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Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Mount Tamalpais West Point–Nora Trail, 4 sights

4.2 mi · ▲ 667 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Mount Tamalpais West Point–Nora Trail, 4 sights is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Stinson Beach, CA. The route reaches Mount Tamalpais West Point. It climbs 667 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,385 – 2,080 ft · steepest grade: 19%4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.91443, -122.60996
Nearest town Stinson Beach, CA
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Mount Tamalpais West Point–Nora Trail, 4 sights

4.2 mi · ▲ 667 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Elevation 1,384–2,081 ft

Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Trailhead: 37.91443, -122.60996

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

Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 250 ftBear right, heading S.
  3. 450 ftSharp left onto Rock Spring Trail, heading NE.
  4. 1.5 miBear left onto Old Stage Road, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Old Railroad Grade Fire Road, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Nora Trail, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftPass Mount Tamalpais West Point.
  8. 0.5 miReach Mount Tamalpais West Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Old Railroad Grade Fire Road, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Old Stage Road, heading S.
  11. 50 ftBear right onto Rock Spring Trail, heading S.
  12. 1.5 miSharp right, heading S.
  13. 450 ftBear left, heading SW.
  14. 150 ftArrive 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/mount-tamalpais-west-point-mount-tamalpais-west-point-out-back-5-km-fad6

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:51 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:29 PM — 9 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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