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Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Hoo-Koo-E-Koo Fire Road–Indian Fire Trail, 4 sights

5.7 mi · ▲ 1,758 ft · 2 hr 47 min

Hoo-Koo-E-Koo Fire Road–Indian Fire Trail, 4 sights is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Kent Woodlands, CA. It climbs 1,758 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi522 – 1,641 ft · steepest grade: 30%5.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.94325, -122.56470
Nearest town Kent Woodlands, CA
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Hoo-Koo-E-Koo Fire Road–Indian Fire Trail, 4 sights

5.7 mi · ▲ 1,758 ft · 2 hr 47 min

Elevation 520–1,642 ft

Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Trailhead: 37.94325, -122.56470

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 94°F / low 56° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:19 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.3 miSharp left onto Windy Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Indan Fire Road, heading S.
  4. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Indian Fire Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Wheeler Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.5 miTurn left onto Hoo-Koo-E-Koo Fire Road, heading S.
  8. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Old Railroad Grade Fire Road, heading SW.
  9. 400 ftReach Windy Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 400 ftContinue straight onto Hoo-Koo-E-Koo Fire Road, heading W.
  11. 0.7 miTurn right onto Wheeler Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading W.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right onto Indian Fire Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Indan Fire Road, heading NE.
  15. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Windy Ridge Trail, heading N.
  16. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
  17. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mount-tamalpais-west-point-mount-tamalpais-west-point-out-back-15-km-f9be

Trail surface

34% dirt26% gravel40% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 94°F56°
Precip0%Wind2 mphUV8Humidity36%
Hourly temperature
95°55°
Sunrise 6:16 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:19 PM
Tue 87°55°
Wed 82°52°
Thu 71°53°
Fri 75°52°
Sat 74°51°
Sun 67°51°

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