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Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Old Mine Trail & Rock Spring Trail via Old Railroad Grade Fire Road

6.7 mi · ▲ 1,136 ft · 2 hr 48 min

Old Mine Trail & Rock Spring Trail via Old Railroad Grade Fire Road is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Kent Woodlands, CA. It climbs 1,136 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,709 – 2,435 ft · steepest grade: 24%6.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lakeview Trail 37.92853, -122.58994
Nearest town Kent Woodlands, CA
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Old Mine Trail & Rock Spring Trail via Old Railroad Grade Fire Road

6.7 mi · ▲ 1,136 ft · 2 hr 48 min

Elevation 1,708–2,435 ft

Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Trailhead: Lakeview Trail · 37.92853, -122.58994

Weather Aug 5: Clear, high 74°F / low 56° · precip 3% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:18 AM · sunset 8:17 PM

  1. Start on Lakeview Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Miller Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Old Railroad Grade Fire Road, heading SW.
  4. 0.7 miTurn right onto Rock Spring Trail, heading N.
  5. 1.6 miSharp left onto Old Mine Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.6 miReach Rock Spring Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.6 miSharp right, heading W.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Rock Spring Trail, heading N.
  9. 1.5 miTurn left onto Old Railroad Grade Fire Road, heading SE.
  10. 0.7 miTurn left onto Miller Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right onto Lakeview Trail, heading N.
  12. 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/old-mine-trail-rock-spring-trail-out-back-11-km

Trail surface

64% dirt36% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 74°F56°
Precip3%Wind10 mphUV8Humidity60%
Hourly temperature
75°55°
Sunrise 6:18 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:17 PM
Thu 73°48°
Fri 67°46°
Sat 66°46°
Sun 66°46°
Mon 59°47°
Tue 61°46°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:56 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:17 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:45 PM.

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