Posts tagged labyrinth

There’s a long story that goes along with this visit to Lands End in San Francisco, so I’ll try to summarize: my mom likes labyrinths, she was told there was a labyrinth at Lands End, and so we went to find it.  Twice.

In July 2009, we followed the directions of “park by Cliff House and follow the path for a bit; you’ll see it, it’s just right there” and found nothing.  We had no idea how far “a bit” was, and we saw no labyrinth.

In June 2010, after some investigative work and preparation on my part, we found it.  It turns out that you need to park not at Cliff House but at the Merrie Way parking lot off Point Lobos Ave.  At the far north end of the parking lot you can pick up the Coastal Trail.  Follow the Coastal Trail east for about 1/2 mile (maybe 3/4 mile) until you reach the trail for Mile Rock Beach.  Go down the stairs – there’s about 100 of them.  When the stairs make a sharp left, follow the trail that goes straight instead.  At the end of the trail is Lands End Point, which is where we found the labyrinth (map).

Quite the view, eh?

And even though we didn’t follow the steps that led to Mile Rock Beach, here it is: