Porcupine Trail & Split Rock via White Hill Fire Road
7.4 mi · ▲ 1,741 ft · 3 hr 20 min
Porcupine Trail & Split Rock via White Hill Fire Road is a 7.4-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Manor, CA. It climbs 1,741 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Porcupine Trail & Split Rock via White Hill Fire Road
7.4 mi · ▲ 1,741 ft · 3 hr 20 min
Elevation 236–1,207 ft
Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed
Trailhead: Middle Fire Road · 37.97942, -122.61323
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:17 AM · sunset 8:18 PM
- Start on Middle Fire Road, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Cascade Fire Road / Repack, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Split Rock, heading NW.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto White Hill Fire Road, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto B-17 Extension, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto White Hill Fire Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Porcupine Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto White Hill Fire Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Porcupine Trail, heading E.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto White Hill Fire Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Porcupine Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto White Hill Fire Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miReach Split Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Porcupine Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto White Hill Fire Road, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Porcupine Trail, heading E.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto White Hill Fire Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Porcupine Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto White Hill Fire Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto B-17 Extension, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto White Hill Fire Road, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Split Rock, heading S.
- 1.6 miBear left onto Cascade Fire Road / Repack, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Middle Fire Road, heading SE.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.6 mi in (~94 min). Leave by 6:24 PM for the 8:18 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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More from Middle Fire Road Trailhead
- Cascade Peak & Burnt Tree Trail via Middle Fire Road 2 mi · ▲ 830 ft
- Burnt Tree Trail–Middle Fire Road, 3 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 677 ft
- Blue Ridge Fire Road & Split Rock Loop 4.8 mi · ▲ 1,360 ft
- Cascade Fire Road / Repack 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,360 ft
- Cascade Fire Road / Repack 5.1 mi · ▲ 1,542 ft
- Split Rock & Summit Fire Road via White Hill Fire Road 5.6 mi · ▲ 1,671 ft
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