Segment A – From Long Beach to San Pedro – View Google Map – View Photos
Distance: 20 miles 79 stairways 1,278 up-steps Total Climb: 965 feet
Official Finishers:
Dan Gutierrez on 24 Sep 2016 | Pat and Elizabeth Schirmer, Evelyn Sanchez, Jane Fransella, Dave and Kristy Moorman on 18 Mar 2017 | Jeff Rozema, Maribel Sanchez, Matty Barriga, Kathy Lopez, Teresa Cavazos on 29 Apr 2017 | Olivia Oshimo on 15 Aug 2017 | Luis Prado on 16 Sep 2017 | Gaelle Gralnek on 7 Oct 2017 | Maria Casillas, James Peterson on 9 Dec 2017 | Alfredo Salgado on 31 Mar 2018 | Rene Ditton on 29 Jul 2018 | Marla Stephenson Thornton on 26 Dec 2018 | Lisa Digger, Corinna Koebnick on
Route Description Hyperlapse Video of Segment A
Cities/Regions: Long Beach [including: Naples, Belmont Shore, Bluff Park, Alamitos Beach, Downtown, Willmore], Ports of LA and LB, Wilmington, San Pedro
Route Features: This route has low elevation gain, and is not difficult, though it is a bit of a changeling. The first half is a fairly flat and pleasant beach city walk with 56 small to medium step-count stairways, with about 50/50 up/down climbing, almost all on stairways. The second half, still flat, is much more of a gray industrial tour of the northern parts of the ports of LB and LA, with some visits to older working class neighborhoods north and west of the ports, with only TBD stairways and TBD pedestrian over/under crossings.
Start Location: The start of segment A, also the start/end of the entire 308 mile LA Loop, is on Naples Island, at the Naples Fountain at the south end of Ravenna Dr, in the center of the loop, which is bus accessible via Long Beach Transit (LBT) Bus Line 121, which can be picked up by walking two blocks north to the corner of 2nd Street and Ravenna Dr.
Finish Location: Westmont Dr and Western Ave, which is bus Accessible via Metro Bus Line TBD on Western Ave.
Transit Connections (needs updating): Finish to Start: From Westmont Dr and Western, take Metro Bus Line TBD on Western to the downtown Long Beach Transit Mall at 1st and Long Beach Blvd at Bus Shelter A. Then walk across 1st street to Bus Shelter H, and take the LBT Bus Line 121 eastbound to 2nd St at Ravenna, then walk two blocks south on Ravenna Dr to reach the start at the Naples Fountain. An approach I often used when walking similar length, transit accessible Inman 300 segments alone, was to park my car near the finish, then take transit to the start, so I could walk “back” to my car.
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 reach the start via LBT Bus Line 121 at Shelter H.
Finish to DTLA: From the stop on PCH, just east of Western Ave, take the Metro Bus Line 232 to the I-110 (Harbor) Freeway, and take the Metro Silver Line Bus back to downtown LA, since it goes all the way to Union Station and also drops off at 7th/Metro, so you have more flexibility in transitions to all the Metro rail lines (Blue, Red, Purple, Expo, and Gold). Or you can take the Metro Bus Line 232 to the DTLB transit mall, Bus Shelter A, and then take the Metro Blue Line Train, north to reach DTLA and other rail/bus lines.
The first 7 official finishers of the Segment A from 18 March 2017: Dan Gutierrez, Dave Moorman, Jane Fransella, Kristy Moorman, Evelyn Sanchez, Pat and Elizabeth Schirmer
Stairway Data Table
| Seg# | SS# | SW# | In-300 | Zip | Stairway Name | Up | Down |
| A01 | 1 | N/A | 90803 | NW Rivo Alto/Toledo E | 13 | ||
| A02 | 2 | N/A | 90803 | NE Rivo Alto/Toledo E | 13 | ||
| A03 | 3 | N/A | 90803 | SE Rivo Alto/Toledo E | 13 | ||
| A04 | 4 | N/A | 90803 | SW Rivo Alto/Toledo E | 13 | ||
| A05 | 5 | N/A | 90803 | NE Rivo Alto/Neapolitan E | 12 | ||
| A06 | 6 | N/A | 90803 | SE Rivo Alto/Neapolitan E | 12 | ||
| A07 | 7 | N/A | 90803 | SW Rivo Alto/Neapolitan E | 12 | ||
| A08 | 8 | N/A | 90803 | NW Rivo Alto/Neapolitan E | 12 | ||
| A09 | 9 | N/A | 90803 | NE Naples/Neapolitan W | 11 | ||
| A10 | 10 | N/A | 90803 | SE Naples/Neapolitan W | 11 | ||
