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Bon Tempe Lake–Bald Hill Trail, 9 sights is a 12.5-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Kent Woodlands, CA. The route reaches Bon Tempe Lake. It climbs 2,253 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi197 – 1,070 ft12.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.95066, -122.59795
Nearest town Kent Woodlands, CA

Directions

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Bon Tempe Lake–Bald Hill Trail, 9 sights

12.5 mi · ▲ 2,253 ft · 5 hr 18 min

Elevation 198–1,070 ft

Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Trailhead: 37.95066, -122.59795

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftPass Bon Tempe Lake.
  3. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  4. 150 ftContinue straight onto Lakeview Fire Road, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pilot Knob Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.8 miTurn right onto Lakeview Fire Road, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading SE.
  8. 1.3 miTurn right onto Filter Plant Road, heading SW.
  9. 150 ftContinue straight onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading W.
  10. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading NE.
  11. 0.4 miBear right onto Hidden Meadow Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.6 miBear right onto Bald Hill Trail, heading E.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Yolanda Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.9 miBear left onto Worn Springs Fire Road, heading SE.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left onto Buckeye Trail, heading N.
  16. 0.2 miSharp left onto Deer Park Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.7 miReach Bon Tempe Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.7 miSharp right onto Buckeye Trail, heading SE.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right onto Worn Springs Fire Road, heading SE.
  20. 0.1 miBear right onto Yolanda Trail, heading E.
  21. 0.9 miTurn right onto Bald Hill Trail, heading S.
  22. 50 ftBear left onto Hidden Meadow Trail, heading S.
  23. 0.6 miBear left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading SW.
  24. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading SE.
  25. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Filter Plant Road, heading S.
  26. 150 ftTurn left onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading SE.
  27. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Lakeview Fire Road, heading S.
  28. 0.2 miTurn left onto Pilot Knob Trail, heading NW.
  29. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Lakeview Fire Road, heading SW.
  30. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  31. 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

83% dirt17% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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