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Gravity Car Road–Hogback Road, 4 sights is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Kent Woodlands, CA. It climbs 2,106 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi951 – 2,316 ft · steepest grade: 34%5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lagunitas Fire Trail 37.93047, -122.58646
Nearest town Kent Woodlands, CA

Directions

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Gravity Car Road–Hogback Road, 4 sights

5.2 mi · ▲ 2,106 ft · 2 hr 47 min

Elevation 951–2,315 ft

Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Trailhead: Lagunitas Fire Trail · 37.93047, -122.58646

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 91°F / low 72° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:19 PM

  1. Start on Lagunitas Fire Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miSharp left onto Northside Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.5 miTurn left onto Collier Spring Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto Miller Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.6 miBear left onto Old Railroad Grade Fire Road, heading E.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right onto Hogback Road, heading SE.
  7. 0.3 miSharp right onto Matt Davis Trail, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Hogback Road, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
  10. 250 ftTurn right onto Gravity Car Road, heading SE.
  11. 450 ftReach Lagunitas Fire Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 500 ftTurn left, heading S.
  13. 250 ftSharp right onto Hogback Road, heading SE.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right onto Matt Davis Trail, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftSharp left onto Hogback Road, heading NW.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Railroad Grade Fire Road, heading N.
  17. 0.5 miBear right onto Miller Trail, heading N.
  18. 0.6 miTurn right onto Collier Spring Trail, heading N.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right onto Northside Trail, heading NW.
  20. 0.5 miSharp right onto Lagunitas Fire Trail, heading SE.
  21. 0.1 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

49% dirt51% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 91°F72°
Precip0%Wind3 mphUV8Humidity38%
Hourly temperature
95°70°
Sunrise 6:16 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:19 PM
Tue 79°64°
Wed 74°49°
Thu 65°47°
Fri 69°46°
Sat 69°45°
Sun 61°45°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:59 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:19 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:48 PM.

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