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Mount Burdell Open Space Preserve

Burdell Mountain–Burdell Mountain Fire Road, 5 sights

9.1 mi · ▲ 2,276 ft · 4 hr 10 min

Burdell Mountain–Burdell Mountain Fire Road, 5 sights is a 9.1-mile out-and-back in Mount Burdell Open Space Preserve near Novato, CA. The route reaches Burdell Mountain. It climbs 2,276 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi128 – 1,483 ft · steepest grade: 20%9.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Myrtle Place Trail 38.12302, -122.60644
Nearest town Novato, CA
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Burdell Mountain–Burdell Mountain Fire Road, 5 sights

9.1 mi · ▲ 2,276 ft · 4 hr 10 min

Elevation 127–1,485 ft

Out & Back · Mount Burdell Open Space Preserve

Trailhead: Myrtle Place Trail · 38.12302, -122.60644

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:17 AM · sunset 8:18 PM

Transit-accessible: San Marin Drive & San Ramon Way stop 204 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Myrtle Place Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Dwarf Oak Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.9 miBear left onto San Andreas Fire Road, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto Middle Burdell Fire Road, heading NE.
  5. 0.5 miTurn left onto Cobblestone Fire Road, heading NW.
  6. 1 miPass Burdell Mountain.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto Burdell Mountain Fire Road, heading E.
  8. 1.6 miReach Burdell Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 1.6 miBear left onto Cobblestone Fire Road, heading W.
  10. 1 miTurn right onto Middle Burdell Fire Road, heading SW.
  11. 0.5 miTurn right onto San Andreas Fire Road, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 miBear right onto Dwarf Oak Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.9 miTurn left onto Myrtle Place Trail, heading SE.
  14. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/burdell-mountain-burdell-mountain-fire-road-out-back-5-sights-15-km

Trail surface

36% paved64% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:17 AMSunset 8:18 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.3 mi in (~87 min). Leave by 6:31 PM for the 8:18 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:30 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: San Marin Drive & San Ramon Way stop 204 m from the trailhead

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