Mount Tamalpais East Peak–Verna Dunshee Viewpoint, 5 sights is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Kent Woodlands, CA. The route passes Verna Dunshee Viewpoint and Mount Tamalpais East Peak. It climbs 1,838 ft, with sections as steep as 41% grade. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Mount Tamalpais East Peak–Verna Dunshee Viewpoint, 5 sights
4.4 mi · ▲ 1,838 ft · 2 hr 23 min
Elevation 1,552–2,554 ft
Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed
Trailhead: Lagunitas Fire Trail · 37.93047, -122.58646
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
No dogs on part of this route
- Start on Lagunitas Fire Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Northside Trail, heading NE.
- 1 miSharp right onto East Peak Fire Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto East Peak Fire Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Verna Dunshee Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass Verna Dunshee Viewpoint.
- 350 ftSharp left onto Plank Walk Trail, heading S.
- 300 ftSharp right onto Plank Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miPass Mount Tamalpais East Peak.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Plank Walk Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left onto Fern Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Old Railroad Grade Fire Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Miller Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Collier Spring Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Northside Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Lagunitas Fire Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:52 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:12 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:38 PM.
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- No dogs on part of this route
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