Segment A

Segment A – DTLB Transit Mall to Somerset Park – View MapView Photos

Distance: 15.3 miles     51 stairways     948 up-steps     Total Climb: 500 feet

Facebook Event on 18 Nov 2017

Segment Highlights: Segment A starts on the Promenade at the transit mall on 1st St, and from there we warm up by visiting the LB Community Auditorium WPA mural, then  the walk becomes a DTLB waterfront stair-fest, passing through nearly the major attractions in downtown waterfront area (the rest are on Segment D), and going out and back on the Queensway bridge with its 4 bookend stairways, and shortly after leaving DTLB, the route heads north to see the Hummingbirds and Dragonflies mural on the 7th Street over-crossing, before heading north along the LA River visiting a few parks and isolated stairways before heading inland to the lunch stop, past the 8 mile mark, near the Willow Blue Line Station, where Willow meets LB Blvd. After lunch the route heads NW along the blue line route, leading to an over-crossing of the Blue Line and under-crossing of the 405, heading into the Los Cerritos and Bixby Knolls neighborhoods en route to gorgeous Scherer Park, with lake, 5 pedestrian bridges and a stairway! From there, the route heads west and south passing through the circle where San Antonio meets Orange, visiting 4 parks, the last of which is Somerset Park, just NW of the LB Airport in North Long Beach.

Official Finishers: See Main LB Loop Page for segment finishers table

Start Location: DTLB Transit Mall – Bus Shelter F, on 1st St at the Promenade, which is the start of segment A, and also the end of the entire 59.6 mile LB Loop, which is bus accessible by many LB Transit Lines, and is also accessible via the Metro Blue Line Train.

Finish Location: Somerset Park on Carson St, at Walnut Ave, which is bus accessible via LBT Bus Lines 101/103 along Carson St, that take you to the Willow Station for the Metro Blue Line Train.

Transit Connections: (refer to the light blue lines on the Google map of Segment A)

Finish to Start: See the light blue line path on the Google Map of the Segment A route; it requires you cross Carson St, and take LBT Bus Lines 101/103 west, along Carson St, that takes you to Willow St, just west of LB Blvd, where you will exit and walk just over 1/10 of a mile to Willow Station for the Metro Blue Line Train, which you will take south to the 1st St Station in DTLB, and walk one block west to the Promenade at Bus Shelter F.

DTLA to Start: If you are coming from Los Angeles or anywhere with rail connections, you can take the Metro Blue Line Train southbound to the 1st St Station in downtown LB, right across Long Beach Blvd from the transit mall Bus Shelters, and walk west to Shelter F.

Finish to DTLA: Cross Carson St, and take LBT Bus Lines 101/103 west, along Carson St, that takes you to Willow St, just west of LB Blvd, where you will exit and walk just over 1/10 of a mile to Willow Station for the Metro Blue Line Train, which you will take north to DTLA.

Segment Stairway Data Table

Seg# SS# SW# Zip Stairway Name Up Down
A01 1 90802 Pine/Ocean Center Building 16
A02 1 90802 Ocean Way 38
A03 2 90802 Seaside/Convention Center WW 47
A04 3 90802 Bay St/Convention Center WW 33 33
A05 4 90802 Pine/Convention Center WW 36
A06 5 90802 Regency Hotel 15
A07 Rainbow Lag/Regency 25
A08 7 90802 Rainbow Lagoon/LB Conv Ctr WW 49
A09 8 90802 Conv Ctr WW/Shoreline Helix 36
A10 9 90802 Mall Stairways 33 34
A11 10 90802 Bay St/Pike WW 36
A12 11 90802 Aquiarium Way/Pike WW 36
A13 2 90802 Pacific Ave 38
A14 12 90802 Biona Ct 36
A15 3 90802 Shoreline/Magnolia 25
A16 13 90802 Parking Loop/Magnolia 7
A17 4 90802 GoldenShore/QueensWay W 43
A18 5 90802 QueenswayDr/QueensWay W 50
A19 6 90802 QueenswayDr/QueensWay E 52
A20 7 90802 GoldenShore/QueensWay E 44
A21 14 90802 Aquarium Way/Pike Bridge SW 36
A22 15 90802 Aquarium Way/Pike Bridge NE 36
A23 16 90802 Bay St/Pike Bridge 36
A24 17 90802 Pike POC/Cedar Ave 36
A25 8 90802 Cedar Ave 39
A26 9 90802 Chestnut Side-Stair East 34
A27 10 90802 Chestnut Side-Stair West 33
A28 18 90802 444 W Ocean E 6
A29 19 90802 445 W Ocean W 7
A30 20 90802 24Hr Fitness/Ocean Blvd 24
A31 21 90802 24Hr Fitness/City National Bank 26
A32 22 90802 Ocean Blvd/City National Bank E 13
A33 23 90802 Ocean Blvd/City National Bank W 14
A34 24 90802 City National Bank E 11
A35 25 90802 Ocean Blvd/Molino Plaza 18
A36 26 90802 Union Bank/Molino Plaza 17
A37 27 90802 Ocean Blvd/WCT Plaza W 14
A38 28 90802 World Trade Center Plaza/Roof W 61
A39 29 90802 World Trade Center Plaza/Roof E 61
A40 30 90802 Ocean Blvd/WCT Plaza W 13
A41 11 90813 Maine POC of 6th 37 37
A42 12 90813 Maine POC of 7th 36 36
A43 31 90813 De Forest/LA River Path 24
A44 32 90806 Hill St/LA River Path 36
A45 33 90806 Willow Station Parking Structure W 74
A46 34 90806 Willow Station Parking Structure E 74
A47 35 90807 Del Mar/San Antonio Side-Stair 6
A48 36 90807 Los Cerritos Elementary School 13
A49 37 90807 Employment Dev. Dept. Pk Lot SE 36
A50 38 90807 Employment Dev. Dept. Pk Lot NW 40
A51 39 90805 Scherer Park 16
Total Stair Steps —> 948 814
Total Stair-Streets —> 12
Tot Non Stair-Street Stairs –> 39