There are lots of places to walk around here. The Berkeley Path Wanderers Association publishes a great map of all the little hidden walkways, but here are some suggestions:

Up to the park and back

1. Walk a few hundred meters north to the Rose Garden and Codornices park
2. Explore the paths in the park
3. Walk back home. Easy!

A short circle

1. Go a few steps south and then walk UP Hawthorne Terrace one block
2. Continue up the stairs (“La Loma Steps”) up another block to Buena Vista
3. Walk uphill a few more meters and turn left onto Greenwood Terrace.

• Halfway along the block you will find Greenwood Common behind a gate. It’s private property, but they don’t mind polite and quiet visitors: go in, walk to the end of the common and admire the view.

4. Return and continue along Greenwood Terrace to Rose Street, head back downhill (don’t follow the curve left onto LeRoy) and continue down Rose Walk.
5. When you reach Euclid, turn left and you’ll be back home in a few steps.

A bigger circle

1. Go north a few hundred meters to Codornices park
2. Go to the back left corner of the park, past the baby play area to where a bridge crosses the creek
3. There are some concrete stairs that go up from this point into the hills

• Did you notice these stairs by the bridge when you were wandering around the park in the first walk? Here’s where they go…

4. Go up these stairs — there are maybe 100 or so — and you come out on Tamalpais Rd.

• You can either turn either right (downhill) to shorten the walk a bit, or turn left (uphill). Assuming you chose uphill:

5. Follow Tamalpais up the hill a few hundred meters and then turn right to go downhill on Shasta Ave.
6. Follow Shasta back down the hill: there are some beautiful homes and canyons here.
7. You will join Tamalpais (this is where get to if you turned right in the choice above) just next to Rose St.
8. Follow Rose and Rose Walk down to Euclid and home, just like the end of the smaller circle walk.

For the foodies

• Cross Euclid and walk 50m south (left) to find the top of Vine Lane. This path becomes Vine Street and takes you to the heart of the “Gourmet Ghetto” with some great eating and shopping options. (Some highlights: the farmer’s market each Thursday; the Cheese Board Collective.) It’s just a half mile down the hill, but then it’s a half mile back up!

Other walking possibilities

We love our neighborhood! There are so many options for walking around that we can’t list them all. But here are a few other ideas.

• Try going up Buena Vista past Hillside School, past Maybeck Twin Drive, and past the Temple of the Wings and Hume Castle. For an alternate walk down to the Gourmet Ghetto, go down Hawthorne Terrace about 50m, to find and descend Hawthorne Steps.
• Just north of the campus on Spruce are the charming Normandy Apartments; the Seminaries and churches on “Holy Hill” at Ridge and LeConte are nice, and right on the way if you’re walking to Tolman hall or that part of the campus.
• Try walking to the top of campus by going UP Hawthorne, turning right on LeRoy and following it all the way to Cedar, then on to campus along LeRoy and LeRoy steps, or else up Cedar to La Loma and thence down La Loma to the top corner of campus at Founders’ Rock. If you’re walking to campus, keep trying new routes!
• On the weekends only, the 67 bus runs through Tilden Park. There are miles and miles of hiking trails there, as well as a swimming lake, barbecues, and a restored carousel. Just  walk a few blocks down to Spruce and catch the 67 up the hill.