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.
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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 Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
- Start on Lagunitas Fire Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Northside Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Collier Spring Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Miller Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Old Railroad Grade Fire Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Hogback Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Matt Davis Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Hogback Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Gravity Car Road, heading SE.
- 450 ftReach Lagunitas Fire Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Hogback Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Matt Davis Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Hogback Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Railroad Grade Fire Road, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Miller Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Collier Spring Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Northside Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Lagunitas Fire Trail, heading SE.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:52 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:12 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:38 PM.
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.1 mi · loop · via Old Railroad Grade Fire Road
- 2.8 mi · out & back · via Old Railroad Grade Fire Road
- 3 mi · loop · via Old Railroad Grade Fire Road
- 3.4 mi · loop · via Old Railroad Grade Fire Road
- 3.7 mi · out & back · via Old Railroad Grade Fire Road
- 4.7 mi · out & back · via Old Railroad Grade Fire Road
- 5.7 mi · out & back · via Old Railroad Grade Fire Road
- 5.8 mi · loop · via Old Railroad Grade Fire Road
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