How many steps is the Statue of Liberty?
377 steps from the lobby to the crown, in two parts. The National Park Service counts 215 steps up to the top of the pedestal, then 162 more inside the statue itself. Only the first 215 have an elevator. The 162 spiral steps to the crown do not, and no ticket exempts you from them.
Why you also see 354, 377 and 393
Every one of those is somebody’s honest count of a different climb. 162 is the crown staircase on its own, which is what you do if you ride the lift to the pedestal. 377 is the whole thing on foot. The larger numbers add the outdoor steps up to the fort at the base, or the flight down to the pedestal lobby, neither of which the Park Service includes.
There is no correct answer to pick between them. There is only the question of where you started, which is the same reason no two sources agree on any building.
The 162 steps are the hard part
The crown staircase is a double helix, one spiral going up and one coming down, so nobody has to squeeze past anybody. The first 16 steps are ordinary and 22 inches wide. The remaining 146 wind, and each one is 9 inches high against only 8 inches of tread, which is steeper than any staircase building codes would let you put in a house.
The Park Service warns visitors over six feet tall to watch their heads on the way up. That is not a liability formality. The spiral narrows as it climbs.
What your iPhone records
About 27 flights, not 377 of anything. The pedestal top sits 154 feet above ground and the crown steps add roughly another 121, so the climb is around 275 feet. Apple Health scores ten feet of ascent as one flight and never counts a stair at all.
So the statue is a smaller climb than it sounds and a harder one than it looks. 27 flights is less than a third of the Empire State Building, done on steps half the depth of a normal one, in a copper room that has no air conditioning.
What 377 steps equals
Each one links to where the number came from.
- 138 stepsa football pitch, end to endSource