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Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Phoenix Lake–Bald Hill Trail, 7 sights

7.8 mi · ▲ 1,116 ft · 3 hr 9 min

Phoenix Lake–Bald Hill Trail, 7 sights is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Fairfax, CA. The route reaches Phoenix Lake. It climbs 1,116 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi167 – 607 ft · steepest grade: 25%8.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.97605, -122.59020
Nearest town Fairfax, CA
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Phoenix Lake–Bald Hill Trail, 7 sights

7.8 mi · ▲ 1,116 ft · 3 hr 9 min

Elevation 167–606 ft

Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Trailhead: 37.97605, -122.59020

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 96°F / low 57° · precip 0% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:19 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right onto Deer Park Fire Road, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Junction Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left onto Bald Hill Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Hidden Meadow Trail, heading SE.
  6. 100 ftBear right onto Bald Hill Trail, heading E.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yolanda Trail, heading E.
  8. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Yoldanda Cutoff, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miPass Phoenix Lake.
  10. 50 ftBear right onto Worn Spring Road, heading NW.
  11. 250 ftContinue straight onto Diblee Road, heading NW.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right onto Bill Williams Trail Fire Road, heading SE.
  13. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Harry Allen Trail, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bill Williams Trail Fire Road, heading SE.
  15. 350 ftTurn right onto Gertrude Ord Trail, heading S.
  16. 50 ftSharp left onto Bill Williams Trail Fire Road, heading S.
  17. 0.4 miReach Phoenix Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.4 miSharp right onto Gertrude Ord Trail, heading N.
  19. 50 ftTurn left onto Bill Williams Trail Fire Road, heading N.
  20. 350 ftContinue straight onto Harry Allen Trail, heading N.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bill Williams Trail Fire Road, heading N.
  22. 0.5 miTurn left onto Diblee Road, heading NW.
  23. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Worn Spring Road, heading NW.
  24. 200 ftBear left onto Yoldanda Cutoff, heading NW.
  25. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Yolanda Trail, heading E.
  26. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Bald Hill Trail, heading E.
  27. 50 ftBear left onto Hidden Meadow Trail, heading E.
  28. 150 ftContinue straight onto Bald Hill Trail, heading NE.
  29. 0.6 miTurn right onto Junction Trail, heading NW.
  30. 0.2 miTurn left onto Deer Park Fire Road, heading N.
  31. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  32. 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/phoenix-lake-phoenix-lake-out-back-10-km

Trail surface

60% dirt2% gravel38% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 96°F57°
Precip0%Wind11 mphUV8Humidity42%
Hourly temperature
100°55°
Sunrise 6:16 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:19 PM
Tue 86°56°
Wed 83°53°
Thu 95°55°
Fri 100°56°
Sat 101°53°
Sun 95°54°

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead

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