Coastal Fire Road & Middle Green Gulch Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Marin Headlands near Muir Beach, CA. It climbs 1,149 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi240 – 902 ft · steepest grade: 21%5.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Middle Green Gulch Trail 37.86433, -122.56391
Nearest town Muir Beach, CA
Directions
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Coastal Fire Road & Middle Green Gulch Trail
5 mi · ▲ 1,149 ft · 2 hr 14 min
Elevation 240–902 ft
Out & Back · Marin Headlands
Trailhead: Middle Green Gulch Trail · 37.86433, -122.56391
Weather Aug 3: Fog, high 61°F / low 54° · precip 1% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:18 PM
- Start on Middle Green Gulch Trail, heading S.
- 1.5 miSharp right onto Coastal Fire Road, heading S.
- 1 miBear right onto Coastal Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Middle Green Gulch Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left onto Coastal Fire Road, heading S.
- 1 miSharp left onto Middle Green Gulch Trail, heading SW.
- 1.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
FogTemperature 61°F54°
Precip1%Wind4 mphUV8Humidity100%
Hourly temperature
65°50°
Sunrise 6:16 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:18 PM
Tue
57°54°
Wed
66°55°
Thu
73°55°
Fri
76°53°
Sat
76°53°
Sun
69°53°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~16 min). Leave by 7:42 PM for the 8:18 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:44 PM — 4 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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