Mount Tamalpais West Point–Colier Spring, 10 sights is a 10-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Kent Woodlands, CA. The route passes Bon Tempe Lake, Lake Lagunitas, Colier Spring and Mount Tamalpais West Point. It climbs 2,942 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi728 – 2,300 ft · steepest grade: 28%10.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 37.94935, -122.59771
Nearest town Kent Woodlands, CA
Directions
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Mount Tamalpais West Point–Colier Spring, 10 sights
10 mi · ▲ 2,942 ft · 4 hr 48 min
Elevation 729–2,299 ft
Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed
Trailhead: 37.94935, -122.59771
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 94°F / low 56° · precip 0% · wind 0 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:19 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Bon Tempe Lake.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Lakeview Fire Road, heading E.
- 0.2 miPass Lake Lagunitas.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Lake Lagunitas Road, heading S.
- 1.4 miPass Colier Spring.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Lower Northside Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Northside Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left onto Collier Spring Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Miller Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Old Railroad Grade Fire Road, heading SE.
- 0.6 miPass Mount Tamalpais West Point.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Nora Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Matt Davis Trail, heading SE.
- 1.3 miReach Mount Tamalpais West Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Nora Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Old Railroad Grade Fire Road, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Miller Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Collier Spring Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Northside Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Lower Northside Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Collier Trail, heading N.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Lakeview Fire Road, heading NW.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
36% dirt64% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 94°F56°
Precip0%Wind0 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
74°51°
Sat
74°51°
Sun
67°51°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~88 min). Leave by 6:31 PM for the 8:19 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:27 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Pilot Knob–Bon Tempe Lake, 4 sights 1.5 mi · ▲ 455 ft
- Bon Tempe Lake–Lake Lagunitas, 4 sights 2.1 mi · ▲ 382 ft
- Alpine Lake–Bon Tempe Lake, 6 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 234 ft
- Colier Spring–Bon Tempe Lake, 7 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 1,283 ft
- Verna Dunshee Viewpoint–Bon Tempe Lake, 6 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,910 ft
- Mount Tamalpais East Peak–Verna Dunshee Viewpoint, 6 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 2,088 ft
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