Google Route Maps
All of the Google maps on this page and sub-pages, organized by theme and region, were created for self-guided walks using your smartphone to display your location on each of the maps, so you can see yourself on the route lines! Click the orange instruction link immediately below, and learn how to load the maps onto your phone’s Google Maps app, and away you go exploring the stairways and neighborhoods of Los Angeles!
How to load these routes into Google Maps on your smartphone
LA Loop Segments – Click Here
Long Beach Loop Segments – Click Here
Painted Stairways Tour – Click Here
Shorter Evening Loops – Click Here
Red Car Series Walks
Red Car #1 – DTLA to Silver Lake East Loop – 16 mi – 60 stairs – 3,071 up-steps
Red Car #2 – Long Beach Loop – 17.2 to 20 miles – Includes Blue Line
Red Car #3 – Northeast LA to South Pasadena – 17 miles
Red Car #4 – Watts to Naples (LA Loop Segment O) – 20.5 miles
Red Car #5 – Redondo to Santa Monica – 21.5 miles
Silver Lake/Echo Park
Tomato Pie – 3 Mile Franklin Hills Loop
The Hawaiian – 4 Mile Franklin Hills Loop
The Sicilian – 4.5 Mile Franklin Hills Loop
Silver Lake Boy Scout 5-Mile Merit Badge Loop
The Hyperion Hustle Loop – 8 Miles – 21 Stairs – 1,891 up-steps
Intermediate Silver Lake Western 9.3 Mile & Eastern 8.5 Mile Loops
Advanced Silver Lake Western 9.3 Mile & Eastern 8.8 Mile Loops
The Bigs – Climbs Top 12 Silver Lake Stairs – 10 Miles – 3,019 up-steps
Western Silver Lake Loop – 12.3 Miles – 50 up-stairways – 4,106 up-steps
Eastern Silver Lake Loop – 13 Miles – 51 up-stairways – 4,428 up-steps
Fun 14 – 13.9 Miles – 25 up-stairways – 4,361 up-steps
Echo Park/MacArthur Park Lakes Loop – 15 mi – 34 stairs – TBD up
Mean 18 – 18.5 miles – 40 up-stairways – 6,356 up-steps [2016 route]
Mean 19 – 19.5 miles – 63 up-stairwas – 7,100 up-steps [2017 route]
Stair Trek 2016 [DAG Version] – 21.5 miles – 85 stairways
UP! – 25.4 miles – 101 up-stairways – 8,534 up-steps
Downtown, East, and Northeast Los Angeles
5 Mile Bunker Hill Intro Stair-Walk – 38 stairs – TBD up-steps
Eagle Rock/Pasadena 3.5, 5.3 and 8.8 Mile Loops – 29 stairs – 1,124 up-steps
BSA – Metro Rail to DTLA 10.5 mile Stairway/Pedway Loop – 73 stairways
East LA/Boyle Heights Loop – 10.75 miles – 20 stairs – 4 POCs
DTLA Century Loop – 12.3 miles – 116 stairs – 2,483 up-steps
Mt Washington Medium Loops – 9.2/7.8 miles
Painted Stairways North – 13 miles – 4 painted + 36 plain stairways
Mt Washington Loop 2016 – 18 miles – 2,025 up-steps
The Skinny Bridges of LA Parts 1 (10.2mi) & 2 (10.3mi)
Hollywood/Westside
Park View/Windsor Hills 9.5 Mile Loop – 17 stairs – 319 up-steps
Hollywood to Universal City Stair-Walk – 10 miles – 42 stairs
Hollywood 90068 Stair Walk – 11.7 miles – 30 stairs – 2,148 up-steps
Vine to Vermont – 15 miles – 37 stairways – 3,119 up-steps
Holly/Beach-wood to Universal City – 15.5 mi – 56 stairs – 3,136 up
LA Lakes 2 Day Stair-Tour: Day 1 (10.8mi) & Day 2 (10.4mi)
LA Lakes 1 Day Stair Tour: Part 1 (11.6mi) & Part 2 (10.1 Miles)
Westside Stair Tour Loop – 16 Miles
The Wright Stuff – 16 miles – 46 stairs – 9 Textile Block Homes
Beach Cities: Santa Monica to Long Beach
Manhattan Beach 1 Mile Training Circuit – 1 Mile – 500 up-steps
Long Beach Introductory 4 Mile Waterfront Loop
San Pedro Short Loops (3 to 7.5 Miles)
Rustic Canyon Loop – 3.8 Miles – 1,105 up steps
Cal State University Long Beach – 5 Mile Loop – 2,500+ up-steps
Cal State University Long Beach – 8 Mile Century Loop – 3,567 up-steps
Downtown Long Beach Loop – 9.1 mi – 50 stairs – 940 up-steps [Photos in markers]
Hesse to Crest (Palos Verdes) Loop – 9 miles – 1,109 up steps
Santa Monica/Pacific Palisades Loop – 9.4 mi – 1,453 up-steps
Redondo/Torrance 9.3 Mile Stair Tour Loop
Naples Islands Loops – 10.25 miles – 21 small stairs
Santa Monica 9 Mile “Dumbbell” Stairway Loop
Palos Verdes Stair Tour (6mi & 13mi) Loops
2019 San Pedro Loop – Parts 1 (9mi) & 2 (8.5 mi) [Photos in markers]
2016 San Pedro Stair Tour – Parts 1 (10.2mi) & 2 (8.5 mi)
2017 San Pedro Stair Tour – Parts 1 (10 mi) & 2 (8 mi)
Palos Verdes Stair Tour 21.4 mile loop
Mid Cities – South of DTLA
Silver Line Express – 16.5 Mile Stair-Walk – 2017
50 Mile Flat Red Car/Silver Line Stair-Walk
San Fernando Valley/Malibu Coast
Calabasas Loop – 7.8 miles – 492 up-steps – 1,315′ of climb [Moorman]
Pepperdine Stair Tour – 6.25 miles – 1,792 up-steps – TBD’ climb [DM]
Painted Stairways Tours
2018 Painted Stairways Tour – 6.7 mi – 12 painted stairs – Event Route
2018 Painted Stairways Mini-Tour – 2.3 mi – 6 ptd stairs – Event Route
2017 Painted Stairways Tour – 6.9 mi – 11 painted stairs – Event Route
2016 Painted Stairways Tour – 6.7 mi – 10 painted stairs – Event Route
2016 Painted Stairways Lite 5 Mile Loop – 9 painted stairs
Painted Stairways Tour – Advanced Route (11.4mi)
Walks outside of Los Angeles County
Laguna Beach – 10.4 miles – 62 stairs – 1,905 up-steps
San Diego Stairways and Routes
Berkeley Hills Northwest Loop – 10 miles
Berkeley Hills Southeast Loop – 14.25 miles
San Francisco – 7.3 mi Mosaic and 13.5 mi Sutro loops
Seattle – 15.5 mi Queen Anne Loop – 108 stairways – 4,121 up-steps