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title: "How many steps up Bunker Hill Monument? 294"
description: "294 steps up Bunker Hill Monument in Boston, United States. Open to climb. What that count reaches, the height climbed, and how it compares."
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# How many steps to the top of Bunker Hill Monument?

**Steps to the top of Bunker Hill Monument: 294**

Reaching the observation chamber at 67 m · open to climb

A granite obelisk on the Freedom Trail with 294 steps and no lift of any kind — the climb is the only way up, which makes it one of the more honest entries in this list. It was finished in 1843, using one of the earliest commercial railways in the United States, built specifically to haul the granite from Quincy. The observation chamber has four small windows. There is no rest platform, so the climb is done in one go.

## The numbers

- **Steps:** 294
- **Reaches:** the observation chamber at 67 m
- **Public access:** Open to climb
- **Where:** Boston, United States
- **Height climbed:** 67 m — 220 ft
- **Average rise per step:** 228 mm

## What the climb is like

About 10-15 minutes. No lift, no seating, and single file on the spiral in both directions.

> Published counts for the same structure routinely disagree by five to ten per cent, and nearly always for one of three reasons: whether intermediate landings count as steps, whether the final platform step counts, and where the climb is deemed to start. The figure here says what it reaches.

## How it compares

*Only the ones marked open to climb can actually be walked.*

- The Monument to the Great Fire of London: 311 steps
- Wat Phra That Doi Suthep: 306 steps
- Sacré-Cœur dome: 300 steps
- Bunker Hill Monument: 294 steps
- Arc de Triomphe: 284 steps
- York Minster central tower: 275 steps
- Batu Caves: 272 steps

*Bunker Hill Monument ranks 43 of 56 here by step count.*

| Structure | Steps | Reaches | Access |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Monument to the Great Fire of London | 311 | the viewing platform below the gilded urn, at 48 m | Open to climb |
| Wat Phra That Doi Suthep | 306 | the temple terrace, from the car park on the mountain road | Open to climb |
| Sacré-Cœur dome | 300 | the dome gallery at 83 m above the basilica floor, 200 m above sea level | Open to climb |
| Bunker Hill Monument | 294 | the observation chamber at 67 m | Open to climb |
| Arc de Triomphe | 284 | the roof terrace at 50 m | Open to climb |
| York Minster central tower | 275 | the top of the central tower, at 70 m | Open to climb |
| Batu Caves | 272 | the Temple Cave, in a limestone hill above Kuala Lumpur | Open to climb |

## Common questions

### How many steps to the top of Bunker Hill Monument?

294, reaching the observation chamber at 67 m.

### Can the public climb Bunker Hill Monument?

Open to climb. About 10-15 minutes. No lift, no seating, and single file on the spiral in both directions.

### How high is that climb?

67 m, about 220 ft, which averages 228 mm per step.

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