Canopy View Viewpoint & Fern Creek Trail via Canopy View Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 881 ft · 1 hr 14 min
Canopy View Viewpoint & Fern Creek Trail via Canopy View Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais State Park near Mill Valley, CA. The route reaches Canopy View Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It climbs 881 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Canopy View Viewpoint & Fern Creek Trail via Canopy View Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 881 ft · 1 hr 14 min
Elevation 251–911 ft
Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais State Park
Trailhead: Camp Eastwood Trail · 37.90427, -122.58066
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 80°F / low 59° · precip 0% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:19 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Transit-accessible: Panoramic Highway & Edgewood Avenue stop 711 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Alice Eastwood Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left onto Fern Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Lost Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Canopy View Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Canopy View Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Lost Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Fern Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Alice Eastwood Road, heading S.
- 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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Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Transit-accessible: Panoramic Highway & Edgewood Avenue stop 711 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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