Gravity Car Road–Hogback Road Loop, 3 sights is a 2.1-mile loop in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Mill Valley, CA. It climbs 252 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi974 – 1,247 ft · steepest grade: 25%2.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Hogback Road 37.91216, -122.57891
Nearest town Mill Valley, CA
Directions
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Gravity Car Road–Hogback Road Loop, 3 sights
2.1 mi · ▲ 252 ft · 50 min
Elevation 975–1,247 ft
Loop · Mount Tamalpais Watershed
Trailhead: Hogback Road · 37.91216, -122.57891
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 94°F / low 64° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:19 PM
Transit-accessible: Panoramic Highway & Edgewood Avenue stop 246 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Hogback Road, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Gravity Car Road, heading NW.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto Old Railroad Grade Fire Road, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Hoo-Koo-E-Koo Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Hogback Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Matt Davis Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Hogback Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
14% dirt86% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 94°F64°
Feels like82°Precip0%Wind4 mphUV8Humidity33%
Hourly temperature
95°60°
Sunrise 6:16 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:19 PM
Tue
87°69°
Wed
82°54°
Thu
70°51°
Fri
73°50°
Sat
73°49°
Sun
66°49°
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Panoramic Highway & Edgewood Avenue stop 246 m from the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
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