Deer Park Fire Road & Meadow Club Road via Alex Forman Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 883 ft · 2 hr 22 min
Deer Park Fire Road & Meadow Club Road via Alex Forman Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Fairfax, CA. It climbs 883 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi203 – 781 ft · steepest grade: 24%6.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Deer Park Fire Road 37.97319, -122.58826
Nearest town Fairfax, CA
Directions
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Deer Park Fire Road & Meadow Club Road via Alex Forman Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 883 ft · 2 hr 22 min
Elevation 202–782 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
- Start on Deer Park Fire Road, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Junction Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Bald Hill Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Elliot Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Alex Forman Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Alex Forman Trail, heading S.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Alex Forman Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 1 miReach Deer Park Fire Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miBear left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Alex Forman Trail, heading SE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Alex Forman Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Elliot Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Bald Hill Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Junction Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Deer Park Fire Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
34% dirt66% 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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