Phoenix Lake–Eldridge Grade Fire Road, 5 sights
7 mi · ▲ 1,034 ft · 2 hr 51 min
Phoenix Lake–Eldridge Grade Fire Road, 5 sights is a 7-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Kent Woodlands, CA. The route reaches Phoenix Lake. It climbs 1,034 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Phoenix Lake–Eldridge Grade Fire Road, 5 sights
7 mi · ▲ 1,034 ft · 2 hr 51 min
Elevation 188–632 ft
Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed
Trailhead: Filter Plant Road · 37.95184, -122.58473
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 94°F / low 56° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:19 PM
- Start on Filter Plant Road, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading NW.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Shaver Grade Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Gertrude Ord Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miPass Phoenix Lake.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Bill Williams Trail Fire Road, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Harry Allen Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Tucker Trail, heading E.
- 1 miReach Phoenix Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miSharp left onto Harry Allen Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Bill Williams Trail Fire Road, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Gertrude Ord Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miSharp left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Eldridge Grade Fire Road, heading E.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Filter Plant Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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