Segment A – DTLB Transit Mall to Somerset Park – View Map – View Photos
Distance: 15.3 miles 51 stairways 948 up-steps Total Climb: 500 feet
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 |