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Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Lagunitas Fire Trail–Mountain Top Trail, 3 sights

8.2 mi · ▲ 1,907 ft · 3 hr 41 min

Lagunitas Fire Trail–Mountain Top Trail, 3 sights is an 8.2-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Kent Woodlands, CA. It climbs 1,907 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,798 – 2,467 ft · steepest grade: 25%8.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lagunitas Fire Trail 37.93047, -122.58646
Nearest town Kent Woodlands, CA
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Lagunitas Fire Trail–Mountain Top Trail, 3 sights

8.2 mi · ▲ 1,907 ft · 3 hr 41 min

Elevation 1,798–2,467 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

  1. Start on Lagunitas Fire Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miSharp left onto Northside Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.5 miTurn left onto Collier Spring Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto Miller Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto Old Railroad Grade Fire Road, heading SW.
  6. 0.7 miTurn right onto Rock Spring Trail, heading W.
  7. 1.5 miSharp right, heading SW.
  8. 0.7 miReach Lagunitas Fire Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 2.1 miTurn left onto Old Railroad Grade Fire Road, heading S.
  10. 0.7 miTurn left onto Miller Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right onto Collier Spring Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right onto Northside Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.5 miSharp right onto Lagunitas Fire Trail, heading E.
  14. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/northside-trail-rock-spring-trail-out-back

Trail surface

88% dirt12% 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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