Colier Spring–Lake Lagunitas, 5 sights is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Kent Woodlands, CA. The route passes Lake Lagunitas and Colier Spring. It climbs 1,484 ft, with sections as steep as 43% grade. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi794 – 2,316 ft · steepest grade: 43%3.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Lagunitas Fire Trail 37.93047, -122.58646
Nearest town Kent Woodlands, CA
Directions
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Colier Spring–Lake Lagunitas, 5 sights
3.1 mi · ▲ 1,484 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Elevation 794–2,315 ft
Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed
Trailhead: Lagunitas Fire Trail · 37.93047, -122.58646
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
- Start on Lagunitas Fire Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Northside Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Lagunitas Fire Trail, heading NW.
- 1 miPass Lake Lagunitas.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Collier Trail, heading SE.
- 1.1 miPass Colier Spring.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Lower Northside Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Northside Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Lagunitas Fire Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 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
18% dirt82% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:52 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:12 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:38 PM.
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