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Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Blithedale Ridge Fire Road–Concrete Pipe Road, 9 sights

13.1 mi · ▲ 2,737 ft · 5 hr 44 min

Blithedale Ridge Fire Road–Concrete Pipe Road, 9 sights is a 13.1-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Fairfax, CA. It climbs 2,737 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi197 – 1,519 ft · steepest grade: 32%13.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bullfrog Fire Road 37.96638, -122.60510
Nearest town Fairfax, CA
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Blithedale Ridge Fire Road–Concrete Pipe Road, 9 sights

13.1 mi · ▲ 2,737 ft · 5 hr 44 min

Elevation 199–1,518 ft

Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Trailhead: Bullfrog Fire Road · 37.96638, -122.60510

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:17 AM · sunset 8:18 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 150 ftTurn right onto Alex Forman Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.3 miBear left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading E.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Alex Forman Trail, heading E.
  5. 200 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miBear right onto Elliot Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading N.
  8. 200 ftBear left onto Elliot Trail, heading N.
  9. 100 ftSharp right onto Shaver Grade Road, heading NE.
  10. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Concrete Pipe Road, heading S.
  11. 150 ftBear left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading SW.
  12. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Hidden Meadow Trail, heading E.
  13. 150 ftBear left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading NE.
  14. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading SE.
  15. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Filter Plant Road, heading SE.
  16. 150 ftTurn left onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading SE.
  17. 2.3 miTurn right onto Indan Fire Road, heading E.
  18. 100 ftContinue straight onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading E.
  19. 0.3 miTurn left onto Indian Fire Trail, heading SW.
  20. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Indan Fire Road, heading NE.
  21. 500 ftSharp right onto Blithedale Ridge Fire Road, heading NE.
  22. 0.4 miSharp right onto Hoo-Koo-E-Koo Trail, heading E.
  23. 0.5 miReach Shaver Grade Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  24. 0.5 miSharp left onto Blithedale Ridge Fire Road, heading E.
  25. 0.4 miSharp left onto Indan Fire Road, heading W.
  26. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Indian Fire Trail, heading N.
  27. 0.2 miTurn right onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading NW.
  28. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Indan Fire Road, heading W.
  29. 100 ftTurn left onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading SW.
  30. 2.4 miTurn right onto Filter Plant Road, heading S.
  31. 150 ftContinue straight onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading SW.
  32. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading NW.
  33. 0.4 miBear right onto Hidden Meadow Trail, heading N.
  34. 100 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading NW.
  35. 0.4 miBear right onto Concrete Pipe Road, heading NW.
  36. 150 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading NW.
  37. 0.1 miSharp left onto Elliot Trail, heading SW.
  38. 50 ftBear right onto Shaver Grade Road, heading W.
  39. 200 ftTurn right onto Elliot Trail, heading W.
  40. 0.2 miBear left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading NE.
  41. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Alex Forman Trail, heading SW.
  42. 200 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading S.
  43. 50 ftBear right onto Alex Forman Trail, heading S.
  44. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  45. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/dawn-falls-out-back-24-km-2f0f

Trail surface

79% dirt21% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:17 AMSunset 8:18 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.4 mi in (~134 min). Leave by 5:44 PM for the 8:18 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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