Oat Hill Fire Road & Old Sled Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Fairfax, CA. It climbs 1,011 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi778 – 1,450 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Old Sled Trail 37.96376, -122.63188
Nearest town Fairfax, CA
Directions
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Oat Hill Fire Road & Old Sled Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 1,011 ft · 1 hr 56 min
Elevation 776–1,449 ft
Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed
Trailhead: Old Sled Trail · 37.96376, -122.63188
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 89°F / low 58° · precip 0% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:19 PM
- Start on Old Sled Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Oat Hill Fire Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Carson Falls Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Oat Hill Fire Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Pine Mountain Fire Road, heading SE.
- 1.1 miReach Old Sled Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miSharp left onto Oat Hill Fire Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Carson Falls Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Oat Hill Fire Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Old Sled Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 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
75% dirt25% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 89°F58°
Precip0%Wind12 mphUV8Humidity51%
Hourly temperature
90°55°
Sunrise 6:16 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:19 PM
Tue
78°57°
Wed
79°52°
Thu
92°51°
Fri
96°53°
Sat
98°50°
Sun
91°50°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 7:31 PM for the 8:19 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:47 PM — 1 min before dark.
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Old Sled Trail Trailhead
- Little Carson Falls–Carson Falls Trail, 3 sights 3.3 mi · ▲ 1,212 ft
- Lily Gulch Trail & Old Sled Trail via Oat Hill Fire Road 3.5 mi · ▲ 1,239 ft
- Azalea Hill Trail–Oat Hill Fire Road, 3 sights 5.9 mi · ▲ 1,539 ft
- Kent Lake–Oat Hill Fire Road, 4 sights 10.8 mi · ▲ 2,512 ft
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