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Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Phoenix Lake–Bald Hill Trail, 7 sights

5 mi · ▲ 820 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Phoenix Lake–Bald Hill Trail, 7 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Fairfax, CA. The route reaches Phoenix Lake at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 820 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi190 – 607 ft · steepest grade: 24%5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Deer Park Fire Road 37.97319, -122.58826
Nearest town Fairfax, CA
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Phoenix Lake–Bald Hill Trail, 7 sights

5 mi · ▲ 820 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Elevation 192–606 ft

Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Trailhead: Deer Park Fire Road · 37.97319, -122.58826

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

  1. Start on Deer Park Fire Road, heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right onto Junction Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Bald Hill Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  5. 450 ftTurn left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading SE.
  6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Concrete Pipe Road, heading SE.
  7. 150 ftBear left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading SE.
  8. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Hidden Meadow Trail, heading NE.
  9. 150 ftBear left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading E.
  10. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Gertrude Ord Trail, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading SE.
  12. 0.1 miPass Phoenix Lake.
  13. 100 ftBear left onto Yolanda Trail, heading SE.
  14. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Bald Hill Trail, heading E.
  15. 50 ftBear left onto Hidden Meadow Trail, heading E.
  16. 100 ftContinue straight onto Bald Hill Trail, heading NE.
  17. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  18. 450 ftSharp right onto Deer Park Fire Road, heading W.
  19. 0.4 miBear left onto Bald Hill Trail, heading NW.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Junction Trail, heading NW.
  21. 0.2 miTurn left onto Deer Park Fire Road, heading NE.
  22. 0.3 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-8-km-99bb

Trail surface

45% dirt55% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 96°F57°
Precip0%Wind8 mphUV8Humidity45%
Hourly temperature
100°55°
Sunrise 6:16 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:19 PM
Tue 88°56°
Wed 83°53°
Thu 95°54°
Fri 99°56°
Sat 101°53°
Sun 94°54°

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