Best hikes in Mount Tamalpais Watershed
Ambleway maps 46 hikes in Mount Tamalpais Watershed, from a 1.9-mile walk to a 16-mile day out. 45 of them score as wild, staying clear of roads and development for most of the route; the wildest is Little Carson Falls–Carson Falls Trail, 3 sights. The biggest climb is Mayor's Lookout–Blithedale Ridge Fire Road, 9 sights, gaining 3,366 ft, and the network tops out at 2,568 ft. 6 start within walking range of public transit.
- Meadow Club Road 1.9 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Gravity Car Road–Hogback Road Loop, 3 sights 2.1 mi · ▲ 252 ft
- Deer Park Trail via Worn Springs Fire Road 2.1 mi · ▲ 744 ft
- Pine Mountain Fire Road 2.2 mi · ▲ 376 ft
- Alex Forman Trail–Canyon Trail Loop, 3 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 329 ft
- Worn Springs Fire Road & Yolanda Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 866 ft
- Moore Trail via Deer Park Fire Road 2.5 mi · ▲ 433 ft
- Harry Allen Trail & Tucker Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 607 ft
- Alpine Lake 2.8 mi · ▲ 313 ft
- Bon Tempe Lake via Alex Forman Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 243 ft
- Mount Tamalpais West Point via Old Railroad Grade Fire Road 3.1 mi · ▲ 998 ft
- Colier Spring–Lake Lagunitas, 5 sights 3.1 mi · ▲ 1,484 ft
- Temelpa Viewpoint & Temelpa Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 1,421 ft
- Plank Walk Viewpoint–Fern Creek Trail, 3 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 1,534 ft
- Hoo-Koo-E-Koo Fire Road & Hoo-Koo-E-Koo Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 630 ft
- Lake Lagunitas–East Peak Fire Trail, 3 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 1,152 ft
- Little Carson Falls–Carson Falls Trail, 3 sights 3.3 mi · ▲ 1,212 ft
- Serpentine Point–Arturo Trail, 3 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 901 ft
- Lily Gulch Trail & Oat Hill Fire Road 3.5 mi · ▲ 839 ft
- Blithedale Ridge Fire Road–Hoo-Koo-E-Koo Trail, 4 sights 3.6 mi · ▲ 941 ft
- Indan Fire Road–Indian Fire Trail, 4 sights 3.6 mi · ▲ 1,480 ft
- Verna Dunshee Viewpoint–Fern Creek Trail Loop, 5 sights 3.6 mi · ▲ 1,283 ft
- Arturo Trail & International Trail via Laurel Dell Fire Road 4.1 mi · ▲ 711 ft
- Arturo Trail & Rocky Ridge Fire Road via Lagunitas-Rock Spring Fire Road 4.4 mi · ▲ 1,310 ft
- Bootjack Trail–Easy Grade Trail, 4 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 846 ft
- Concrete Pipe Road–Madrone Trail, 4 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 654 ft
- Phoenix Lake–Worn Spring Road Loop, 4 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 961 ft
- Pine Mountain Tunnel Road & Taylor Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 205 ft
- Blue Ridge Fire Road & Split Rock Loop 4.8 mi · ▲ 1,360 ft
- CC Boys Trail–Kent Trail, 3 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 985 ft
- Mount Tamalpais East Peak–Verna Dunshee Viewpoint, 6 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 2,088 ft
- Concrete Pipe Road & Deer Park Fire Road 4.8 mi · ▲ 619 ft
- Cascade Fire Road / Repack 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,360 ft
- Benstein Trail & Cataract Trail 6.1 mi · ▲ 1,254 ft
- Edgewood Trail & Split Rock via White Hill Fire Road 6.2 mi · ▲ 1,690 ft
- Boulder Springs Trail–Continental Cove Road, 4 sights 6.2 mi · ▲ 1,555 ft
- Pilot Knob–Colier Spring Loop, 11 sights 6.4 mi · ▲ 1,676 ft
- Dawn Falls–Verna Dunshee Viewpoint, 6 sights 6.6 mi · ▲ 3,249 ft
- Arturo Trail–Cataract Trail, 6 sights 8.4 mi · ▲ 1,339 ft
- Laurel Dell Falls–Arturo Trail, 5 sights 8.8 mi · ▲ 2,375 ft
- Helen Markt Falls–Alpine Lake, 7 sights 9.3 mi · ▲ 1,933 ft
- Bolinas Ridge Trail 9.7 mi · ▲ 899 ft
- Kent Lake–Bolinas Ridge Trail, 3 sights 15.2 mi · ▲ 2,118 ft
- Leo T. Cronin Fish Viewing Area–Bolinas Ridge Trail, 3 sights 15.2 mi · ▲ 2,107 ft
- Mayor's Lookout–Blithedale Ridge Fire Road, 9 sights 15.5 mi · ▲ 3,366 ft
- Hoo-Koo-E-Koo Trail & Matt Davis Trail 6.2 mi · ▲ 580 ft