Reed Ranch Fire Road & Ring Mountain Fire Road is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Ring Mountain Open Space Preserve near Little Reed Heights, CA. It climbs 1,058 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi115 – 584 ft · steepest grade: 19%5.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 37.90308, -122.49047
Nearest town Little Reed Heights, CA
Directions
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Reed Ranch Fire Road & Ring Mountain Fire Road
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,058 ft · 2 hr 8 min
Elevation 115–586 ft
Out & Back · Ring Mountain Open Space Preserve
Trailhead: 37.90308, -122.49047
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Transit-accessible: Tiburon Boulevard & Jefferson Drive stop 611 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Shepherd Way Fire Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Turtle Rock Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Reed Ranch Fire Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Ring Mountain Fire Road, heading SW.
- 1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miReach Reed Ranch Fire Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 1 miSharp right onto Reed Ranch Fire Road, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Turtle Rock Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Shepherd Way Fire Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 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 surface
100% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Tiburon Boulevard & Jefferson Drive stop 611 m from the trailhead
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