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Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Alpine Lake–Bon Tempe Lake, 4 lakes

4.1 mi · ▲ 335 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Alpine Lake–Bon Tempe Lake, 4 lakes is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Kent Woodlands, CA. The route passes Lake Lagunitas and Bon Tempe Lake before reaching Alpine Lake at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 335 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi722 – 879 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.94774, -122.59524
Nearest town Kent Woodlands, CA
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Alpine Lake–Bon Tempe Lake, 4 lakes

4.1 mi · ▲ 335 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Elevation 721–880 ft

Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Trailhead: 37.94774, -122.59524

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftPass Lake Lagunitas.
  3. 0.1 miBear left onto Lakeview Fire Road, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right onto Lagunitas-Rock Spring Fire Road, heading N.
  6. 0.1 miPass Bon Tempe Lake.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Shadyside Trail, heading NW.
  8. 1.4 miReach Alpine Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Lagunitas-Rock Spring Fire Road, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right onto Lakeview Fire Road, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  13. 450 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/pilot-knob-lake-lagunitas-out-back-3-lakes-9-km

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:12 PM

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