Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Concrete Pipe Road & Deer Park Fire Road

4.8 mi · ▲ 619 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Concrete Pipe Road & Deer Park Fire Road is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Fairfax, CA. It climbs 619 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi167 – 597 ft · steepest grade: 23%5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.97605, -122.59020
Nearest town Fairfax, CA

Directions

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Concrete Pipe Road & Deer Park Fire Road

4.8 mi · ▲ 619 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Elevation 167–598 ft

Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Trailhead: 37.97605, -122.59020

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 96°F / low 57° · precip 0% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:19 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right onto Deer Park Fire Road, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Junction Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left onto Bald Hill Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
  6. 450 ftTurn left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading S.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Concrete Pipe Road, heading SE.
  8. 150 ftBear left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftBear right onto Concrete Pipe Road, heading SE.
  10. 0.9 miTurn right onto Madrone Trail, heading S.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Concrete Pipe Road, heading S.
  12. 0.2 miReach Deer Park Fire Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right onto Madrone Trail, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto Concrete Pipe Road, heading NE.
  15. 0.9 miBear left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading N.
  16. 50 ftBear right onto Concrete Pipe Road, heading N.
  17. 150 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading N.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 450 ftBear left onto Bald Hill Trail, heading N.
  20. 0.3 miTurn right onto Junction Trail, heading NW.
  21. 0.2 miTurn left onto Deer Park Fire Road, heading NE.
  22. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  23. 0.3 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

68% dirt32% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 96°F57°
Precip0%Wind11 mphUV8Humidity42%
Hourly temperature
100°55°
Sunrise 6:16 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:19 PM
Tue 86°56°
Wed 83°53°
Thu 95°55°
Fri 100°56°
Sat 101°53°
Sun 95°54°

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead

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