Arturo Trail–Cataract Trail, 6 sights is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Kent Woodlands, CA. It climbs 1,339 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,700 – 2,316 ft · steepest grade: 32%8.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Lagunitas Fire Trail 37.93047, -122.58646
Nearest town Kent Woodlands, CA
Directions
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Arturo Trail–Cataract Trail, 6 sights
8.4 mi · ▲ 1,339 ft · 3 hr 28 min
Elevation 1,701–2,317 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
- Start on Lagunitas Fire Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Northside Trail, heading S.
- 1 miBear right onto International Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Northside Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Arturo Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lagunitas-Rock Spring Fire Road, heading W.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Laurel Dell Fire Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Simmons Fire Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Mickey O`Brien Trail, heading S.
- 1.7 miReach Lagunitas Fire Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.7 miContinue straight onto Simmons Fire Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Laurel Dell Fire Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Lagunitas-Rock Spring Fire Road, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Arturo Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Northside Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear right onto International Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Northside Trail, heading N.
- 1 miSharp right onto Lagunitas Fire Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 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
49% dirt51% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:12 PM
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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