. Turned right on Millside Lane. Marion Ave spits in two. Took left side. The second part of Dipsea is known as Ocean Way. 223 stairs. I climbed down all the way to the bottom of the first stairway.
Turned left on Cascade and meandered for a bit. Turned left on Waynewright and up the steep hill. Before the road turns right, I spotted the McGlashen Ln Stairway. Now this stairway is very intriguing. It's wooden, embellished in the forest, very long, and it zig zags. 168 total stairs. Climbed up. I would say this stairway reminds me of the stairway in Turtle Hill, San Francisco. The stairway I'm talking about is the spiral stair that ascends up to Grand Park.
Pics 1 and 2. This map details 175 steps, lanes, and paths in the city of Mill Valley.
Pic 3. Lower Dipsea Stairs
Pic 4. An intriguing sculpture next to the Ocean Way (Middle Dipsea) Stairs
Pic 5. Ocean Way, Middle Dipsea Stairs
Pic 6. Top of Middle of Dipsea Stairs
Photo 7. McGlashen Stairway
Photos 8 and 9. Upper part of Mcglashin Lane