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Canyon Trail–Concrete Pipe Road, 3 sights is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Fairfax, CA. It climbs 703 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi207 – 597 ft · steepest grade: 23%4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Deer Park Fire Road 37.97319, -122.58826
Nearest town Fairfax, CA

Directions

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Canyon Trail–Concrete Pipe Road, 3 sights

4.3 mi · ▲ 703 ft · 1 hr 47 min

Elevation 205–598 ft

Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Trailhead: Deer Park Fire Road · 37.97319, -122.58826

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

  1. Start on Deer Park Fire Road, heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right onto Junction Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Bald Hill Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  5. 450 ftContinue straight onto Elliot Trail, heading S.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Shaver Grade Road, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Concrete Pipe Road, heading W.
  8. 0.6 miBear right onto Canyon Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.6 miReach Deer Park Fire Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.6 miBear left onto Concrete Pipe Road, heading N.
  11. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading S.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Elliot Trail, heading S.
  13. 500 ftBear left onto Bald Hill Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right onto Junction Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left onto Deer Park Fire Road, heading E.
  16. 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 surface

38% dirt27% paved35% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 96°F57°
Precip0%Wind8 mphUV8Humidity45%
Hourly temperature
100°55°
Sunrise 6:16 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:19 PM
Tue 88°56°
Wed 83°53°
Thu 95°54°
Fri 99°56°
Sat 101°53°
Sun 94°54°

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