October is SF Stairway Month! The celebration highlights the city’s 900+ public stairways that provide locals and visitors alike with ways to exercise, explore, and enjoy the outdoors. Crosstown Trails volunteer Alexandra Kenin has even put together a comprehensive map of them.
You know many of the city’s stairways from your time on the Crosstown Trails — including the beautiful 16th Avenue Tiled Steps and Hidden Garden Steps in Golden Gate Heights. On Sunday, October 13, you can visit them as well as three other tiled stairway sites on the Tile to Tile Stairway Walk, just one of several Stairway Month events.
The 7-mile walk begins at 9 a.m. at the Tompkins Stairway Garden in Bernal Heights. For a shorter, 5-mile walk, meet us at our second starting point, the Burnside Mural in Glen Park, at 10:30 a.m. The walk features special guests including District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman and Aileen Barr and Colette Crutcher, the tile artists responsible for several of these stairways.
We’re offering this walk in partnership with Burnside Mural+ and the San Francisco Parks Alliance. Reserve your spot at this link: Tile to Tile Stairway Walk
SF Stairway Month 2024 includes other free events that showcase our city’s love and commitment to our public stairways, including a talk with the author behind Stairway Walks in San Francisco and a learning session focused on the development of new tiled stairways. You can find a full schedule of SF Stairway Month events here.
