Concrete Pipe Road–Madrone Trail, 4 sights
4.4 mi · ▲ 654 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Concrete Pipe Road–Madrone Trail, 4 sights is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Fairfax, CA. It climbs 654 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Concrete Pipe Road–Madrone Trail, 4 sights
4.4 mi · ▲ 654 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Elevation 466–918 ft
Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed
Trailhead: Bullfrog Fire Road · 37.96638, -122.60510
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 95°F / low 56° · precip 0% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:19 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Alex Forman Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Alex Forman Trail, heading E.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Alex Forman Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto PumpkinTrail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miReach Shaver Grade Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Madrone Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Concrete Pipe Road, heading SE.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Concrete Pipe Road, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Elliot Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Shaver Grade Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Elliot Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Alex Forman Trail, heading NW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Alex Forman Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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