Bon Tempe Lake–Concrete Pipe Road, 7 sights is a 13.4-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Kent Woodlands, CA. The route reaches Bon Tempe Lake. It climbs 2,804 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi197 – 1,519 ft · steepest grade: 30%14.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Evergreen Fire Road 37.94140, -122.56350
Nearest town Kent Woodlands, CA
Directions
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Bon Tempe Lake–Concrete Pipe Road, 7 sights
13.4 mi · ▲ 2,804 ft · 5 hr 52 min
Elevation 199–1,518 ft
Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed
Trailhead: Evergreen Fire Road · 37.94140, -122.56350
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
- Start on Evergreen Fire Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Indan Fire Road, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Indian Fire Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Indan Fire Road, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading N.
- 2.3 miTurn right onto Filter Plant Road, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading SW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Hidden Meadow Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading NW.
- 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.
- 0.5 miPass Bon Tempe Lake.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 300 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miReach Bon Tempe Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NW.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Elliot Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Shaver Grade Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Concrete Pipe Road, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Hidden Meadow Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading SE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading E.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Filter Plant Road, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading E.
- 2.4 miTurn right onto Indan Fire Road, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Indian Fire Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Indan Fire Road, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Evergreen Fire Road, heading E.
- 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 surface
70% dirt30% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~65 min). Leave by 5:47 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:17 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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