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Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Concrete Pipe Road–Eldridge Grade Fire Road, 4 sights

4 mi · ▲ 699 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Concrete Pipe Road–Eldridge Grade Fire Road, 4 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Kent Woodlands, CA. It climbs 699 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi197 – 633 ft · steepest grade: 19%4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Filter Plant Road 37.95184, -122.58473
Nearest town Kent Woodlands, CA
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Concrete Pipe Road–Eldridge Grade Fire Road, 4 sights

4 mi · ▲ 699 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Elevation 199–632 ft

Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Trailhead: Filter Plant Road · 37.95184, -122.58473

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

  1. Start on Filter Plant Road, heading SE.
  2. 0.4 miSharp left onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading NW.
  3. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading NW.
  4. 0.4 miBear right onto Hidden Meadow Trail, heading NW.
  5. 150 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading W.
  6. 0.4 miBear right onto Concrete Pipe Road, heading NW.
  7. 150 ftReach Filter Plant Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 150 ftBear left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading W.
  9. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Hidden Meadow Trail, heading NE.
  10. 150 ftBear left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading NE.
  11. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading SE.
  12. 0.7 miSharp right onto Filter Plant Road, heading SE.
  13. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/concrete-pipe-road-eldridge-grade-fire-road-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

38% dirt62% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:12 PM

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