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Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Pine Mountain Tunnel Road & Taylor Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 205 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Pine Mountain Tunnel Road & Taylor Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Fairfax, CA. It is mostly level, with 205 ft of elevation gain. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi486 – 712 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Alex Forman Trail 37.96852, -122.60368
Nearest town Fairfax, CA
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Pine Mountain Tunnel Road & Taylor Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 205 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 487–714 ft

Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Trailhead: Alex Forman Trail · 37.96852, -122.60368

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 94°F / low 55° · precip 0% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:19 PM

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.4 miSharp left onto Pine Mountain Tunnel Road, heading N.
  3. 2 miReach Taylor Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 2 miSharp right onto Taylor Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.4 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/pine-mountain-tunnel-road-out-back

Trail surface

24% paved16% dirt60% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 94°F55°
Precip0%Wind11 mphUV8Humidity42%
Hourly temperature
95°55°
Sunrise 6:16 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:19 PM
Tue 85°55°
Wed 81°51°
Thu 93°53°
Fri 98°54°
Sat 99°51°
Sun 93°52°

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead

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