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Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Indan Fire Road & Indian Fire Trail via Eldridge Grade Fire Road

4.4 mi · ▲ 1,246 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Indan Fire Road & Indian Fire Trail via Eldridge Grade Fire Road is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Kent Woodlands, CA. It climbs 1,246 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi745 – 1,519 ft · steepest grade: 31%4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Evergreen Fire Road 37.94140, -122.56350
Nearest town Kent Woodlands, CA
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Indan Fire Road & Indian Fire Trail via Eldridge Grade Fire Road

4.4 mi · ▲ 1,246 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Elevation 744–1,518 ft

Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Trailhead: Evergreen Fire Road · 37.94140, -122.56350

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

  1. Start on Evergreen Fire Road, heading SW.
  2. 0.2 miSharp left onto Indan Fire Road, heading S.
  3. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Indian Fire Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading NW.
  5. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Indan Fire Road, heading NE.
  6. 150 ftTurn left onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading N.
  7. 1.1 miReach Indian Fire Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1.1 miTurn right onto Indan Fire Road, heading S.
  9. 100 ftContinue straight onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left onto Indian Fire Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Indan Fire Road, heading NE.
  12. 0.4 miSharp right onto Evergreen Fire Road, heading NE.
  13. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/knob-hill-out-back-7-km-c005

Trail surface

71% dirt29% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~66 min). Leave by 5:46 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:19 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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