Favorite outdoor stairway climbs completed to date

Identified below are this blog author’s favorite outdoor stairway climbs that have been completed to date. Each has its own individual attributes and aesthetics, whether it be the surrounding landscapes and scenery, a vast view at the top, or the narrowness of the climbing corridor. For purposes of this post, the terms stairs, stairways, and steps are used interchangeably. As more are completed, the post will be updated accordingly.

“A glorious vista is more enriching when it takes effort to get there.”

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The reward at the top of the Scalinata Salita Castello

Scalinata Salita Castello = 541 steps in Taormina, Italia (see the two images just below)

High Tower/Rockledge Stairs = 161 steps in Los Angeles (Hollywood Heights), California

High Tower Steps – to the left of the tower

Paramount Stairway = 220 steps in Los Angeles (Hollywood Heights), California

Sky Steps = 529 steps in Durango, Colorado

Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti a.k.a. “The Spanish Steps” (1725) = 135 steps in Roma, Italia

Scala dell’Arce Capitolina (1348) = 124 steps in Roma, Italia

View from the Scala dell’Arce Capitolina

Devil’s Head Lookout Station Stairway = 143 steps near Sedalia, Colorado

Seven Falls Stairway = 224 steps in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Stairs are hard to see against the stone backdrop at Seven Falls

Ironman Stairs = 155 steps in Bisbee, Arizona

View from atop the Ironman Stairs in Bisbee

The Alcove House Climb ~ 220 wooden ladder and stone steps in Bandolier National Monument, New Mexico

Climb to the Alcove House

Whitley Terrace Steps = 159 steps in Los Angeles (Whitley Heights), California

Whitley Terrace Steps

Washington Street Steps = 252 steps in Galena, Illinois

Rose Stairs = 151 steps in Bisbee, Arizona

Mayfield Stairs = 181 steps in Bisbee, Arizona

La Presa Steps = 181 steps in Los Angeles (Hollywood Heights), California

Walnut Creek Canyon Stairway = 237 steps in Flagstaff, Arizona

Theatre Stairs = 127 steps in Bisbee, Arizona

Laundry Stairs = 98 steps in Bisbee, Arizona

Mount Tom Dune Stairs = 101 steps in Indiana Dunes National Park

Mount Tom Dune Stairs

First Avenue Steps = ? steps in Jerome, Arizona

Jerome

Cardiff Hill/Twain Lighthouse Stairway = 244 steps in Hannibal, Missouri

Twain Lighthouse Steps

Gila Cliff Dwellings Stairs = 288 in Glia Cliff Dwellings National Monument, New Mexico


Hilarious sign at Gila Cliff Dwellings

Perley Stairs = 96 steps in Bisbee, Arizona

Hurley Park Stairways = 152 steps in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Avalanche Hill Steps = 392 steps in Boyne City, Michigan

Baldwin Hills Stairs = 282 steps in Los Angeles (Baldwin Hills), California

Baldwin Hills Steps

Band Shell Stairs = 73 steps in Bisbee, Arizona

Spalding Stairs = 78 steps in Bisbee, Arizona

Walsh Stairs = 98 steps in Bisbee, Arizona

Jetty Stairway = 55 steps in Redondo Beach, California

Challenge Hill Stair Climb = 200 steps in Denver (Castle Rock), Colorado

Challenge Hill

Monks Mound Stairway = 155 steps in Cahokia Mounds State Park, Illinois

Twain Avenue to N. Fifth Street Stairs ~ 35 steps in Hannibal, Missouri

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Je marchais dans le centre-ville de Gatineau; il neigeait, puis ce fut une tempête. J’ai trouvé refuge dans le Musée canadien de l’histoire (chanceux!), où j’ai déambulé sans but avec mon appareil en attendant une accalmie. À un moment donné, je me suis trouvé devant cet entrelacs de rampes et d’escaliers, qui ne demandaient qu’à être photographiés. /

I was walking through downtown Gatineau; it was snowing, and then it turned into a blizzard. I took shelter in the Canadian Museum of History (lucky me!), where I wandered aimlessly with my camera, waiting for the storm to let up. At one point, I found myself standing in front of this intricate network of railings and staircases, which were just begging to be photographed.

#muséecanadiendelhistoire #canadianmuseumofhistory #escaliers #stairways #linesandcurves

Colonel John Tysowski, Cobbler Mountain Farm, Delaplane, Virginia. Interior with staircase ca. 1920-ca. 1950.
Horydczak, Theodor, approximately 1890-1971
1 negative : safety ; 8 x 10 in.

#JohnTysowski #CobblerMountainFarm #Delaplane #Virginia #Horydczak #Theodor #Houses #Stairways #UnitedStates #Virginia #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019679992/

Folger Library interiors. Stairway to second floor of Folger Library ca. 1920-ca. 1950.
Horydczak, Theodor, approximately 1890-1971
1 negative : nitrate ; 8 x 10 in.

#FolgerLibrary #second #Horydczak #Theodor #TheodorHorydczak #DistrictofColumbia #Libraries #Stairways #UnitedStates #Washington(DC) #undefined

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019684268/

So the October 26 event says sold out, but it’s actually free and people can stand or lean so still - come on out! People cancel… it will be fine.

The mini walks after the two presentations happening at 10:30-11:30 and 1:30-2:30 will be refreshing and fun. I heard we may get rain even!

Here is a link for more information: https://www.parksconservancy.org/events/presidio-san-francisco-william-penn-mott-jr-presidio-visitor-center-presidio-tunnel-tops/all?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

#stairways #SanFrancisco #walking

All About SF's Stairways | Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy

Come hear the city’s most knowledgeable authors, map makers, and influencers who have made SF’s stairways must-see destinations for locals and tourists, alike.

Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy

On October 26 I will be giving walks and talks at the Presidio Visitor Center, as part of a month of SF Stairway events!

Walk #37 features Tunnel Tops and Battery Bluff Park in the tenth edition of Stairway Walks in San Francisco, and I include free things to do in Further Ramblings for each walk as well. It’s fun!

Come out for a walk, or some trivia and you can even get a signed book!

This is the closing event of SF Stairway Month. Link offers four other SF Stairway Month walk events planned out as well.

Happy heeling, frisky footing and merry walking all!

#SanFrancisco #stairways

https://civicjoyfund.org/projects/sfstairwaymonth

SF Stairway Month — Civic Joy Fund

The second annual SF Stairway Month is packed with free events that showcase our city’s love and commitment to these public spaces, including guided walks across the city’s tiled staircases and a talk about SF’s stairways and how they came to be!

Civic Joy Fund
#Stairways to Haven

Next Wednesday at 7pm, hope to see folks come out for a tiny talk and a tiny walk! It will be on YouTube too. #stairways #sanfrancisco #walks Green Apple books on 9th Avenue, Mar 26:

https://greenapplebooks.com/event/2025-03-26/9th-ave-stairway-walks-san-francisco-mary-burk

9th Ave: Stairway Walks in San Francisco with Mary Burk

Green Apple Books