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Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Northside Trail–Old Mine Trail, 3 sights

9 mi · ▲ 1,414 ft · 3 hr 42 min

Northside Trail–Old Mine Trail, 3 sights is a 9-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Stinson Beach, CA. It climbs 1,414 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,801 – 2,300 ft · steepest grade: 27%9.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Mine Trail 37.91064, -122.61211
Nearest town Stinson Beach, CA
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Northside Trail–Old Mine Trail, 3 sights

9 mi · ▲ 1,414 ft · 3 hr 42 min

Elevation 1,801–2,299 ft

Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Trailhead: Old Mine Trail · 37.91064, -122.61211

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Old Mine Trail, heading E.
  2. 450 ftBear left, heading E.
  3. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Rock Spring Trail, heading N.
  4. 1.5 miTurn left onto Old Railroad Grade Fire Road, heading E.
  5. 0.7 miTurn left onto Miller Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right onto Collier Spring Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Northside Trail, heading N.
  8. 1.6 miReach Old Mine Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 1.6 miTurn left onto Collier Spring Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left onto Miller Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right onto Old Railroad Grade Fire Road, heading S.
  12. 0.7 miTurn right onto Rock Spring Trail, heading S.
  13. 1.6 miBear right onto Old Mine Trail, heading S.
  14. 100 ftArrive 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-railroad-grade-fire-road-out-back

Trail surface

88% dirt12% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:29 PM — 10 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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