Allison Walks – Golden Gate Park, Take 2

Click through the slideshow to check out Allison’s walk through Golden Gate Park.

Allison's route through Golden Gate Park

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Here is the 2.1-mile course I took through the park. I give it a rating of 4 out of 10 in difficulty because, while the streets inside the park are flat, crossing them can be a little tricky due to a lack of crosswalks and multiple blind corners.

 

Allison Walks - Allison Baltzersen

Hi. My name is Allison and I am a recent transplant from the Florida Keys, a chain of tiny islands that has one main, stick-straight road, and the impossibility of getting lost. After moving to San Francisco in 2008 and getting lost for the umpteenth time, I made it a goal to walk every street to get my bearings in this hilly, twisted town. After 15 months of steady plodding, I am more than 500 miles into the journey. To keep track of where I’ve been I keep a blog, http://allisonwalkssf.com.

 

 

 

 

 

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2 Comments

  1. Allison,
    You ought to check out 35th Avenue between Kirkham and Lawton…the many small curbside palm trees (Cordylline australis, I think) were cut by vandals years ago, but ornate excesses in stucco based fronatages should tilll be there and probably some of the folk art painted driveways. I lived just down the street as a kid and that block always seemed very exotic to me.
    GG

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