Lily Gulch Trail & Oat Hill Fire Road
3.5 mi · ▲ 839 ft · 1 hr 35 min
Lily Gulch Trail & Oat Hill Fire Road is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Stinson Beach, CA. It climbs 839 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Lily Gulch Trail & Oat Hill Fire Road
3.5 mi · ▲ 839 ft · 1 hr 35 min
Elevation 769–1,424 ft
Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed
Trailhead: Lily Gulch Trail · 37.95586, -122.63707
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
- Start on Lily Gulch Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Oat Hill Fire Road, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Carson Falls Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Oat Hill Fire Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Lily Gulch Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Carson Falls Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Oat Hill Fire Road, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Lily Gulch Trail, heading SW.
- 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.
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The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~51 min). Leave by 6:02 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:02 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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More from Lily Gulch Trail Trailhead
- Azalea Hill Trail–Lily Gulch Trail, 3 sights 7.3 mi · ▲ 1,792 ft
- Little Carson Falls–Carson Falls Trail, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,473 ft
- Kent Lake–Lily Gulch Trail, 3 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,317 ft
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