Stair spot · Seattle metro
0.1 mi · 230 ft up (0.2 km · 70 m up)
0.6 effort mi (0.9 effort km)
Climbing is what makes a hike hard, and flat miles hide it. So every 500 feet of climbing counts as one extra mile (in kilometres: about 95 m of climbing per extra km).
A flat 6-mile (9.7 km) walk is 6.0 effort miles (9.7 effort km). Little Si — 3.7 miles, 1,300 ft up (6.0 km, 395 m) — is 6.3 (10.1). Your legs already knew those two are about the same amount of work.
How the numbers work — the rules behind your plan.
These numbers are estimates. We haven't walked this one ourselves to check them yet.
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Capitol Hill / Eastlake
Source: 395 steps (SDOT measured risers, adopted Sep 8 2026 - supersedes the 388 approximation, which was an estimate and never a count); gain = steps x 7in/12 = 230; coords and count from the SDOT Stairways layer via the stairways table, STW-617 (116) + STW-160 (195) + STW-159 (84) on E Howe St, matched Aug 26 2026, summed Sep 8 2026. Grouping is a judgment: these are the three contiguous E Howe St rows; SDOT stores one row per block and 'HOWE' also matches E HOWELL ST and W Howe in Magnolia (H4b caveat b). verified stays false - an SDOT riser count is not a walk (H4b open question)