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Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Blithedale Ridge Fire Road–Corte Madera Ridge Fire Road, 6 sights

13.4 mi · ▲ 3,612 ft · 6 hr 16 min

Blithedale Ridge Fire Road–Corte Madera Ridge Fire Road, 6 sights is a 13.4-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Kent Woodlands, CA. It climbs 3,612 ft, with sections as steep as 47% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi345 – 2,435 ft · steepest grade: 47%13.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lakeview Trail 37.92853, -122.58994
Nearest town Kent Woodlands, CA
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Blithedale Ridge Fire Road–Corte Madera Ridge Fire Road, 6 sights

13.4 mi · ▲ 3,612 ft · 6 hr 16 min

Elevation 344–2,435 ft

Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Trailhead: Lakeview Trail · 37.92853, -122.58994

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 91°F / low 72° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:19 PM

  1. Start on Lakeview Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Miller Trail, heading NW.
  3. 350 ftTurn right onto Collier Spring Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Northside Trail, heading NE.
  5. 1.5 miSharp right onto East Peak Fire Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.1 miBear left onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading SE.
  7. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  8. 150 ftBear left onto Indian Fire Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Indan Fire Road, heading NE.
  10. 0.1 miSharp right onto Blithedale Ridge Fire Road, heading NE.
  11. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Horseshoe Fire Road, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftTurn right onto Blithedale Ridge Fire Road, heading SE.
  13. 0.7 miSharp left onto Corte Madera Ridge Fire Road, heading SE.
  14. 1 miContinue straight onto Middle Summit Fire Road, heading SE.
  15. 0.5 miTurn right onto Escalon Fire Road, heading E.
  16. 0.6 miTurn right onto Del Casa Fire Road, heading E.
  17. 0.4 miReach Indian Fire Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.4 miTurn left onto Escalon Fire Road, heading E.
  19. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  20. 1.5 miSharp right onto Blithedale Ridge Fire Road, heading W.
  21. 0.7 miTurn left onto Horseshoe Fire Road, heading N.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Blithedale Ridge Fire Road, heading N.
  23. 0.7 miSharp left onto Indan Fire Road, heading NW.
  24. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Indian Fire Trail, heading W.
  25. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  26. 150 ftBear right onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading W.
  27. 0.3 miBear right onto East Peak Fire Trail, heading SW.
  28. 0.1 miSharp left onto Northside Trail, heading W.
  29. 1.5 miTurn left onto Collier Spring Trail, heading SW.
  30. 0.3 miTurn left onto Miller Trail, heading S.
  31. 350 ftTurn left onto Lakeview Trail, heading S.
  32. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/blithedale-ridge-fire-road-corte-madera-ridge-fire-road-out-back-5-sights-26-km-cc6e

Trail surface

77% dirt23% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 91°F72°
Precip0%Wind3 mphUV8Humidity38%
Hourly temperature
95°70°
Sunrise 6:16 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:19 PM
Tue 79°64°
Wed 74°49°
Thu 65°47°
Fri 69°46°
Sat 69°45°
Sun 61°45°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:58 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:19 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:48 PM.

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