| A11 | 11 | N/A | 90803 | SW Naples/Neapolitan W | 12 | ||
| A12 | 12 | N/A | 90803 | NW Naples/Neapolitan W | 11 | ||
| A13 | 13 | N/A | 90803 | SE Rivo Alto/Toledo W | 12 | ||
| A14 | 14 | N/A | 90803 | SW Rivo Alto/Toledo W | 12 | ||
| A15 | 15 | N/A | 90803 | NW Rivo Alto/Toledo W | 12 | ||
| A16 | 16 | N/A | 90803 | NE Rivo Alto/Toledo W | 12 | ||
| A17 | 17 | N/A | 90803 | SW Rivo Alto/Ravenna | 10 | ||
| A18 | 18 | N/A | 90803 | NW Rivo Alto/Ravenna | 10 | ||
| A19 | 19 | N/A | 90803 | Ximeno Median | 10 | ||
| A20 | 20 | N/A | 90803 | Lower Roswell Ave | 10 | ||
| A21 | 21 | N/A | 90803 | Upper Roswell Ave | 14 | ||
| A22 | 1 | N/A | 90803 | Coronado Ave | 65 | ||
| A23 | 2 | N/A | 90803 | Orizaba Ave | 60 | ||
| A24 | 3 | N/A | 90803 | Molino Ave | 52 | ||
| A25 | 22 | N/A | 90803 | 20th Place | 69 | ||
| A26 | 4 | N/A | 90802 | Bixby Park NE | 35 | ||
| A27 | 5 | N/A | 90802 | Bixby Park SE | 32 | ||
| A28 | 6 | N/A | 90802 | Bixby Park SW | 10 | ||
| A29 | 7 | N/A | 90802 | 14th Place | 57 | ||
| A30 | 8 | N/A | 90802 | 11th Place | 55 | ||
| A31 | 9 | N/A | 90802 | 10th Place | 59 | ||
| A32 | 10 | N/A | 90802 | 9th Place | 54 | ||
| A33 | 11 | N/A | 90802 | 8th Place | 55 | ||
| A34 | 12 | N/A | 90802 | 2nd Place | 44 | ||
| A35 | 23 | N/A | 90802 | Ylber/Shorline | 43 | ||
| A36 | 24 | N/A | 90802 | Seaside/Shoreline | 42 | ||
| A37 | 25 | N/A | 90802 | Seaside/Apt Walkway | 49 | ||
| A38 | 13 | N/A | 90802 | LB Performing Arts Center NW | 29 | ||
| A39 | 14 | N/A | 90802 | LBPAC/Seaside W | 29 | ||
| A40 | 26 | N/A | 90802 | Collins Way | 24 | ||
| A41 | 15 | N/A | 90802 | Pine/Ocean Center Building | 16 | ||
| A42 | 27 | N/A | 90802 | Ocean Way | 38 | ||
| A43 | 28 | N/A | 90802 | Pacific Ave | 38 | ||
| A44 | 16 | N/A | 90802 | Biona Ct | 36 | ||
| A45 | 29 | N/A | 90802 | Shoreline/Golden Shore Loop | 25 | 7 | |
| A46 | 30 | N/A | 90802 | GoldenShore/QueensWay W | 43 | ||
| A47 | 31 | N/A | 90802 | QueenswayDr/QueensWay W | 50 | ||
| A48 | 32 | N/A | 90802 | QueenswayDr/QueensWay E | 52 | ||
| A49 | 33 | N/A | 90802 | GoldenShore/QueensWay E | 44 | ||
| A50 | 17 | N/A | 90802 | Aquarium Way/Pike Bridge SW | 36 | ||
| A51 | 18 | N/A | 90803 | Bay St/Pike Bridge | 37 | ||
| A52 | 34 | N/A | 90802 | Cedar Ave | 39 | ||
| A53 | 35 | N/A | 90802 | Chestnut Side-Stair East | 34 | ||
| A54 | 36 | N/A | 90802 | Chestnut Side-Stair West | 33 | ||
| A55 | 19 | N/A | 90802 | 444 Ocean E | 6 | ||
| A56 | 20 | N/A | 90802 | 444 Ocean W | 7 | ||
| A57 | 21 | N/A | 90802 | 24 Hr Fitness/Ocean | 24 | ||
| A58 | 22 | N/A | 90802 | 25 Hr Fitness/City Nat Bank | 26 | ||
| A59 | 23 | N/A | 90802 | Ocean/City Nat Bank E | 13 | ||
| A60 | 24 | N/A | 90802 | Ocean/City Nat Bank W | 14 | ||
| A61 | 25 | N/A | 90802 | WTC/City Nat Bank | 11 | ||
| A62 | 26 | N/A | 90802 | Ocean/WTC Plaza | 12 | ||
| A63 | 27 | N/A | 90802 | WTC Plaza/Roof E | 61 | ||
| A64 | 28 | N/A | 90802 | WTC Plaza/Roof W | 61 | ||
| A65 | 37 | N/A | 90813 | Maine POC of 6th | 37 | 37 | |
| A66 | 38 | N/A | 90813 | Maine POC of 7th | 36 | 36 | |
| A67 | 29 | N/A | 90744 | Lagoon Ave/WWP Path | 25 | ||
| A68 | 30 | N/A | 90744 | Neptune Ave/WWP Path | 33 | ||
| A69 | 31 | N/A | 90744 | McDonald Ave/WWP Path | 33 | ||
| A70 | 32 | N/A | 90744 | Wilmington Bl/WWP Path | 33 | ||
| A71 | 33 | N/A | 90744 | WWP Restroom to Deck | 27 | ||
| A72 | 39 | N/A | 90744 | Harbor Occup Ctr POC of Pacific | 28 | 28 | |
| A73 | 34 | N/A | 90731 | Harbor Occup Ctr S | 7 | ||
| A74 | 35 | N/A | 90731 | Harbor Occup Ctr Parking Structure | 17 | ||
| A75 | 40 | K7 | 90731 | Upland Ave | 122 | ||
| A76 | 41 | K6 | 90731 | Gaffey/Elberon | 40 | ||
| A77 | 42 | N/A | 90731 | Roseglen Ave | 11 | ||
| A78 | 43 | N/A | 90731 | Bardale Ave | 14 | ||
| A79 | 44 | N/A | 90731 | Amelia Ave | 21 | ||
| Total Stair Steps —> | 1278 | 1180 | |||||
| Total Stair-Streets —> | 44 | ||||||
| Total Non Stair-St Stairs –> | 35 |
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