Segment M – Highland Park to City Terrace – View Google Map – View Photos
Distance: 20.8 miles 60 stairways 2,843 up-steps Total Climb: ~3,100 feet
Cities/Regions: Highland Park, Mt Angelus, Northeast LA, Monterey Hills, Montecito Heights, El Sereno, Aurant, City Terrace.
Official Finishers:
Dan Gutierrez, Pat and Elizabeth Schirmer, Dave and Kristy Moorman, Olivia Oshimo on 8 Apr 2017 | Evelyn Sanchez on 27 May 2017 | Jeff Rozema, James Peterson, Teresa Cavazos, Kathy Lopez, Alfredo Salgado, Maribel Sanchez, Luis Prado, Maria Casillas on 14 Apr 2018 | Gaelle Gralnek, Marla Stevenson Thornton, Lisa Digger on 1 Dec 2018 | Jane Fransella on 9 Mar 2019 | Who will be next?
Route Description Hyperlapse Video of Segment M
Route Features: Segment M is mostly residential, traversing all the stairways of Highland Park, visiting the hills of Mt Washington in Northeast LA, including the super tough Eldred Stairway that climbs 196 wooden steps after nearly 1/10 of a mile of 33% grader street! After lunch, and leaving Highland Park, the route crosses the Arroyo Seco and enters the residential areas of Monterey Hills and Montecito Heights, then traverses busy Huntington Dr separating Monterey Hills from El Sereno, taversing a number of stairways in the process. Then the route heads south through stairways in El Sereno, climbing a couple of residential hills to head into the Mural Alley of El Sereno. After the alley trek, the route resumes residential walking to climb the largest single-set stairway in LA County, the 234 step Heidelman stairs, before passing Cal State LA, and crossing the the I-10 freeway, then climbing one stairway in the northeast corner of City Terrace, and finishing thereafter on City Terrace Dr.
Start Location: York Blvd at Figueroa St, which is bus accessible via Metro Bus Line 81 connecting via Figueroa St to the Metro L (Gold) Line, or continuing further south/west to DTLA.
Finish Location: Eastern Ave at City Terrace Dr, which is bus accessible via both Metro Bus Line 70 and Metro Bus Line 71 south/west to DTLA and Metro Bus Line 256 north/east toward Highland Park and Pasadena.
Post Segment M selfie! L-R: Dan Gutierrez, Elizabeth Schirmer, Dave Moorman, Kristy Moorman, Olivia Oshimo, and Pat Schirmer, on 8 Apr 2017
Congratulations, you have completed Segment M of the LA Loop!