Hogback Road & Matt Davis Trail is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Stinson Beach, CA. It climbs 735 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,020 – 1,519 ft · steepest grade: 19%5.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 37.90487, -122.60392
Nearest town Stinson Beach, CA
Directions
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Hogback Road & Matt Davis Trail
5.4 mi · ▲ 735 ft · 2 hr 10 min
Elevation 1,020–1,520 ft
Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed
Trailhead: 37.90487, -122.60392
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Transit-accessible: Pantoll Ranger Station stop 66 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Matt Davis Trail, heading N.
- 2 miBear left onto Hoo-Koo-E-Koo Trail, heading SE.
- 500 ftBear right onto Hogback Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Matt Davis Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Hogback Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Matt Davis Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Matt Davis Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Hogback Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Hoo-Koo-E-Koo Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Matt Davis Trail, heading NW.
- 2.3 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
38% dirt62% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Pantoll Ranger Station stop 66 m from the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Hoo-Koo-E-Koo Trail & Matt Davis Trail 6.2 mi · ▲ 580 ft
- Gravity Car Road & Matt Davis Trail 5.6 mi · ▲ 797 ft
- Mountain Top Trail & Old Mine Trail 3 mi · ▲ 739 ft
- Temelpa Viewpoint–Matt Davis Trail, 4 sights 9.3 mi · ▲ 2,009 ft
- Mount Tamalpais West Point–Matt Davis Trail, 3 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 769 ft
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