Bon Tempe Lake–Concrete Pipe Road, 3 sights
3.7 mi · ▲ 588 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Bon Tempe Lake–Concrete Pipe Road, 3 sights is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Fairfax, CA. The route reaches Bon Tempe Lake. It climbs 588 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Bon Tempe Lake–Concrete Pipe Road, 3 sights
3.7 mi · ▲ 588 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 283–810 ft
Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed
Trailhead: Alex Forman Trail · 37.95340, -122.60080
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 94°F / low 56° · precip 0% · wind 0 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:19 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Alex Forman Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Bon Tempe Lake.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading N.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Elliot Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Shaver Grade Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Concrete Pipe Road, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Hidden Meadow Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftReach Bon Tempe Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Concrete Pipe Road, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Elliot Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Alex Forman Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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