Phyllis Ellman Trail & Ring Mountain Fire Road is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Ring Mountain Open Space Preserve near Strawberry, CA. It climbs 985 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi75 – 584 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Ring Mountain Fire Road 37.90757, -122.51276
Nearest town Strawberry, CA
Directions
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Phyllis Ellman Trail & Ring Mountain Fire Road
4.1 mi · ▲ 985 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Elevation 74–586 ft
Out & Back · Ring Mountain Open Space Preserve
Trailhead: Ring Mountain Fire Road · 37.90757, -122.51276
Weather Aug 5: Fog, high 74°F / low 56° · precip 1% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:17 AM · sunset 8:16 PM
Transit-accessible: Tiburon Boulevard & US 101 stop 559 m from the trailhead
- Start on Ring Mountain Fire Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 1 miTurn left onto Phyllis Ellman Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto New Phyllis Ellman Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Phyllis Ellman Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miReach Ring Mountain Fire Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left onto New Phyllis Ellman Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Phyllis Ellman Trail, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Ring Mountain Fire Road, heading S.
- 1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
1% dirt99% unspecified
Weather
FogTemperature 74°F56°
Precip1%Wind10 mphUV8Humidity100%
Hourly temperature
75°55°
Sunrise 6:17 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:16 PM
Thu
75°55°
Fri
75°54°
Sat
74°54°
Sun
74°54°
Mon
67°54°
Tue
69°54°
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Tiburon Boulevard & US 101 stop 559 m from the trailhead
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