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Serpentine Point–Arturo Trail, 3 sights is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Kent Woodlands, CA. The route reaches Serpentine Point at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It climbs 901 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,519 – 2,405 ft · steepest grade: 22%3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Arturo Trail 37.92314, -122.60086
Nearest town Kent Woodlands, CA

Directions

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Serpentine Point–Arturo Trail, 3 sights

3.4 mi · ▲ 901 ft · 1 hr 35 min

Elevation 1,518–2,405 ft

Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Trailhead: Arturo Trail · 37.92314, -122.60086

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

  1. Start on Arturo Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Lagunitas-Rock Spring Fire Road, heading N.
  3. 0.5 miSharp left onto CC Boys Trail, heading S.
  4. 450 ftContinue straight onto Lagoon Fire Road, heading W.
  5. 0.6 miReach Serpentine Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.5 miContinue straight onto CC Boys Trail, heading NE.
  7. 450 ftSharp right onto Lagunitas-Rock Spring Fire Road, heading N.
  8. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Arturo Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.6 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

36% dirt64% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 6:48 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:34 PM — 4 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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