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Steps: 160 (7th–Entrada)187-89 (4th–Ocean Height: 109 feet (33 m) (7th–Entrada)111 feet (34 m) (4th–Ocean) Similar Culver City Stairs, Baldwin Hills Scenic O, Palisades Park, Getty Center, Getty Villa | ||
Climbing the santa monica stairs the ultimate stairs workout
Santa Monica Stairs are a pair of outdoor staircases in California near Pacific Palisades descending Santa Monica Canyon to the northwest from Adelaide Drive.(4th Street & Adelaide Drive, Santa Monica, California 90402)
Contents
- Climbing the santa monica stairs the ultimate stairs workout
- Stair sprints cardio workout hiit on the santa monica stairs
- Details
- Controversy
- References
Stair sprints cardio workout hiit on the santa monica stairs
Details
The one that begins near the intersection of 7th Street leads to Entrada Drive. It consists of a mixture of wooden and concrete flights in a straight path, about 5.5 feet wide, separated by three horizontal landings. Altogether there are 160-170 steps producing an overall vertical change of about 109 feet. (roughly similar to an 8 story building)
The one that begins near the intersection of 4th Street leads to Ocean Avenue Ext. It consists solely of concrete flights interconnected by right- and left-hand turns. There are 187-189 steps producing an overall vertical change of about 111 feet.
Several other lengthy staircases nearby descend from Palisades Park bluffs to overpasses crossing Pacific Coast Highway to the beach:
Controversy
Some area residents have complained that the stairs have become too popular, and attract too many exercisers to the wealthy neighborhood of multimillion-dollar properties.